Springboks

World Cup Picks: Boks dump France

The Boks will knock France out of their own World Cup to secure a spot in the semi-finals, according to the SARugbymag.co.za team.

Boks to stop ‘big impact’ of Dupont

Assistant coach Felix Jones said it was up to the Springboks to limit the influence of France captain Antoine Dupont on the World Cup quarter-final in Paris on Sunday.

Watch: Lukhanyo, the globetrotting star

Springbok centre Lukhanyo Am opens up on his boyhood dream of travelling the world, and how it inspired him to become one of the best No 13s on the planet.

Watch: Duane wrestles an ox

Springbok heavyweights Duane Vermeulen and Ox Nche lock horns during a training session, with neither man willing to give an inch!

France fired up to hit Boks ‘hard’

Powerful No 8 Gregory Alldritt said France have the “weapons” to match the physicality of the Springboks when the World Cup hosts and defending champions clash on Sunday.

(13630213ah) Italy vs South Africa. South Africa's Manie Libbok kicks a conversion 2022 Autumn Nations Series, Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa - 19 Nov 2022

Watch: Libbok locked on in France

Manie Libbok has his goal-kicking critics, but the flyhalf was on target during a training session ahead of Sunday’s World Cup quarter-final between the Boks and Les Bleus.

South Africa's flanker Kwagga Smith scores a try during the pre-World Cup Rugby Union match between New Zealand and South Africa at Twickenham Stadium in west London, on August 25, 2023.

Stransky: Bok 7-1 split just ‘smart’

The Springboks are yet to announce their lineup for Sunday’s World Cup quarter-final against France, but Joel Stransky expects the makeup of the replacements to be pivotal.

French prop primed for Bok ‘big moment’

Loosehead Cyril Baille is set to play a huge role for France in their World Cup quarter-final against the formidable pack of the defending champions, South Africa.

France's scrum-half Antoine Dupont, using a head guard, attends a training session at the Stade du Parc in Rueil-Malmaison, near Paris, on October 11, 2023, during the France 2023 Rugby World Cup. - Influential scrum-half Dupont, 2021's World Rugby player of the year, was given the green light by his surgeon to return to full training after having an operation on a broken cheekbone.

Dupont ‘100 percent’ to face Boks

France’s talismanic captain Antoine Dupont is “100 percent” ready to face defending champions South Africa in their Rugby World Cup quarter-final, scrum coach William Servat said.

Scrumcapped Dupont ready to tackle Boks

France’s hopes that captain Antoine Dupont will be fit to face South Africa in the World Cup quarter-final were boosted when the scrumhalf trained on Wednesday wearing a headguard.