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PARIS, FRANCE - NOVEMBER 10: Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales) during the Castle Lager Outgoing Tour match between France and South Africa at Stade de France on November 10, 2018 in Paris, France.

Owens turns down Bok gig

Former referee Nigel Owens has reportedly turned down Rassie Erasmus’ offer to join the Springbok camp as part of their preparation for the upcoming World Cup.

Frans’ World Cup dream fading

Springbok playmaker Frans Steyn’s dream of playing in a fourth World Cup may be slipping away as his knee injury is more serious than first believed.

Bok star in doubt for Rugby Champs?

Jaden Hendrikse is in a race against time to face Australia on 8 July, as the Springbok scrumhalf reportedly faces up to 10 weeks on the sidelines after shoulder surgery.

Bulls director of rugby and Currie Cup coach

Bulls demote Currie Cup coach

Edgar Marutlulle will step back and resume coaching junior rugby at the Vodacom Bulls, with Jake White to take charge for the remainder of the Currie Cup campaign.

SA teams have Irish sides spooked

For the first time, the giants of Ireland rugby are looking over their shoulders at the charging South African cavalry, according to MARK KEOHANE.

Toulouse's French fly-half Romain Ntamack (C) is tackled by Bulls' South African fly-half Zak Burger (L) during the European Rugby Champions Cup round of 16 rugby union match between Stade Toulousain Rugby (Toulouse) and Bulls (Pretoria) at the Ernest-Wallon Stadium in Toulouse, southwestern France, on April 2, 2023.

Toulouse terminate fading Bulls

The Vodacom Bulls ran out of steam at Le Stadium on Sunday as five-time Champions Cup winners Toulouse scored 21 unanswered points to advance to the quarter-finals.

Wiese ‘will be a star’ for Boks

Springbok loose forward Jasper Wiese has married “insatiable” brute force with improved discipline to make him one of the players to watch in Test rugby this year, according to MARK KEOHANE.

DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA - APRIL 01: Sikhumbuzo Notshe of the Cell C Sharks tackled by Calvin Nash of Munster during the Heineken Champions Cup, round of 16 match between Cell C Sharks and Munster Rugby at Hollywoodbets Kings Park on April 01, 2023 in Durban, South Africa. (Photo by Darren Stewart/Gallo Images/Getty Images)

Sharks munch Munster for historic win

Bongi Mbonambi scored two second-half tries at Kings Park on Saturday afternoon as the Sharks became the first South African team to reach the quarter-finals of the Champions Cup.

Crusaders move to sign Rassie

Rassie Erasmus is poised to resign from his Springbok post after the 2023 Rugby World Cup and fill the head coach vacancy at the Crusaders.

Toulouse to salt Bulls’ wounds

A terrible season for the Vodacom Bulls will be made worse on Sunday when Toulouse end any Champions Cup aspirations the Pretoria-based side may have had, writes MARK KEOHANE.