Rugby Championship

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

Quade starts with rookies in Bok duel

Australia flyhalf Quade Cooper returns as Eddie Jones named four debutants for the 2023 Rugby Championship opener between the Wallabies and Springboks on Saturday.

Wallabies to boot Boks at Loftus

Australia utility back Reece Hodge want to capitalise on the altitude factor in Saturday’s Rugby Championship opener between the Wallabies and Springboks at Loftus Versfeld.

Canan Moodie of South Africa during the 2023 Castle Lager Rugby Championship Springbok training session at Loftus Stadium Field B in Pretoria on 20 June 2023 ©Samuel Shivambu/BackpagePix

Canan in the mood to thrill

Springbok winger Canan Moodie can’t wait to run out as part of an exciting back three with Willie le Roux and Kurt-Lee Arendse at Loftus Versfeld.

Jean Kleyn and Faf de Klerk at Springbok training

Kleyn ‘shocked’ to fill Bakkies’ boots

Lock Jean Kleyn is still pinching himself that he will get the opportunity to make his Springbok debut against Australia at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday.

YOKOHAMA, JAPAN - NOVEMBER 02: Eddie Jones, Head Coach of England walks down the tunnel prior to the Rugby World Cup 2019 Final between England and South Africa at International Stadium Yokohama on November 02, 2019 in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. (Photo by David Ramos - World Rugby/World Rugby via Getty Images)

Rassie: Eddie ‘like a box of chocolates’

SA’s director of rugby, Rassie Erasmus says Australia coach Eddie Jones “is like a box of chocolates – you never know what you are going to get”.

GOLD COAST, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 17: Wallabies coach Eddie Jones looks on during an Australia Wallabies training camp at Sanctuary Cove on April 17, 2023 in Gold Coast, Australia.

Eddie wants Wallabies to play ‘Aussie rugby’

Eddie Jones has outlined his desire for the Wallabies to stop being a “copycat of New Zealand” and return to the instinctive strengths of Australian rugby.

Springboks Ox Nche during the South Africa training session held at Rondebosch Boys High School in Cape Town on 22 February 2023

Boks lose Ox, call up Bull

The Springboks have been forced to make a change to the starting lineup to face the Wallabies in Pretoria after Ox Nche was ruled out of Saturday’s clash.

England coach Eddie Jones and Bok coach Rassie Erasmus

Rugby Champs: Boks test Eddie, spotlight on Foster

A shortened Rugby Championship starts on Saturday with southern hemisphere teams honing their game plans ahead of the showpiece World Cup in France.

epa09463218 Australia's player Rob Valetini (C) is tackled by Damien de Allende (L) of South Africa during the Rugby Championship Round 3 match between South Africa's Springboks and Australia's Wallabies at CBus Stadium, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, 12 September 2021.

Valetini: Wallabies ready for Bok bullies

No 8 Rob Valetini is set to resume his rivalry with Duane Vermeulen at Loftus Versfeld and says that the Wallabies are braced for a physical onslaught from the Springboks on Saturday.