Wiaan Mulder, the allrounder who swings a bat like a seasoned swordsman and steams in with the ball like a freight train on a mission, will stride out as captain for the first time in a first-class match when South Africa face Zimbabwe in the second Test in Bulawayo.
The Proteas may have lifted silverware at Lord’s, but in the dusty cauldron of Bulawayo, they found something just as precious — the future.
As the winter sun rises over Loftus Versfeld, warming the chill from the highveld air, it also casts its golden spotlight once more on Damian Willemse — the mercurial Springbok fullback who returns to rugby’s grand stage after two years of enforced silence.
Vincent Tshituka, the athletic storm who blitzed the Barbarians like a twister in Cape Town last week, will be strapped into the No. 7 jersey for his first full-blooded Test when the green-and gold machine, rich…
This Italian team arrived like a group of raw recruits standing wide-eyed before an army of hardened warriors. Gone, for now, are many of the big names who etched their sinews into this year’s Six Nations campaign.
The stakes in Durban stretch beyond medals and pride. With a prize pool of R1.61 million across the series and R322,000 up for grabs in Durban alone, plus a R200,000 bonus for a sub-27-minute performance and R50,000 for a new SA 10K record, the financial fuel matches the physical fire.
They’re preparing for a trench war, where every ruck is a wrestling match, and every scrum, a clash of ancient titans.
This August and September, Zwane will once again lace up her shoes and take to the streets of Tshwane and Joburg as a CANSA Champion in the Absa RUN YOUR CITY SERIES – not for a medal, but for meaning.
The Munster lock, who started alongside the hulking Lood de Jager in Saturday’s 54-7 drubbing of the Barbarians, has suffered an untimely injury that will see him return to Ireland’s emerald fields rather than charging through South Africa’s highveld heartlands.
South Africa’s double World Cup-winning mastermind cracked open a new chapter in rugby’s ever-evolving playbook, unveiling his latest innovation: a midfield bruiser turned breakdown brawler.
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