Former Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber is looking forwards and not backwards as Leinster prepare for the new Champions Cup campaign this weekend.
The Springboks twice selected 15 forwards in the match day 23 — both against the All Blacks before and during Rugby World Cup 2023 — and regularly opted for 14 forwards.
A separation is needed between international and franchise rugby, says MyPlayers CEO Eugene Henning. Bok players especially need an extended rest period at the end of each season.
Springbok hooker Bongi Mbonambi suggested that the Tom Curry incident was a case of ‘lost in translation’, although he did not confirm what he said to the England flank.
The Rugby World Cup Trophy Tour’s whirlwind visit to Cape Town on 3 November wasn’t just about winning the title. It was about camaraderie, pride and people coming together in a magnificent celebration of sport, culture and unity.
The Springbok World Cup trophy tour brought East London to a standstill, with residents saying the team’s victory has reignited the dreams of many struggling Eastern Cape residents who lined up in their thousands to see their heroes on Sunday.
A trawl through results and records of the RasNaber Springbok team reveals much to back up former Bok captain John Smit’s assertion that this is the greatest side to don the green and gold.
The residents of Langa and Bonteheuwel in Cape Town were vibrating with joy to see their rugby heroes return with their fourth Rugby World Cup. And Many insisted they would gather again in four years to celebrate another win.
I hope this win by this team goes a long way to not just change but obliterate, once and for all, this backward mindset that is so detrimental to any chance we have of building and fixing our country with the best that each and every one of us has to offer.
People came out in their thousands on Thursday to celebrate the Springbok victory at the Rugby World Cup.
The Springboks’ back-to-back Rugby World Cup victories show what can be possible at the country level: a team united behind a common South Africanness, purpose and vision.
I’ve been thinking deeply about Rassie Erasmus and Jacques Nienaber and what they have achieved and how they have achieved it. Back-to-back Rugby World Cup titles and the fulfilment of a six-year plan focused on winning RWC 2023 didn’t come down to chance.
The Springboks arrived in Johannesburg to much fanfare on Tuesday. The coach and players painted a picture of unity brought on by a common goal – despite their different backgrounds.
Beyond making history as the first national team to win the Rugby World Cup four times, the Springboks’ victory has reignited a sense of unity and patriotism for South Africans from all walks of life.
What is remarkable is that South Africa can win a World Cup when so much of our talent is still suppressed, bogged down in bad schools, broken communities, trapped in income poverty, stunted by hunger. There are so many dreams out there waiting to be unchained. South Africa has huge talent to untap. That’s why I interpret one of Siya’s messages to us as being that the freedom to excel and to win in sport is a social justice issue.
President Cyril Ramaphosa announced a public holiday on 15 December to celebrate back-to-back world champions, the Springboks. Ramaphosa used the occasion to list the government’s achievements.
This week all eyes will be on the finance minister when he presents the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement, while the Springboks go on a victory tour and Johannesburg residents protest over the water crisis
The Springbok trophy tour will start on Thursday in Gauteng’s cities, before moving to three other major cities in South Africa.
Over the past week, Springbok captain Siya Kolisi has shown some leadership qualities that only tangentially had to do with the actual winning of the games.
All Blacks captain Sam Cane became the first player in history to be red-carded in a Rugby World Cup final as New Zealand lost 12-11 to South Africa.
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