In a wide-ranging interview on his upbringing and career, former Springbok coach Peter de Villiers has hit out at the Springboks’ style of play under Rassie Erasmus and Jacques Nienaber.
All Blacks coach Ian Foster has named his 36-man squad for the Rugby Championship, which features the return of a couple of key backline players.
Stormers head coach John Dobson highlighted some of the areas the Springboks can look to exploit when they face the British & Irish Lions in the first of the Test series next Saturday.
Bulls head coach Jake White has heaped praise on Johan Goosen, while once again reiterating his belief that the flyhalf has all the talent to earn a recall to the Springboks in the future.
The Bulls scored 17 unanswered second-half points to claim a 17-14 victory over South Africa A with a week to go until the first Test of the Lions series.
Schalk Burger has shared his concerns that the Springboks could be going into the Test series against the British & Irish Lions shy of matches and will miss influential No 8 Duane Vermeulen.
Wrongfully labelled ‘one-trick ponies’, the Springboks will make light work of the British & Irish Lions in the looming Test series, according to former England back Austin Healey.
British & Irish Lions attack coach Gregor Townsend said on Friday that spending time in Covid-19-enforced isolation gave him time to do some intensive study of the opposition ahead of the Test series against South Africa.
British & Irish Lions coach Warren Gatland has reaffirmed his stance that Faf de Klerk should have been red-carded in Wednesday’s SA A match, while also having a jab at Rassie Erasmus’ “water boy” role.
The Currie Cup match between the Lions and Cheetahs has been cancelled at a late notice after the Free State side decided it was unsafe to travel to Johannesburg.
