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Springboks: Less boring, more terrifying
South African rugby has not just become easier on the eye, it has been honed into more complete machine
Wallabies coach Jones ‘like a box of chocolates’ for Boks’ Erasmus
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…
Stormers need to fix scrums, attack
Saracens coach Eddie Jones says the Stormers will have to work on scrummaging and attack if they are to make an impact in the next Super 14 season.
White and Jones to resume double act
Jake White is to link up again with Eddie Jones in the new year after agreeing to take on a fresh consultancy role with English side Saracens.
Eddie Jones slams De Villiers’s game plan
Former Springbok assistant coach and Wallabies boss Eddie Jones has turned up the heat on beleaguered South African rugby coach Peter de Villiers.
Bulls benefit from Eddie’s input
The one-and-a-half-day visit of Eddie Jones to the Bulls was worthwhile — and the Super 14 champions have learnt a lot from it. Bulls forward coach Pote Human and the franchise’s…
Leave rugby’s rules alone, says Eddie Jones
Former Wallabies coach and Springbok consultant Eddie Jones on Wednesday dismissed calls for changes to rugby union’s rules after a drab World Cup final that featured no tries.…
‘It’s time for new heroes’
‘I’ve believed for a long time now that South Africa are going to win the World Cup,” Jake White says with quiet but utter certainty in his hotel room in Paris. Days away from…
Jones points finger at Connolly for Aussie Cup exit
Former Wallabies coach Eddie Jones has blamed his successor, John Connolly, for Australia’s shock World Cup exit last weekend at the hands of old enemy England. Connolly replaced…
Australian media taunt All Blacks
Australian newspapers on Monday sought to ease the pain of the Wallabies’ Rugby World Cup exit at the hands of England — and the boot of Jonny Wilkinson — by taunting the All…
White: Jones won’t compromise Wallaby secrets
Eddie Jones will not compromise what he knows of the Wallabies’ inner workings to the advantage of fierce Rugby World Cup rivals South Africa, Springboks coach Jake White said on…
White: Can’t stop Oz poaching players
Springbok coach Jake White issued Australian rugby with a dare to plunder South Africa’s burgeoning rugby talent as the Wallabies look to boost their shallow player depth ahead…
Rugby’s hemispheric haemorrhage
As the Rugby World Cup pool stage reached the halfway point this week, not one of the Six Nations countries could yet start planning for a quarterfinal. On the form of the…
Du Preez enjoys fairy-tale comeback
A few months ago Fourie du Preez could have been forgiven for having given up hope of playing in the World Cup. How England must have wished that had been the case as he once…
Stransky puts his money on Boks
Former South African World Cup-winning flyhalf Joel Stransky is backing the three southern-hemisphere powers as well as hosts France to have the biggest impact at this year’s…