The Lions retained their status as the Absa Currie Cup’s pace-setting team by securing a 28-19 victory over the Sharks in Johannesburg.
England ensured they set off for the World Cup on a winning note with a 20-9 victory over Ireland in their final warm-up match at Lansdowne Road.
Badly sung anthems aren’t as embarrassing as how porn the Springboks were during the Rugby World Cup squad announcement, says <b>Chris Roper</b>.
The need to cover the outstanding but injury-prone Heinrich Brüssow has forced Springbok coach Peter de Villiers to reconsider Francois Louw.
The Springboks’ World Cup squad will be announced on Tuesday and Frans Steyn and Pat Lambie have less than 24 hours to prove their fitness.
All Blacks coach Graham Henry is convinced his team is on the right track despite being given a reminder of a world cup nightmare after SA defeat.
Springbok coach Peter de Villiers was a relieved man after his side’s 18-5 Tri-Nations victory over the All Blacks on Saturday.
For 75 years the most famous Russian rugby player has been Prince Alexander Sergeevich Obolensky, an escapee from the purges of the Soviet revolution.
Flyhalf Morne Steyn contributed all of his team’s points as South Africa beat New Zealand 18-5 in their Tri-Nations match in Port Elizabeth.
South Africa have dropped captain John Smit to the bench amid five changes to the starting lineup for Saturday’s Tri-Nations Test against New Zealand.
Peter de Villiers is running out of time and excuses after a string of Tri-Nations losses and a World Cup defence less than one month away.
The Wallabies achieved one of their most courageous overseas Test victories against the Springboks at the weekend to push their World Cup claims.
The unbeaten Lions are reaping the rewards of the zero tolerance approach their coach John Mitchell has taken with the team.
An outstanding kicking performance by Frederic Michalak ensured that the Sharks recorded a 21-19 victory over Western Province.
Griquas bagged a morale-boosting win, with a clinical 32-18 victory over the Leopards in Kimberley on Saturday.
After a month of messing around with extended squads, the Bok coaching team is sending something close to its best team into battle with Australia.
The rage of Britain’s rioters pales in comparison to the fury of football fans whose favoured fixtures were canned, judging by their Twitter tantrums.
Scott Higginbotham will make his first Test start after being named as No. 8 for Australia for their Tri-Nations clash against South Africa.
Pierre Spies and Danie Rossouw are the latest injury worries for the Boks, ahead of Saturday’s Tri-Nations clash against Australia in Durban.
Griqualand West fullback Rudi Vogt kicked 23 points as defending champions Sharks suffered their first Currie Cup defeat of the season.
The Bok coach named a 24-man squad featuring several players returning from injury rehabilitation for the home leg of the Tri-Nations series.
Warren Gatland says Wales and England’s decision to wear black change kits at the World Cup should be seen as a mark of respect for hosts New Zealand.
The Blue Bulls have named seven of their eight returning Springboks in the team to face the Lions in a Currie Cup clash in Pretoria on Saturday.
Lions scrumhalf Jano Vermaak will be crossing the Jukskei river to join the Blue Bulls after the completion of the Currie Cup.
It may be coincidence but the two sides yet to lose a match after three rounds of Absa Currie Cup rugby are coached by New Zealand descendants.
Western Province ran in two tries in each half to crown their bonus point victory and flyhalf Demetri Catrakilis was in fine form.
Jacques Botes scored a brace of tries to help the Sharks maintain their 100% start to the Absa Currie Cup with a 43-34 victory over the Cheetahs
Springboks coach Pieter de Villiers says he’s leaving behind any Tri-Nations hopes and will rather be eyeing the World Cup come September.
The All Blacks opened their Tri-Nations title defence with a 40-7 hammering of the injury-ravaged Springboks on Saturday.
Griquas confidently beat the Pumas 40-33 in their Absa Currie Cup match in Nelspruit on Friday.
The Cheetahs and Blue Bulls will be fighting for supremacy at the coast on Saturday in their respective Absa Currie Cup clashes.
Lock Gerhard Mostert and Patrick Lambie at fullback are set for their first starts in the Springboks’ Tri-Nations Test against the All Blacks.