Rugby

Supporters were treated to 267 tries over the weekend

After a successful European tour, the Stormers are itching to get back on home soil for a crunch showdown against crack French outfit Stade Rochelais in Gqeberha on Saturday, coach John Dobson says.

The point is to tilt the field in favour of the Northern Hemisphere to loosen Southern dominance

Eben Etzebeth’s 12 week ban for eye-gouging was more a Golden Buzzer moment for the disgraced Springboks than a sending to rugby’s red-card gallows.

Both the Bulls and Bordeaux-Bègles threw it around with abandon in the Investec Champions Cup in Pretoria on Saturday.

The international season for the Springboks will start with a crunch clash against England at Ellis Park in Johannesburg on July 4 as part of the newly established Nations Championship.

The in-form Stormers will be ready to counter a quality Scarlets side who have a good kicking game when the teams clash in the United Rugby Championship on Friday, says defence coach Norman Laker.

The contract of the Springboks’ double Rugby World Cup-winning coach Rassie Erasmus, which had been set to end in 2027, has been extended by another four years until 2031, SA Rugby announced on Friday.

Most-capped Bok player received a permanent red card against Wales, with condemnation coming from all quarters.

The champions are in a favourable World Cup pool, but then things get tougher.

South Africa out to become the first team to win the Webb Ellis Trophy three times in a row in Australia.

The Rugby World Cup draw for 2027 is being announced in Sydney, Australia, on Wednesday.

The Springboks will find out who is lying in wait to ambush their quest for an unprecedented third consecutive World Cup rugby title when the draw for the global showpiece takes place in Sydney on Wednesday.

Johannesburg side’s coach believes they ‘have a few future Springboks in this team’.

Let’s face it, the times have never been so good. And it makes you mildly suspicious