Category: Springboks

Mukoni Ratshitanga, spokesperson for the Presidency, has confirmed that Jake White will meet with SA President Thabo Mbeki. He said the “courtesy call” between the two would take place in Cape Town on Friday. (more…)

Legendary former All Black captain Sean Fitzpatrick, writing in his weekly column in New Zealand’s Sunday Herald, explained why he thinks the Boks are the biggest threat to the All Blacks. (more…)

Do you agree with our player ratings for the game vs. Samoa? (more…)

The soap opera that is SA rugby continues… (more…)

Jake White: “Those four injuries (Luke Watson, Ricky Januarie, Wayne Julies and Ashwin Willemse), added to the fact that we made 13 changes for this match, saw us lose structure in the second half.  (more…)

The Boks second string failed to completely impress, despite outscoring the Samoans by five tries to one. (more…)

There have been rumours for many years that Justin Marshall was responsible, during an altercation in a Cape Town bar, for the knee injury that severely damaged Skinstad’s career in 1999. (more…)

Boy Morkel was 36 years and 258 days when he played against the 1921 All Blacks. (more…)

For four years Jake White, the Springboks coach, worked towards the day where he could select two completely different teams with similar skills and ability, that day has arrived. (more…)

If Samoa do well at the coming World Cup, they will probably acknowledge the debt they owe to South Africa for the help they received along the way writes Gavin Rich for SuperRugby. (more…)