Watch: Where there’s smoke, there’s a penalty
A lanky tighthead prop puffing on a cigarette at the breakdown professes his innocence after being blown up by the referee.
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A lanky tighthead prop puffing on a cigarette at the breakdown professes his innocence after being blown up by the referee.
Jacques Nienaber is mindful of the Springboks’ woeful run of results in Australia, the world champions having not won an away Test against the Wallabies since 2013.
In a major coup for English Premiership club Wasps, head coach Lee Blackett has added one of SA rugby’s top loose-forward exports to his staff.
Jake White is still baffled at the exclusion of prop Trevor Nyakane and hooker Malcolm Marx from the Springbok run-on XV in the defeat by the All Blacks on Saturday.
Former skipper Kieran Read says the All Blacks subdued the impact of the Springbok replacements to beat the world champions on Saturday.
Renowned former referee Nigel Owens has revealed Ellis Park as the best stadium he officiated at, and “the scene of the greatest game” he ever called.
With the Springboks and Wallabies set to lock horns next week in the Rugby Championship, here we rewind to 2013 when South Africa demolished Australia for the first time at Suncorp Stadium.
Springbok No 13 Lukhanyo Am displays his world-class talent with this excellent run down the right channel, before stretching over the whitewash to score against the All Blacks at Ellis Park.
It’s roughly halfway through the Test season yet sensational Springbok centre Lukhanyo Am has already been hailed as World Rugby’s Player of the Year.
All Blacks No 8 Ardie Savea whips off his shorts and gives it to a supporter post-match before heading down the Ellis Park tunnel in his underwear and Siya Kolisi’s Springbok jersey on Saturday.