Rassie Erasmus said Kolisi’s contract with French club Racing 92 did not prevent him from playing for SA, and that he would be considered for selection but not necessarily as captain
There was much to report on this year with multiple World Cups taking place across several sporting codes
South Africa’s cricket team does not raise national morale like the Boks do.
Rugby, represented by the Springboks, is the country’s most symbolic, just as baseball is to Americans.Â
South African rugby has not just become easier on the eye, it has been honed into more complete machine
Rassie, along with his captain, Siya Kolisi’s generation of players, have deepened our bonds with rugby in a manner that I thought inevitable as a young boy. Win or lose, they are us
South Africa director of rugby Rassie Erasmus says new Australia head coach Eddie Jones “is like a box of chocolates — you never know what you are going to get” before Saturday’s Rugby Championship opener between the sides. The Rugby World Cup title-holders tackle the Wallabies this weekend in Pretoria in Jones’ first game of […]
Sports media rights are where the money is, and investors want a return on their cash, so the Springboks need to up their game when it comes to charisma
From Leo to Rassie to Mourinho, the art of the endorsement commercial is in laughably bad shape
The Springbok hooker built his long career on his ability to adapt — and will likely do so again now that he’s finally retired from rugby
The way up for cricket is not at all clear
Italy gave Allister Coetzee one of his biggest embarrassments and now have the opportunity to ruin the South African day once more
The three weeks of the Rugby Championship will set the tone for the two months of World Cup rugby that’s pending in September
Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus said the existing model had to be "disrupted"
The Boks finished the year with a 50% win record
If our national teams are adverts of who we are then it’s little wonder we are so quick to hold them to account. So let’s do just that.
South Africa’s tour has been fairly good, but the All Blacks are stinging from last week’s Ireland loss
The Springboks followed New Zealand’s Murrayfield success of 12 months ago as only the second away team in 12 matches to triumph on Scottish soil
The Springbok XV is all but set for the World Cup but it doesn’t reflect South Africa’s demographics
With Les Bleus smarting for revenge, now is the time the Bok coach will make clear his 2019 plans
An assertive display by South Africa was not enough as the world champions got the revenge they craved at Loftus
The days of New Zealand and South Africa dishing up dour, forward-based slug-fests are over, according to the rival coaches
The Springboks clawed to a 13-12 half-time advantage and dominated a second half in which England rarely looked like scoring
The Springboks got back to winning ways with victory over England in an enthralling Test at Ellis Park in Johannesburg on Saturday
When asked if it was tricky to select a team with transformation targets in mind, Erasmus said the planning over the past few months had made it easy
​Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus says race had no role to play in his decision to appoint Siya Kolisi as captain for the series against England
Kolisi will become the first black skipper in the team’s history
​Jake White says Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus should pick a predominantly black Bok team to face Wales in Washington DC
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The new Bok coach’s six-year contract and close bond with his bosses have some crying ‘jobs for pals’
The 45-year-old will take over coaching duties from Allister Coetzee, who was in charge of the Boks for the last two years
The minister huffed and puffed and Rassie Erasmus’s departure is a blow, but the Super Rugby show goes on.
Saru’s Rassie Erasmus says he is pleased wth the skills levels of the Springbok Women squad as it gears up for the IRB Women’s Rugby World Cup.