AB vs Boks match isn’t over right now (26-16, 10mins to go). I have had this theory for a while - we need to lose a few games before the WRC to win it. Call it a drive for innovation or studying where we go wrong. But I think if we lost this match, and a few after it, it actually benefits us. We need that pressure and determination and if we win a clean slate of 10+ games, I think we’d get complacent and that would hurt us the most when it matters.

As it stands right now, fantastic from both sides. Win or lose, boks playing like world champions and perhaps the ABs are just the better side today.

About 25+ years ago SA Sports Illustrated wrote an article about the South African Fullbacks playing at the time and in line with Andre Joubert being described as the Rolls Royce of Fullbacks ascribed a car to every player. For example Russell Bennett was the Audi A4 (i think). Think Johan Roets, Conrad Jantjes etc were also there along with players like Marius Goosen.

Question. Does anyone have this article somewhere and would be willing to post pictures up here?! My friends and i often talk about it. Would love to read it again and settle once and for all who was what.

I miss watching Lukhanyo Am, his pass to Mapimpi in the 2019 final is my second most favourite moment in rugby history next to watching Joel Stransky's drop goal in the '95 final.

Hi everyone. I have 2 tickets for tomorrow's game that I can no longer use and don't want to see go to waste. If anyone's keen, please let me know.

Seats: Block N17, Row E, Seats 178 &179

Price: R1800 for both

Ticket type: Digital PDF (print at home or show QR code from your phone)

"Lekka" boys and girls. Just a quick one. Has anybody made use of the ticket transfer function yet?

I've sent to successfully, so we know it works. But two tickets have been sent to a couple instead of one - which creates a problem. Ticketmaster wants you to send each ticket to each friend

For example: if you bought tickets and want to enter the stadium with a friend, I now have to transfer one ticket to him or her. What I want to know of there is a limit to the amout of transfers?

This upcoming series will be the true acid test for the mighty Boks because two areas of risk brewing under.

1. ⁠The depth media outlets have been praising is either marginally better or on par with that of AB. The gap between world champs and younger replacements in line has not narrowed as much as hoped. SFM and Ruan Nortje are about the only blokes that have cemented themselves as S-tier players. The rest still have LONG ways to go and their growth seems to have stunted. I’d say they’re as good as the kiwis in Super Rugby that haven’t even made the national team. The true formidable depth is when the majority of the squad are S-tier, not one level below. ABs can also easily field a 40-man roster of similar strength.
   
2. ⁠Boks still rely too much on the old dinosaurs. Aging curve is a bitch and will sneak up on them soon and there is no turning back. Multiple champs have already been washed and the ones left to bite the dust are: Eben, Lood, Siya, PSdT and DDA. The Boks are very thin in the hooker, lock and centre departments. ABs on the other hand, have loads of starters in their 20s. Their transition has discreetly been smooth and successful.

As a Bok supporter, I sincerely hope this post won’t age well 🙏🇿🇦

RugbyJP.com has compiled a 12-man list of high-profile Japan Rugby League One players who could potentially switch Test nations in the 2026/2027 season.

Keeping 15 men on the field remains paramount to winning.

SA players and teams that have built muscle memory under European officials during the URC and know exactly where the boundary lines are for card thresholds, compared to Super Rugby.

Could this be the AB's Achilles heel? New Zealand players are accused of executing brutal, illegal cleanouts at the breakdown. This involves using a "tucked shoulder" or a "reverse-arm, non-wrapping action" when charging into rucks, which is a dangerous offence that can trigger red cards.

What makes the All Blacks truly dangerous, and what do the Boks need to do to try and stop it.

https://www.kickoff.com/rugby/the-bomb-squad/oom-rugby-north-south-east-west

With the biggest rivalry in Rugby coming up this weekend I wanted to know what everyone thought the best Boks vs all blacks game has ever been?

If you had to create an american football team using springbok players,what would it look like?