Willie le Roux is now looking for a Japanese club, but he won’t be signing anywhere on the cheap after Gallagher Premiership big guns Bath bulked at his £450k a year wage demands.
The Springboks came within two late kicks of a perfect record across 2024. A Ciaran Frawley drop goal in the 80th minute in Durban and a shanked Manie Libbok Libbok penalty in the 79th minute...
Fissler Confidential reported last week that the two-time Rugby World Cup winner had been spotted in Bath where Johann van Graan is looking to add a big-name full-back to his Gallagher Premiership title-chasing squad.
Rugby Championship winners for the first time since 2019, unbeaten on a European tour for the first time in 11 years – the Springboks have hardly put a foot wrong in 2024.
In December 2023, when Aphelele Fassi spoke exclusively to Rugbypass...
It is a strange scenario where a defeated coach hails a 17-point loss as “one of their best performances” in recent times and the victorious coach claims he is “not very proud” of a victory where his side prevented dangerous opponents from scoring a try.
The hosts rallied impressively in the second half and at one stage got to within four points of the world champions.
Reigning Rugby World Cup champions South Africa got their Autumn Nations Cup off to the perfect start with a 32 - 15 win over Scotland.
As if we didn’t already know, none of us can predict what Rassie Erasmus is going to do next. Because not even the best and brightest rugby minds outside of the Springboks camp could have foreseen this match-day 23 for South Africa’s first assignment of the Autumn Nations Series.
South Africa clinched The Rugby Championship title with a 48-7 win over Argentina in Mbombela on September 28 and their Autumn Nations Series return to action in Edinburgh on Sunday comes with an XV showing six switches in the backs and five more in the pack.