Rugby Championship

The latest news and videos from the southern hemisphere tournament involving the Springboks, All Blacks, Wallabies and Pumas

Watch: Bok coach and captain speak after shock loss

Check out the Springboks’ post-match media conference following their agonising two-point Rugby Championship defeat by the Wallabies this past Sunday.

GOLD COAST, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 12: Malcolm Marx of South Africa scores a try during the Rugby Championship match between the South Africa Springboks and the Australian Wallabies at Cbus Super Stadium on September 12, 2021 in Gold Coast, Australia.

Stat Attack: How the Wallabies continued the Boks’ Australia drought

SARugbymag.co.za looks at the top stats and performances from the Springboks’ Rugby Championship loss to the Wallabies on the Gold Coast this past Sunday.

Nkosi: Bok defeat down to poor execution

The Springboks will do a detailed review of their performance following this past Sunday’s 28-26 Rugby Championship defeat by the Wallabies in Gold Coast.

‘Just not good enough’: The Boks’ defensive problems against the Wallabies

Robbi Kempson and Swys de Bruin highlight the defensive areas in which the Springboks need to improve going forward in the Rugby Championship after they missed 21 tackles in the loss against the Wallabies.

Swys: Boks need a backup kicker

With Handre Pollard and Damian Willemse struggling with their kicking against the Wallabies, Robbi Kempson and Swys de Bruin debated the Springboks’ alternatives at flyhalf going forward on SuperSport‘s ‘The Final Whistle’.

GOLD COAST, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 12: Quade Cooper of the Wallabies kicks during the Rugby Championship match between the South Africa Springboks and the Australian Wallabies at Cbus Super Stadium on September 12, 2021 in Gold Coast, Australia.

Rennie backs hero Cooper for 2023 World Cup

Quade Cooper’s fairytale return from the international wilderness so impressed Wallabies coach Dave Rennie that he has backed the mercurial flyhalf to stay in contention all the way to the 2023 World Cup.

Highlights: All Blacks move ahead as Boks slip up

Look back at all the latest highlights as the All Blacks claimed a resounding win over Argentina, which has seen them establish a handy Rugby Championship lead after the Boks went down to the Wallabies.

South Africa's Handre Pollard loses the ball under the pressure of Australian defence during the Rugby Championship match at Cbus Super Stadium in Gold Coast on September 12, 2021. - IMAGE RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - STRICTLY NO COMMERCIAL USE (Photo by Patrick HAMILTON / AFP) / IMAGE RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - STRICTLY NO COMMERCIAL USE

Nienaber: Discipline, not Pollard, cost Springboks

Springbok head coach Jacques Nienaber said their high penalty count was what ultimately cost them in their narrow loss to the Wallabies on Sunday.

Cooper steers Wallabies to victory over Boks

Quade Cooper marked his return to Test rugby with a penalty after the hooter giving the Wallabies a last-gasp victory over the Springboks on the Gold Coast on Sunday. DYLAN JACK reports.