Dylan Jack

Springboks looking to slay the Dragons

A 3-0 series win over Wales is crucial for the Springboks in terms of the rest of their 2022 Test season and preparation for the 2023 World Cup.

Rewind: Springboks vs Wales

The season begins for the Springboks on Saturday when they charge into battle against Wales at Loftus Versfeld, here’s a look back at some of the memorable matches between the two great rugby nations.

Stonehouse to coach Cheetahs-filled Champions Team

Jimmy Stonehouse will coach a 30-man squad brimming with Springboks and Blitzboks, and blended with some of the most promising youngsters on the local provincial scene when they assemble in Nelson Mandela Bay on Monday for the second Champions Match on Saturday.

Welsh great: Big call needs to be made over Jones

Former Wales and British & Irish Lions prop Graham Price says Wayne Pivac needs to give serious consideration to leaving veteran Alun Wyn Jones out of the starting lineup for the Tests against the Springboks.

Warburton backs Wales to stun Boks

Former Wales captain Sam Warburton believes Wayne Pivac’s team can overturn the odds and beat the Springboks in the upcoming three-Test series in South Africa.

Kirwan: New Zealand ‘the underdogs’ against Ireland

John Kirwan started a heated debate when he said that New Zealand are going into the upcoming three-Test series on home soil against Ireland as ‘underdogs’.

Schmidt gets call as New Zealand, Ireland hit by Covid

New Zealand’s preparations for the first Test against Ireland were thrown into disarray on Monday after head coach Ian Foster, two of his assistants and two players were forced to withdraw from training after testing positive for coronavirus.

CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA - FEBRUARY 15: Deon Fourie during the joint DHL Western Province and DHL Stormers training session at High Performance Centre on February 15, 2022 in Cape Town, South Africa.

Boks to field poaching duo against Wales?

The Springbok coaches are reportedly toying with the idea of giving Deon Fourie his debut as part of a twin-breakdown threat for the first Test of the series against Wales in Pretoria on Saturday.

Ireland fired up by New Zealand taunts

New Zealand’s attempts to rattle Ireland before the first Test may backfire, with the tourists’ coach Andy Farrell saying his side have been made stronger by “backhanded compliments”.