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Game, bet and match: The Springboks in action against Tonga in their Rugby World Cup game in Marseille, France, on Sunday. (Christophe Simon/AFP)
DAMIAN DE ALLENDE

Tough choices ahead for Nienaber and Erasmus as quarters loom

Kriel or Am? Pollard or Libbok? Nails are being bitten as the South African team heads for the quarter-finals

  • Luke Alfred
7 min read
Damian Willemse of South Africa scores his team’s fourth try during the Rugby World Cup France 2023 match between South Africa and Romania at Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux on September 17, 2023 in Bordeaux, France. (Photo by Jan Kruger/Getty Images)
COBUS REINACH

SA demolishes Romania at Rugby World Cup

The humid conditions failed to stop the Springboks from starting strongly in Bordeaux

  • Illtud Dafydd
4 min read
DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA – AUGUST 16: Kaunda Ntunja during the Absa Currie Cup match between The Sharks and MTN Golden Lions at Growthpoint Kings Park on August 16, 2013 in Durban, South Africa. (Steve Haag/Gallo Images)
FLOYD MAYWEATHER
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Lala kahle Kaunda Ntunja

South African rugby has lost a gentle giant in Kaunda Ntunja. His commentary in isiXhosa poetically ushered in the Springboks’ first black captain and ‘popped champagne’ after…

  • Lungani Zama
3 min read
Springbok rugby player Eben Etzebeth (centre) is said to have been part of an alleged race-based assault just days before the World Cup squad announcement in August. (Getty Images)
LESTER KIEWIT

Racism stops rugby’s try at uniting South Africa

Alleged assault divides the country on whether Springboks have the ability to build a nation

  • Lester Kiewit
6 min read