Springboks (rugby)

Two years ago we witnessed a peculiar sense of pride flare up along equatorial lines. The four semifinal slots at the World Cup were occupied by...

If the Springboks were a football team, we would be entitled to wonder what all the fuss was about. This season their record reads: played eight,...

South Africa’s games against the All Blacks last year were merely a few of the collisions the Springboks endured during the trainwreck that was...

The moment of truth has arrived. On Friday night, the Cheetahs will play Ulster in Belfast in the opening match of the new Pro14 competition. A...

As an exhausting year finally winds to a close, it’s only human to grope around for meaning and comfort. In the spirit of salvaging some...

With the Springboks’ miserable season over, now is a good time to sit back and enjoy the feats achieved by the Blitzbokke. At the HSBC Word Sevens...

It is often said that you reap what you sow. This saying couldn’t find a more appropriate home than with the Springboks and their parent body,...

Who knows what Allister Coetzee has been telling the Boks in his team talks this week. But he could do worse than sing them the chorus of the John...

If the history books are a valid guide to the future, Australia cannot win in Pretoria on Saturday. In six goes they have yet to register victory at...

When South African Rugby Union (Saru) president Oregan Hoskins resigned last month, few could have predicted how rapidly things would go pear-shaped....

It didn’t take long for the new dawn to turn into one of those days best forgotten. Five Tests into his tenure, Allister Coetzee has slipped...

There will come a time in the course of the build-up to the next World Cup when Springbok coach Allister Coetzee will wonder how much worse things...