A monsoon struck Durban 30 years ago and the World Cup semi-final between the Springboks and France was almost called off. Bok lock Mark Andrews recalls the drama. ...
A World Cup for leading clubs has been confirmed but for the Bulls, Sharks, Stormers and Lions to feature in it, they have to qualify for the Champions Cup.
The 1995 Springboks have suffered tragedy, with five of their comrades dying way too soon and in unexpected circumstances.
The second Springbok alignment camp ended on Friday, and coach Rassie Erasmus cleared the air on some selection issues ahead of the start of the international season ...
It is 30 years since the Springboks opened their Rugby World Cup campaign against the Wallabies on May 20, 1995. It was a special time for the fledgling Rainbow ...
The Bulls were too strong for Cardiff in a United Rugby Championship match in Pretoria on Saturday afternoon.
Love or loath them, the media are an important part of professional sport, and former Springbok coach Nick Mallett and current coach Rassie Erasmus have discussed ...
South African rugby used to be hamstrung by provincialism but former Springbok coach Nick Mallett feels current coach Rassie Erasmus has overcome the problem.
Independent Media rugby writer Mike Greenaway recalls how hard Bulls veteran Marcell Coetzee had to work to make the Sharks, Bulls and Springboks teams.
The Sharks struggled to beat lowly Zebre in a United Rugby Championship match in Durban and coach John Plumtree voided his disapproval.
The Sharks laboured to an uneasy 35-34 win over plucky Zebre in a United Rugby Championship match in Durban on Saturday.
The Sharks completed a remarkable turnaround against the Lions when they turned an Ellis Park rout into victory at Kings Park on Saturday to land then the SA Shield ...
THE Springboks delivered a performance worthy of their world champion status, obliterating Argentina 48-7 at Mbombela Stadium last night to win the Rugby Championship ...
In between, of course, has been Currie Cup successes with the Cheetahs and two Rugby World Cups, yet Erasmus looked bashful and a touch overwhelmed on stage for ...
They had to beat four of the five top-five-ranked nations in the world to defend their title, and for three play-off matches in a row they won by one-point margins. ...
Joost van der Westhuizen's much publicised campaign to highlight motor neurone disease will ensure his legacy as a brave human being grows with future generations. ...
THE doyen of rugby broadcasting, Bill McLaren, remarked that the “Springboks had no right to be playing an outrageously gifted flank at scrumhalf. ”
There is nothing more special for a Springbok player than to play the All Blacks, and to square off against the old enemy in a Rugby World Cup semi-final is just ...
Springbok coach Heyneke Meyer is set to sweep aside sentiment and leave Bok legend Victor Matfield out of his match 23 for Saturday’s Rugby World Cup quarter-final ...
Desperation mode, full red alert, panic stations – call it what you want, but that is the state of mind of the Springboks going into tonight's World Cup match against ...
The game of rugby was put into perspective for the Springbok players on Monday, when a devastated Francois Steyn received the news that his brother had died in tragic ...
The money has to be on the SA Super Rugby sides finishing in this order: Sharks, Bulls, Stormers, Lions, Cheetahs.
Bustling Bismarck du Plessis has joined the ranks of the Sharks' band of walking wounded.
About a decade ago there was a lot more fun in the print media before games between the Stormers and the Sharks.
From a Sharks point of view, if ever a trend needed to be bucked in|Super Rugby it is tomorrow at 9. 35am (SA time).