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.
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.
They’re preparing for a trench war, where every ruck is a wrestling match, and every scrum, a clash of ancient titans.
In most cases, Barbarians games are played with end-of-season flair—like the final strum of a guitar solo at a music festival. But this isn’t the end of the year. This is the start of the Springbok campaign, and for them, it’s all about laying bricks, not throwing biscuits.
Like a rumbling freight train emerging from a long, unseen tunnel, Boan Venter has come thundering into the Springbok squad, breaking through the mist of obscurity with the raw power of a loosehead prop who’s…
Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus has revealed his 54-man Springbok squad with the precision of a seasoned general laying out his battle plans. But amid the familiar warhorses of two World Cup winning campaigns stand nine…
The Springbok Women will face Japan in the opening game of the 2024 edition of WXV 2 on Friday, 27 September in Cape Town, with the other two tournaments kicking off on the same weekend in Canada (WXV 1) and Duban (WXV 3).
Springbok Women captain Babalwa Latsha believes the team will match Italy’s depth when the two meet in the WXV2 second round at Athlone Stadium on Friday.
Nolusindiso Booi will make a record 39th Test appearance at lock, Byrhandrè Dolf will start at wing, Micke Gunter at hooker, and Catha Jacobs at flanker in four changes to the Springbok Women starting team to face Italy in the second round of WXV 2 at Athlone Stadium in Cape Town on Friday.
Springbok Women fly-half Libbie Janse van Rensburg says the team is working hard at training to fix what went wrong last week against Scotland.
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