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Seven Springbok stats and facts

All the stats, facts and numbers for the first Test against the British & Irish Lions at Cape Town Stadium on Saturday.

The Springboks lineup for the national anthem

Almost 90 percent of fans would tweak Bok team

SARugbymag.co.za readers have had their say about the match-day squad Jacques Nienaber selected for first Test against the British & Irish Lions in Cape Town on Saturday.

Bok squad trimmed, Du Preez twins among 10 released players

Springbok squad has been cut down to 37 players after coach Jacques Nienaber released 10 players back to their franchises and clubs.

Nienaber: We planned our team selections carefully

Jacques Nienaber says there were specific reasons for certain team selections that caught some by surprise ahead of the first Test against the British & Irish Lions.

Writers’ Bok XV: Most back Kwagga to start at No 8

In the buildup to the first Test between the Springboks and British & Irish Lions in Cape Town, the SARugbymag.co.za writers select their Springbok match-day 23 that could run out on Saturday.

Overseas-based scribe: Boks tempted fate, now karma is lurking

In the wake of several positive Covid-19 tests in the Springboks’ squad, a New Zealand rugby scribe says “bad karma seems to be lurking around the Springboks” since they withdrew from the 2020 Rugby Championship.

Sharks-Bulls clash called off

The Currie Cup clash between the Sharks and Bulls scheduled to take place in Durban has been called off due to security concerns in KwaZulu-Natal.

Furious Australian reaction to Koroibete red card

Australia’s rugby community has reacted furiously to the red card shown to Marika Koroibete in the fifth minute of the Wallabies’ 33-30 win over France in Brisbane.

Smith stars as Lions roar past Stormers

Alun Wyn Jones completed his remarkable comeback from injury in the British & Irish Lions’ 49-3 win over the Stormers on Saturday, but it was young flyhalf Marcus Smith who was the star of the show in Cape Town.