The menu changed long before kick-off. Lightning rolled across the Georgian skyline. Rain soaked the Mikheil Meskhi Stadium. The final was delayed by 45 minutes, forcing players to shelve carefully prepared routines. The Junior Springboks…
The Junior Springboks are 80 minutes away from rugby immortality. Standing between South Africa and back-to-back World Rugby Under-20 Championship titles is a battle-hardened French side. Standing inside the Junior Bok camp is an unshakeable…
The Junior Springboks have named a refreshed side featuring four changes for Monday’s World Rugby U20 Championship semi-final against unbeaten England as Kevin Foote targets a place in the final.
Siya Kolisi isn’t buying the favourites tag. The Bok skipper expects England to throw everything at South Africa in Saturday’s Nations Championship opener at Ellis Park. This one has all the makings of a classic.
When the Springboks run onto Ellis Park against England on Saturday, Retshegofaditswe “Ox” Nché will carry far more than the responsibility of anchoring South Africa’s scrum. The 31-year-old loosehead has become the embodiment of how…
Siya Kolisi has spent much of his life carrying the hopes of a nation like a rugby ball tucked firmly under one arm. In London last week, the double Rugby World Cup-winning Springbok captain proved…
The future of safe sport took centre stage in Cape Town as World Athletics and World Rugby collaborated at the Safe Sport Global Conference. Associate Professor David Maralack reminded delegates that safer sport depends on shared responsibility, stronger systems and inclusive perspectives. With African voices leading the conversation, the conference delivered a powerful blueprint for protecting athletes worldwide.
Stormers coach John Dobson believes the current law, which rewards the defending side with a goal-line dropout after an attacker is held up in-goal, has swung the pendulum too far away from attacking rugby.
“It’s the worst. It’s one law in rugby that has to change change. I’m not saying because it’s against us. I don’t understand this concept. You do so well, and you’re rewarded with receiving the ball back on your ten-yard.”
The year 2025 was not defined by a single moment, team or athlete. It was defined by momentum. From Springbok scrums grinding opponents into submission, to marathoners bending time, to ultra-runners conquering mountains and minds, South African sport in 2025 moved like a river in flood, unstoppable, purposeful and impossible to ignore.
South African rugby flexed its global muscle again this week as six Springboks were named in the 2025 World Rugby Men’s 15s Dream Team. It’s a haul that felt less like a selection and more…
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