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Explore Rassie Erasmus's transformative impact on South African rugby and the challenges that lie ahead for the Springboks after the 2027 World Cup.
The Lions shift their focus to the Challenge Cup after a narrow defeat to Munster, sending 12 players home to prepare for their upcoming match against Pau.
Long-time Springbok physiotherapist Rene Naylor chats with IOL Sport and reflects on an amazing journey with the team that began way back in 2008.
Wales have lost 11 successive Test matches, while Warren Gatland has only won six out of 23 Tests in his second spell in charge of the team.
The Durbanites scored four tries to earn a bonus point in their rampant win, with the final score respectable only because of a late try by the hosts.
When the British and Irish Lions were touring South Africa in 2021, the lack of fight provided by the local teams in the tour games was embarrassing, but after three seasons of United Rugby Championship (URC) it’s very different.
Do their part, and with help from results in other matches, the Lions could move into a play-off spot with two rounds of the regular season remaining.
A collective leadership group will be key for the Springboks during the 2024 test season, but in the absence of Siya Kolisi there are some strong candidates to take over from him when he is unavailable. Looking at the 2027 World Cup, though, either Lukhanyo Am or Steven Kitshoff could become the long-term successor to the double World Cup-winning Kolisi.
Jordan Larmour’s Leinster Rugby will host Willie le Roux’s Bulls in a mouth-watering United Rugby Championship top-of-the-table clash at the RDS arena in Dublin on Friday.
The little general has been in the form of his life and key to the much better form of the Lions this season.
Organisation said the advertisement was both appalling and deeply concerning.
Ireland boss Andy Farrell was on Thursday named as the head coach for the British and Irish Lions for their 2025 tour of Australia.
Ireland’s Andy Farrell has been announced as the new head coach of the British and Irish Lions for their 2025 tour of Australia.
JPR Williams was part of ‘The Invincibles’, who won 21 of 22 matches on a brutal British and Irish Lions tour of South Africa in1974.
Prop Asenathi Ntlabakanye and scrumhalf Morne van den Berg were magnanimous in their praise for Lions captain Marius Louw after their win over the Dragons.
Former Rugby World Cup winner with the Springboks, Hannes Strydom died in a car accident on Sunday.
The Bulls only had themselves to blame as poor discipline cost them dearly in Friday night’s United Rugby Championship defeat to Edinburgh.
We looked at five of the Springboks’ most famous wins under their outgoing coach Jacques Nienaber . . .
Rassie Erasmus has been on his best behaviour at the World Cup in terms of his relationship with referees, and it is perhaps no coincidence that the Boks are the only team to not have suffered a red or yellow card.
Wales have lost three key backline players to late injuries ahead of today’s match against the Springboks in Cardiff but it’s something South Africa won’t be taking lightly.
Lions are roaming the rolling valleys and bushveld of Babanango Game Reserve in KwaZulu-Natal again.
Former Sharks centre Brad Barritt has been honoured with an induction into the English Premiership Hall of Fame.
IOL Sport’s rugby gurus Leighton Koopman (Stormers), Ashfak Mohamed (Bulls), Mike Greenaway (Sharks) and Morgan Bolton (Lions) assess the four SA teams’ URC seasons.
Leinster coach Leo Cullen shared that he has the utmost admiration for Jacques Nienanber. The Springbok coach will be joining the Irish side after the Rugby World Cup.
Hippos are extremely territorial and will attack and kill anything which encroaches on their territory.