Rugby World Cup 2019
latest news & developmentsThe South African nation does not exist
There is no deep comradeship, common ancestry or monopoly on the legitimate use of force
Sport audit 2019: How SA’s national rugby team performed
The highlight of South Africa’s year was the Springboks Rugby World Cup victory
The Berlin Wall fell 30 years ago, but new walls are going up everywhere
The Berlin Wall fell 30 years ago but today we have more borders and walls than ever
A final is how legends are born
Can this crop earn the right to join a group that includes John Smit and Nelson Mandela?
England and NZ search for perfection
After sterling quarterfinals, momentum will decide this much-anticipated mini-final
Brave Blossoms epitomise belief
Japan’s rugby team have beaten SA before but the Boks are still favourites to win their quarterfinal
Racism stops rugby’s try at uniting South Africa
Alleged assault divides the country on whether Springboks have the ability to build a nation
World Cup is reminding South Africans that sport is still divided
South Africa needs a new progressive sports movement that works for equality and peace based on mass participation and social justice
Drop goals, the flared trousers of rugby, back in fashion
Why is that it can seem as if the drop goal has disappeared from sight between World Cups?
EDITORIAL: Boks a hope for all of us
Picture the scene. Siya Kolisi, the first black Bok captain, raised in Zwide township outside of Port Elizabeth, lifting the World Cup
A tropical subject: Could typhoons hit Rugby World Cup?
Here are some of the key questions as one of the world’s natural disaster hotspots prepares to host one of the world’s biggest sporting events
Cake and politics: On rugby quotas and the World Cup
The Rugby Championship, the World Cup, and Springbok politics in South Africa
Boks: Some choices are simple
Allister Coetzee faces all kinds of problems, and pressure, when he picks the new squad
Singapore still hopeful of hosting World Cup matches
Singapore’s rugby chief says the city state wants to host Rugby World Cup matches in 2019, contrary to widespread reports it had withdrawn interest.