‘England desperate to improve’
England lock Joe Launchbury says the third Test against the Springboks at Newlands on Saturday will be no dead rubber.
England lock Joe Launchbury says the third Test against the Springboks at Newlands on Saturday will be no dead rubber.
Western Province have named a modified squad for the 2018 Craven Week in Paarl from 9-14 July with only two players retained from last season.
Nick Mallett told SuperSport management that he did not want to work with Ashwin Willemse long before the latter walked out during a live TV broadcast.
Rassie Erasmus looks set to back an unconventional 10-12-13 combination for the weather-afflicted contest against England at Newlands on Saturday, writes JON CARDINELLI in Cape Town.
Nick Mallett and Naas Botha will resume their studio duties in due course after it was found that there was no underlying racism that led to the on-air incident involving Ashwin Willemse on 19 May.
Elton Jantjies says coach Rassie Erasmus’ ability to think outside the box has been crucial to the Springboks’ progress during the series against England. JON CARDINELLI reports from Cape Town.
The Springboks will be looking to achieve a variety of carefully-considered objectives in Saturday’s third and final Test against England, writes CRAIG LEWIS in Cape Town.
Western Province president Thelo Wakefield has denied a report claiming that the union’s departure from Newlands to Cape Town Stadium is imminent.
Glen Jackson will referee the third Test between the Springboks and England in Cape Town on Saturday.
Schalk Brits is poised to make his Test comeback in a Springbok team that will show four or five changes for Saturday’s clash at Newlands, writes CRAIG LEWIS in Cape Town.