Rugby

Boks’ Marx bracing for confrontational battle against Wales

Uncapped prop Carlu Sadie set for Test debut as coach Rassie Erasmus rings changes

By Sports Staff

MARK KEOHANE | Come on Fassi, Venter, Van Heerden, Wiese ― your chance is here

With the All Blacks series looming and World Cup squad places on the line, Saturday’s Test against Wales in Durban is less about the result and more about four Springboks seizing what may be their last chance to make Erasmus’s plans

By Mark Keohane

Whizz-kid flyhalf Vusi Moyo ready to come out firing for Boks

Young star set for Springbok debut against Wales after impressing in training

By George Byron

Wales make six changes for Nations Championship Test against Boks

Wales coach Steve Tandy has made six changes for the Nations Championship Test against the Springboks at Kings Park on Saturday, including a return to the starting XV for wing Louis Rees-Zammit and the selection of Dan Edwards at flyhalf.

By Reuters

Junior Boks one big push away from back-to-back World Cup titles

One final push from their potent forward pack will be required if the Junior Springboks are to succeed in their mission of toppling France in Saturday’s Junior World Championship final in Georgia.

By George Byron

It’s all about the team when you play for Boks, says Paul de Villiers

When the Springboks lace up their boots to go into battle against Wales on Saturday all egos will be put aside and everyone will play towards a common team goal, loose forward Paul de Villiers says.

By George Byron

Springboks can hurt you ‘very, very quickly’, warns Wales forwards coach

Memories of drubbing at Millennium Stadium still fresh ahead of Nations Championship clash in Durban

By David Isaacson

Testing players is more important than winning streaks, says Bok coach Rassie

Erasmus wants to assess young players against top-tier nations to see how they react in pressure situations

By George Byron

Junior Boks stayed calm in World Cup semifinal battle, says Foote

The on-fire Junior Boks will defend their World Cup title against France who progressed to the showpiece match after beating New Zealand by 26-22 in the first semifinal in Tbilisi on Monday.

By George Byron

Sublime second half against England sees Junior Boks into U-20 world champs final

The South Africans, who will meet France in the final, were 20-12 down at halftime

By Sports Staff

Erasmus opts for youth and experience in Bok team to face Wales

Coach picks four uncapped players who 'played well for their franchises this season'

By Sports Staff

Quan Horn not surprised to continue at flyhalf after Bok Pollard’s return

‘There were plans during the week that if some players got injured or something happened on the field, I was prepared to cover the position I was [asked] to cover’

By David Isaacson

Rassie says Sacha could be back for Argentina, vows to field more experienced team against Wales

Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu could be back in time for the Springboks’ one-off Test against Argentina on August 8

By David Isaacson

‘Accidental’ Springbok Vincent Tshituka aiming for World Cup

Vincent Tshituka’s massive frame suggests he was engineered with the sole purpose of becoming a Springbok, yet it was the persistence of fate that finally nudged him into the realm of elite rugby.

By David Isaacson