Making Am captain a ‘masterstroke’
Former Sharks CEO and skipper Gary Teichmann has applauded the decision to appoint Lukhanyo Am as captain for the 2020 season.
Former Bok centre receives hefty fine
Sale Sharks centre Rohan Janse van Rensburg has been fined £32,500 and suspended for two weeks after ‘signing playing contracts with two Premiership clubs’.
Bulls CEO steps down
The Blue Bulls Company has announced that its Chief Executive Officer Alfons Meyer will be leaving the franchise at the end of May 2020.
Watch: Russell – The Pocket Rocket
Take a look back at this compilation of career highlights from former Springbok and Sharks utility back Brent Russell.
‘Du Plessis ahead of his time as coach’
Carel Du Plessis – better known as the Prince of Wings – was ahead of his time as a coach and would’ve fared better in the modern game, says former Springbok scrumhalf Werner Swanepoel.
Nkosi staying fit and making music
Springbok and Sharks wing Sbu Nkosi is strictly sticking to his fitness regime while also dabbling in the arts while at home during the lockdown.
Bok Rewind: Montgomery fools All Blacks (1997)
Check out Percy Montgomery’s opportunistic try against the All Blacks during the 1997 Tri-Nations series, when the former Springbok fullback – playing at outside centre on the day – sent up a high ball before regathering from a fortuitous bounce to score.
White pessimistic about Super restart
New Vodacom Bulls director of rugby Jake White does not see Super Rugby continuing this year with the competition still very much in the Covid-19 enforced suspension.
When the Boks caused a nationwide shutdown
In the third of a series celebrating rugby’s power to unite, DYLAN JACK looks back on the Springboks’ World Cup trophy tour in 2019.
Watch: Reinach’s 95m intercept try for Saints
Springbok and Northampton Saints scrumhalf Cobus Reinach showed an incredible turn of pace, after intercepting a pass from Francois Hougaard, to run in a sensational try against the Worcester Warriors last season.
