Bongi better suited to start quarter-final

Coach Rassie Erasmus says he selected Bongi Mbonambi in the Boks’ starting lineup because the hooker is better suited to the game they want to employ in the quarter-final against Japan.

‘Youngs isn’t even the best player in his family’

A selection of the best quotes from players and coaches at the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan on Thursday.

Rassie: Forwards favoured because of versatility

Coach Rassie Erasmus says he went with a 6-2 split on the Boks’ bench for the quarter-final against Japan because of the South African forwards’ versatility.

Wallabies gamble with teenage rookie at No 13

Michael Cheika has made five changes to the Wallabies starting lineup for Saturday’s World Cup quarter-final against England in Oita.

Ireland call-up for Herring

The SA Rugby magazine team rounds up some of the interesting news snippets making headlines around the world.

Quotes of the day: ‘I’m more of a bakkie person’

A selection of the best quotes from players and coaches at the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan on Wednesday.

‘We start to act like idiots’

A selection of the best quotes from players and coaches at the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan on Tuesday.

Japan vs Scotland drew record 60m TV audience

More than half of the Japanese population watched the World Cup match between Japan and Scotland in Yokohama on Sunday.

France plan to run Wales ragged

France duo Louis Picamoles and Gael Fickou have admitted that Les Bleus are planning an all-out pace assault in their quarter-final against Wales in Oita on Sunday.

‘England’s best yet to come’

Scrumhalf Ben Youngs has warned the Wallabies that England have yet to reveal the full potency of their attack at the World Cup.