Springbok Rugby

After Wales, South Africa host Ireland, the only team to beat them at the 2023 World Cup

World Cup-winners Siyamthanda Kolisi and Mzwandile Stick are both incredible men with stories that start in Port Elizabeth townships

South Africa hasn’t reached the World Cup final since lifting the Webb Ellis Cup in 2007

The Rugby Championship, the World Cup, and Springbok politics in South Africa

The Boks finished the year with a 50% win record

If our national teams are adverts of who we are then it’s little wonder we are so quick to hold them to account. So let’s do just that.

The Springbok XV is all but set for the World Cup but it doesn’t reflect South Africa’s demographics

Having led 6-3 at half-time, England fell a point behind in the second half before captain Farrell and winger May took the game away from the Boks

The country came together to back the rugby team

‘In many ways, rugby can be seen as symbolic of the pitfalls bedevilling the best-intentioned attempts at nation-building’

The new Bok coach’s six-year contract and close bond with his bosses have some crying ‘jobs for pals’

Vested interests must be put aside, and a new cross-border, global approach needs to be adopted.

The maverick scrumhalf is not only an example of how to play a bigger game but how he dealt with adversity is also a lesson to all of us

The mighty All Blacks are almost unbeatable, but Allister Coetzee can at least start correcting his muddled thinking.

Coetzee has a perfect opportunity to get the team into shape.