Former Springbok lock Victor Matfield says the All Blacks backline for the 2025 Rugby Championship “doesn’t scare you like it used to”. Chiefs loose forward Simon Parker is the only

The Springboks are set to face a depleted Australian front row in the Rugby Championship opener, with star tighthead prop Taniela Tupou in serious doubt for the Ellis Park Test.

In a major policy shift, Rugby Australia has effectively ditched the Giteau Law, handing Wallabies coach Joe Schmidt a free hand to select players based abroad. Australia has torn up

Springbok fans have more reason to believe, with a former All Black backing the world champions to end New Zealand’s epic Eden Park streak. The All Blacks haven’t lost a

Stormers director of rugby John Dobson says Western Province must win the Currie Cup in two years’ time. WP finished seventh on the eight-team Currie Cup log last year after

Vodacom Bulls coach Phiwe Nomlomo says other unions need to be “smarter” in how they approach the Currie Cup. SIMON BORCHARDT reports. The Bulls are top of the log after

Former Test referee Owen Doyle has criticised South African TMO Marius Jonker for missing British & Irish Lions hooker Dan Sheehan’s “disgraceful cheap shot” on Wallabies flyhalf Tom Lynagh. Writing

Western Province are sweating over the fitness of their two frontline flyhalves ahead of a tricky Currie Cup trip to Kimberley to face a combative Griquas outfit. WP’s preparations for

Wallabies legend David Campese says coach Andy Farrell treated the British & Irish Lions’ tour of Australia as “an Irish development tour” rather than selecting the best possible side. Farrell’s

A seasoned Sharks scrumhalf has penned a deal with third division French side Narbonne as he looks to reignite his career in Europe. EPCR Challenge Cup winner, Cameron Wright –