John Smit, the most capped Test captain in history, was on Monday confirmed by Saru as Springbok captain for the 2011 international season.
Joining the Lions from Bath is part of Butch James’s plan to impress the Bok selectors ahead of the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand later this year.
Chiliboy Ralepelle and Bjorn Basson have been cleared after an inquiry found they were not at fault after testing positive for a banned stimulant.
Springboks Chiliboy Ralepelle and Bjorn Basson will have to wait before hearing whether they will escape a ban for taking a banned substance.
Springbok rugby players Bjorn Basson and Chiliboy Ralepelle will appear before an SA Rugby Union judicial committee in Cape Town on Tuesday morning.
The Boks departed from Britain and Ireland on Sunday with coach Peter de Villiers declaring the tour with an injury-hit squad a qualified success.
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/ 3 December 2010
When SA take on the Barbarians it will be not quite 50 years since the most famous invitation team in the world defeated Avril Malan’s Springboks.
With one game still left to play against the Barbarians this weekend, SA — win or lose — will leave northern hemisphere shores with mixed emotions.
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/ 27 November 2010
SA comfortably beat England 21-11 at Twickenham on Saturday to end their season on a high and revive confidence ahead of the World Cup.
Dan Parks kicked Scotland to their first victory over South Africa since 2002, scoring all their points in a 21-17 win in the Autumn Test Series.
South Africa’s players and coaches are taking nothing for granted ahead of Saturday’s match with Scotland.
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/ 19 November 2010
Halfway through the tour, any chance that the Boks might be able to concentrate on closing out a Grand Slam ended early on Monday morning.
SA wing Bryan Habana has been ruled out of the remaining Tests of the world champions’ tour after suffering a hand injury in practice on Tuesday.
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/ 13 November 2010
World champions South Africa spoiled a sizzling debut from teenage winger George North to beat Wales 29-25 in a pulsating Test on Saturday.
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/ 12 November 2010
The Springbok squad, with sterling performances from fringe players, looks too strong for this weekend’s opposition
The Springboks have drafted Frans Steyn into the midfield for their Test against Wales at the Millennium Stadium on Saturday.
SA No 8 Pierre Spies believes a successful Grand Slam tour can help the Boks go some way to making up for the pain of the Tri-Nations.
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/ 7 November 2010
SA coach Peter de Villiers insisted his side could mount a successful defence of the World Cup with a game-plan based on their traditional strengths.
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/ 6 November 2010
SA put a miserable Tri-Nations behind them and ended a three-game losing streak against Ireland by surviving a stirring fightback in a 23-21 win.
If Peter de Villiers truly has the ability to lead the Boks successfully in New Zealand 10 months hence, now is the time to prove it.
Injury-ravaged world rugby champions South Africa head for Britain and Ireland hoping to complete their first Grand Slam in 50 years.
Flanker Schalk Burger and centre Juan de Jongh have been ruled out of the Springboks’ tour of Britain and Ireland because of injury.
Twenty-year-old Patrick Lambie played the match of his life on Saturday to earn a call-up to the 30-man Springbok team.
For now Springbok coach Peter de Villiers is safe and so, it seems, are his deputies, Gary Gold and Dick Muir.
SA coach Peter de Villiers has defied the critics calling for his head by insisting the world champions have the right game plan for the World Cup.
This week Saru reminded the press that there is a process to be followed and that, at least for now, Peter de Villiers remains the coach of the Boks.
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/ 8 September 2010
Sports Minister Makhenkesi Stofile has criticised Bok coach Peter de Villiers’s statement about Bees Roux, urging him to get a media spokesperson.
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/ 7 September 2010
SA coach Peter de Villiers is facing a battle to keep his job after a poor Tri-Nations and reports linking Jake White with a return.
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/ 4 September 2010
Fullback Kurtley Beale struck a long-range penalty with his only kick of the match to give Australia a 41-39 win over South Africa.
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/ 3 September 2010
The international season ends for the Springboks this weekend when they take on the Wallabies in
Bloemfontein.
SA coach Peter de Villiers on Tuesday made one change to his starting line-up for Saturday’s Tri-Nations Test against Australia in Bloemfontein.
One win is not enough for SA to believe that they are out of the losing habit, Springboks centre Jean de Villiers said after the Tri-Nations victory.