The double World Cup-winning captain moves from the flank to the scrum’s tail, hoping to steer the Springbok pack like a charioteer holding the reins of a warhorse in the Rugby Championship opener in Joburg.
Junior Bok World Champions Bathobele Hlekani, Cheswill Jooste, and Haashim Pead were drafted into the Bok camp like rookies called up to test their mettle. They didn’t just survive but showed the spark of future fire-starters.
In a squad full of World Cup winners and seasoned warriors, the inclusion of Batho Hlekani, Cheswill Jooste, and Haashim Pead is a clear message: the Springbok conveyor belt is still humming, and the future is already knocking.
This is no walkover fixture. It’s a litmus test of depth, grit, and discipline – the kind of game that reveals character under the microscope of expectation.
Venter, a bullish loosehead who was summoned in June as injury cover, gets his first cap alongside van der Merwe and Fouché, both of whom had their appetisers against the Barbarians. Now comes the main course – beefy Georgian opposition who treat the set piece like a sacred ritua
After a misfire against Italy, the infamous Bomb Squad, South Africa’s tactical forward artillery has something to prove.
Critics cried foul. Purists gasped in horror. Keyboard coaches demanded intervention from World Rugby. But there were also those who nodded in appreciation, recognising a rugby mind that refuses to colour inside the lines.
Springbok will not underestimate the Barbarians when the two sides meet in the Qatar Airways Cup on Saturday.
Kleyn’s international experience with five Test matches to his name for Ireland and seven for the Springbok as well as a RWC title, adds valuable experience to the Bok lock stocks for the tour, where he joins the likes of RG Snyman, Franco Mostert and Eben Etzebeth.
Rassie Erasmus has proven he is an out of the box thinker and could already be preparing Siya Kolisi for a future coaching role. Erasmus plans and prepares meticulously for any future scenarios in a…
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