Speaking on the latest episode of Boks Office ahead of the crunch Rugby Championship showdown with the world champion Springboks in Johannesburg on August 31st, former South African flanker Schalk Burger believes the key to Savea’s form has been the work rate of the two players either side of him.
We’ve got our rugby back. Saturday’s sold-out Gallagher Premiership final was a vibrant celebration of the elite club game at its best just a year after three of the league’s participants – Worcester, Wasps and London Irish – grimly went bust and the showpiece decider featuring Saracens and Sale was played with a quarter of English rugby HQ empty.
The line outside the South African Food Stand inside the Stoop was already 20 deep an hour and a half before kick-off. The space in front of the two stalls on either side.
With the August 28 deadline now passed for the final submission by all 20 teams of their 33-strong squads travelling to France, the names of the 660 players who will be involved at Rugby World Cup 2023 have been confirmed.
Every team in the URC has been busy sorting transfers ahead of the upcoming summer break. The Irish provinces have been using their academies...
Every team in the URC has been busy sorting transfers ahead of the upcoming summer break. The Irish provinces have been using their academies...
Defending champions Leinster have made just two changes to their XV for this Friday’s URC semi-final at home to the Bulls, Leo Cullen recalling Robbie Henshaw and Jack Conan to start and picking Johnny Sexton for the bench.
The Ospreys moved a step closer to Heineken Champions Cup qualification despite suffering a defeat to the Bulls in Swansea.
It is clear they have become South Africa's worst pro franchise with the Southern Kings entering liquidation and the Free State Cheetahs losing their status as a Super Rugby or Pro club and becoming a Currie Cup team.
Here are all of week three's lineups in one place.