It was the French who caught the eye in round one with six of their eight teams winning, including Stade Rochelais and Toulon away from home.
The wily full-back has his critics, but even at 34, his influence burns as bright as ever.
The ongoing absence of Handre Pollard is causing furrowed brows within the Springbok camp, as back-up options vie for his shirt
The Vodacom Bulls have announced their matchday 23 squad that will face off against the DHL Stormers in Round 14 of URC at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria as they look to break a URC attendance record.
Jacques Nienaber has confirmed that six players have been called up to his South Africa squad ahead as next Saturday's clash with England falls out of the international Test window governing player release.
South African boss Jacques Nienaber has named a 35-strong Springboks squad for their upcoming European tour that includes a first call-up for ex-Junior Springbok backs Manie Libbok and Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, while lock Jason Jenkins is back in the national set-up.
The Stormers trio of Manie Libbok, Sacha Mngomezulu and Evan Roos will travel to Stellenbosch to join up with the Springbok training camp this weekend.
There are serious problems at No 10. There is no universally loved figure ready and able to occupy this crucial post.
Jacques Nienaber’s Springboks have named a 26-strong squad for a three-day training camp next weekend at Stellenbosch to begin preparations ahead of their November European tour. The group includes 17 South African-based players and nine who are based in Japan.
At the time of the squads being announced for the 2021 British and Irish Lions tour of South Africa, we decided to create our own hypothetical addition to the tour, U21 squads for each side.
