Euro cup expats a credit to SA rugby
The likes of Jacques Nienaber and Thomas du Toit highlight the Republic’s influential presence in the Investec Champions Cup playoffs this week, writes MARK KEOHANE.
Red-hot Reds target top-three finish
Forward Harry Wilson urges the in-form Reds to push for a home Super Rugby playoff match after overcoming rivals the Brumbies.
Watch: Trokkie drives Ulster into title-decider
South African back-row bruiser Juarno Augustus crashed over for the opening try in a Man of the Match display to help Ulster clinch a spot in the EPCR Challenge Cup final.
Cash, Lions go all in for Irish tour
Lions coach Ivan van Rooyen has named a formidable 28-man squad for a two-match tour to Ireland as the Pride chase a maiden Vodacom URC playoff berth.
Nienaber’s Leinster hold out to book final spot
Jacques Nienaber will experience the Investec Champions Cup final for the second time with Leinster after helping the Irish giants beat Toulon in Dublin on Saturday.
Watch: Moana bamboozle Blues with Bok move
Super Rugby outfit Moana Pasifika took a leaf out of Rassie Erasmus and the Springboks’ playbook, and it worked a treat – check it out!
Hansen: Springboks will get beaten
Former All Blacks supremo Steve Hansen insists South Africa, reigning back-to-back world champions and the top-ranked rugby nation on the planet, are not invincible.
Stars are aligned for five-star Nienaber
There is no entitlement in Investec Champions Cup rugby. Not for clubs with four stars and not for coaches with two World Cup titles. That is where Jacques Nienaber starts.
Heyneke: I always knew Van Graan was brilliant
Heyneke Meyer says Johann van Graan’s genius was evident from an early age and on Sunday, the Bath boss gets his biggest test yet in an Investec Champions Cup semi-final in Bordeaux.
Itoje a fan of more Lions tours to SA
Maro Itoje has backed the British & Irish Lions to explore new destinations, but says tradition must remain the foundation of what makes the touring side special.
