Zoom talkshow: World Team choices
Editor Craig Lewis and senior contributor Wade Pretorius link up via Zoom to analyse their World Team choices, argue about Brodie Retallick and give hints at features coming up in SA Rugby magazine.
Watch: Covid-19 impact on Boks’ planning
Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber explains how the team’s planning for the Test season has been disrupted by the coronavirus epidemic and enforced break in rugby.
NZ Rugby: We had to act now
The significant pay cuts introduced by New Zealand Rugby were designed with the worst-case scenario in mind – where no rugby will be played at all in 2020.
NZR introduces 50% player wage cuts
New Zealand Rugby has confirmed that the country’s top rugby players are set to lose as much as $25 million this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Wiese: I took it on the chin
Former Springbok lock Kobus Wiese says he did not mind getting punched by opposite number Ian Jones at the end of the 1995 World Cup final.
Nienaber on stricter breakdown law enforcement
Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber gives his take on World Rugby’s decision to enforce breakdown laws more stringently.
‘It takes a lot to say you are a champion’
Lions loose forward Jaco Kriel doesn’t believe a champion can be declared should Vodacom Super Rugby not be completed.
Pichot: World Rugby can’t bail out Sanzaar
Agustin Pichot says World Rugby doesn’t have the funds to bail out cash-strapped Sanzaar nations that have hit financial difficulty amid the global coronavirus pandemic.
Eben, Bakkies make overseas ‘hard list’
South African duo Eben Etzebeth and Bakkies Botha have been ‘credited’ for their bruising style of play by two foreign media outlets.
From the vault: Beast is shattering the ceiling
Beast Mtawarira and some his closest teammates spoke about the significance of his 100-Test milestone in this 2018 feature for SA Rugby magazine.
