Newly appointed Sale Sharks director of rugby Alex Sanderson has spoken of a desire for sustained success with his new team, and the role South African players would play in it, writes ANDRE-PIERRE CRONJE.
Morne Steyn has not given up on his dream of playing for the Boks again. The next two weeks will be crucial if the 36-year-old is to realise that dream, writes ANDRE-PIERRE CRONJE.
New research published in the British Medical Journal has found that after a significant increase since professionalism, the average bodyweight of men rugby players is beginning to stabilise.
From scrum resets to TMO checks, drinks breaks and injuries – rugby is rife with stoppages. While one way to increase the appeal of the game is to reduce this ‘dead time’, we should also look to use it better, writes ANDRE-PIERRE CRONJE.
At a time when finances are tightly squeezed, South Africa cannot be blind to the commercial opportunity of involvement in the US market, writes ANDRE-PIERRE CRONJE.
Rugby Australia chairman Hamish McLennan would like Australia to host a ‘mini World Cup’ in July.
Nevers player Josia Raisuqe was shown a red card in the closing moments of his side’s clash with Beziers in Frances’s Pro D2 after a peculiar way of celebrating the away win.
Speaking after his team’s Currie Cup victory against the Lions, Vodacom Bulls coach Jake White was full of praise for how his youngsters performed.
Lions fullback Tiaan Swanepoel’s meteoric rise is a lesson in perseverance, writes ANDRE-PIERRE CRONJE.
Speaking at the 15-year reunion of the 2005 Currie Cup-winning Free State side, Naka Drotske was confident the Cheetahs would recover despite their expected exclusion from the PRO16.
