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Ex-Springboks captain: PREM Rugby 'will regret' controversial decision as it 'fails' English Rugby and leaves Steve Borthwick with blunt 'tools"
2+ hour, 10+ min ago (1057+ words) Bob Skinstad (left) has claimed English rugby could come to 'regret' the decision to scrap traditional promotion and relegation Bob Skinstad believes English club rugby's lack of jeopardy is damaging the national team and England "may live to regret it…...
Ex-NZ Rugby chair lists the three factors that led to South Africa's Super Rugby departure including the 'killer blow"
2+ hour, 53+ min ago (519+ words) Lions taking on Crusaders in 2018 Super Rugby final and ex-NZ Rugby chair Brent Impey. Former New Zealand Rugby bigwig Brent Impey has claimed South Africa left organisers with no other choice but to axe them from Super Rugby with a…...
Rassie Erasmus: Contract news and tactical analysis of the Bok coach
2+ week, 6+ day ago (540+ words) Murray Mexted has slammed New Zealand Rugby for their treatment of Ian Foster after reading the ex-head coach's book. Schalk Burger believes that his former teammate is wrong with his prediction. Assessing the Springboks' lock stocks following the confirmation of…...
Springboks' curtain-raiser fixture confirmed as South Africa A's four-year hiatus ends
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (654+ words) Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu playing for South Africa A and an inset of Zimbabwe's Godwin Mangenje. A South African A team will face the Zimbabwe Sables as a curtain raiser for the first Springboks game of the year, SA Rugby has confirmed....
Top Test ref makes big Super Rugby claim over law innovations as World Rugby factions emerge
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (495+ words) Reds taking on Crusaders in Super Rugby and Australian referee Angus Gardner. One of world's best referees, Angus Gardner, believes that Super Rugby Pacific is showing the way forward for how the game should be played and officiated. The Australian…...
Jean de Villiers: Why South African sides can 'definitely' win the Champions Cup and the reason they are falling short
4+ day, 4+ hour ago (536+ words) Bulls during Champions Cup defeat to Glasgow Warriors and Springboks legend Jean de Villiers. Springboks legends Jean de Villiers and Schalk Burger have backed South African sides to beat the best Europe has to offer, despite yet another disappointing Investec…...
Bulls suffer hammer blow as another Springboks star set to join Japanese club
5+ day, 3+ hour ago (804+ words) Ruan Nortje in action for the Springboks (inset) and the Bulls. The Bulls have confirmed that Springboks second-row Ruan Nortje will leave the Pretoria-based outfit at the end of the current season to join an unnamed Japanese club. The 27-year-old…...
Rugby Transfers: Springboks captain finalises French move, Australia beat Ireland to rising star and Italy legend returns to the Azzurri
1+ week, 2+ hour ago (1697+ words) Salmaan Moerat, Sergio Parisse and Massimo De Lutiis Our latest transfers and rumours update focuses on a Springboks captain's move to France, Sergio Parisse's return to Italy and Australia winning a tug-of-war with Ireland. The Stormers have confirmed that lock…...
Loose Pass: 'Fun' Investec Champions Cup weekend 'badly needed' as even the 'less than bothered' South Africans turned up
1+ week, 1+ day ago (194+ words) Henry Pollock clashes with Guillaume Ducat in the Investec Champions Cup. This week we will mostly be concerning ourselves with nuances from the European weekend" And it all made for difficult days for men in the middle. Most notably for…...
Christy Doran: The PR disaster looming for Rugby Australia if Les Kiss's Reds don't make Super charge
1+ week, 1+ day ago (1398+ words) Christy Doran joins Planet Rugby for his first column. Les Kiss might have played down the prospect of "alarm bells" sounding at Ballymore, but the silence in the sheds at half-time during their shock loss to the Western Force was…...