By Tank Lanning I am angry! And two things one should never do when angry is argue with your wife or write a column on the Boks … you tend to say things you don’t really mean … But as I said in the build-up to the game … Why did Heyneke Meyer choose to […]
By Tank Lanning As Heyneke Meyer looks to the next Springbok outing against Argentina at Newlands on 18 August, the first of the all new and desperately named “Rugby Championship” matches, has the England series given him answers or posed more questions? Rightfully happy with the series win, given that was his primary goal as […]
Jean de Villiers has been appointed as Springbok captain for the remainder of the 2012 season, Bok coach Heyneke Meyer has announced in Port Elizabeth. De Villiers was appointed the 54th Springbok captain before the international season started, but initially only for the Castle Incoming Tour against England. Meyer decided to hand the captaincy to […]
The Springboks’ home Test matches could be broadcast on e.tv after the SABC said it would no longer be televising them ‘delayed live’. The SABC wanted live rights, but SuperSport could never agree to this as they are a cornerstone of pay TV. In addition, SuperSport had bid successfully for the live rights, and the […]
Springboks Gio Aplon and Dean Greyling have been called up to the national squad following injury concerns around Zane Kirchner and Coenie Oosthuizen respectively. They will join the Springboks in Johannesburg, where they are currently preparing for the second Test against England at Coca-Cola Park on Saturday. Kirchner injured his knee late in the first […]
The South African under-20 side surged into the semifinals of the IRB Junior World Championship on the back of a magnificent second half performance to beat England 28-15 at Cape Town Stadium on Tuesday night. The Baby Boks had a tough task at the start of the game, especially as Ireland’s win over Italy meant […]
Forwards Joe Marler and Tom Johnson will make their England debuts in the first of three rugby Tests against South Africa this weekend after head coach Stuart Lancaster announced his side to face the Springboks on Thursday. The 21-year-old loosehead prop Marler and the 29-year-old flanker Johnson will take to the field in Durban […]
Heyneke Meyer was true to form when he left out first-choice World Cup fullback Patrick Lambie and picked Bulls fullback Zane Kirchner for the first Test against England at Kings Park in Durban on Saturday – who said something about “horses for courses?”. There are three new caps in the starting XV, Sharks loose forward […]
With only one logical candidate available to lead the Boks, coach Heyneke Meyer eventually announced at a press conference in Umhlanga Rocks that De Villiers, who made his debut for South Africa a decade ago, will lead the side. De Villiers became the favourite when it was learned that the initial choice, Fourie du Preez, had […]
South Africa Rugby coach Heyneke Meyer has named his Springbok squad for the three Tests against England starting next week which includes nine uncapped players. The nine uncapped players are Marcell Coetzee, JJ Engelbrecht, Eben Etzebeth, Elton Jantjies, Juandre Kruger, Coenie Oosthuizen, Jacques Potgieter, Franco van der Merwe and Jano Vermaak. Meyer has stuck heavily […]