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Rassie confirms: ‘I won’t coach beyond 2019’

Article Agency - 10 Dec 2018

The Boks finished the year with a 50% win record

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Super Rugby is wounding our Springboks

Article Luke Feltham - 2 Aug 2018

South Africa has more players out in a season than any other group of elite sportsmen

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Jake urges Rassie to pick predominantly black side to face Wales

Article Staff Reporter - 18 Apr 2018

Jake White says Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus should pick a predominantly black Bok team to face Wales in Washington DC

Imagining rugby – beyond 2020

Article Staff Reporter - 12 Oct 2017

Vested interests must be put aside, and a new cross-border, global approach needs to be adopted.

Now the Boks face a real Test

Article Staff Reporter - 8 Sep 2017

Some claim that their five-win run has less to do with their capabilities than with their opponents’ shortcomings

Beast still loving Springbok life

Article Agency - 6 Sep 2017

He may have played in 92 Tests since his debut, but Tendai Mtawarira remains thrilled with the current Springbok environment.

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A bleak view of the green and gold from the banks of the Orange

Article Staff Reporter - 14 Jun 2016

The outlook for the Springboks is depressing unless they start thinking differently about the game, writes Luke Alfred.

Boks: Some choices are simple

Article Staff Reporter - 26 May 2016

Allister Coetzee faces all kinds of problems, and pressure, when he picks the new squad

Springboks come up short after defeat by All Blacks

Article Staff Reporter - 13 Sep 2014

New Zealand have beaten SA - crushing the teams' dream of wanting to win to cap celebrations for captain Jean de Villiers 100th Test.

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Tutu criticises slow transformation in the Springboks

Article Sapa - 22 Aug 2014

After 20 years of democracy, Archbishop Desmond Tutu has decried the "tortoise pace" at which transformation is taking place in SA rugby.

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Victor Matfield appointed as interim Springboks captain

Article Sapa - 3 Jun 2014

Victor Matfield will lead the Springboks for the first time since his return to the sport in this weekend's match against World XV.

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Trifecta case: Govt building was incomplete, ten months later

Article Sapa - 6 Feb 2014

Work to make a Trifecta building ready for government office work in Springbok was left incomplete for 10 months, despite payment having been made.

Springboks ascend: Eden must fall

Article Staff Reporter - 12 Sep 2013

South Africa will face New Zealand at Eden Park as a team determined to end 76 years of hurt.

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Springboks’ winning streak at risk in Brisbane

Article Sapa Ap - 5 Sep 2013

If history is the best guide, South Africa's nine-match victory streak will end in Australia on Saturday.

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Habana joins 50-try club as Boks blitz Samoa

Article Nick Said - 23 Jun 2013

Bryan Habana became the sixth man to score 50 Test tries as South Africa romped to a 56-23 victory over Samoa at Loftus on Saturday.

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