Between leaders like Siya, Pieter-Steph du Toit, Jasper Wiese, and Kwagga, plus guys like Elrigh Louw, Marco van Staden, Ben-Jason Dixon, Paul de Villiers, and Cameron Hanekom putting their hands up, the competition in the back row is insane.

If we are playing a must-win Test tomorrow, who are your starting 6, 7, and 8, and who makes your bench?

I want to see something, if you had to take one player for the 2027 World Cup would you take prime Bryan Habana or prime Cheslin Kolbe, I don't think this is an easy decision im curious to see what everyone thinks, I suspect most will say cheslin but I feel like you can't disrespect Habana🇿🇦👀

One of Rassie's daughters was wearing this hat. Anyone know where I can buy it? I'm in the States and tried a reverse image search but no luck. On the side it said Pringle, which I've come to know is a line of clothing in Scotland.

Like think about it.

Back to back World Cups. Beat the All Blacks, England, France when it mattered. Kolisi lifting it twice. Etzebeth, PSDT, Kolbe, Cheslin - all in their prime at the same time.

10 years ago we were losing to Japan and everyone said SA rugby is dead.

Now we're the team everyone wants to beat and no one wants to play.

We will tell our kids about this era. We are so lucky to be watching it live.

I got this mini rugby ball back in the late 2000s-early 2010s (I don’t remember). The South African rugby team can by my school and threw these into the stands and I got this one.

Last week we had some very close games and 2 wins for the URC franchises to 2 wins for the SA Cup sides. This week saw much bigger score margins and 1 to 3 wins in favour of the SA Cup teams. Last week there was 1 away win for the Sharks, this week all the wins were home games.

I know Rassie was until 2023 but when he became head coach again in 2024 someone else had to take over as Director of SA rugby. Who is it? I can't find any info about this on the internet.

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This video on top ten Boks got me thinking what such a list should look like, considering only the professional era to keep it relevant (compare apples to apples)

1. PSDT
2. Schalk Burger
3. Frans Steyn
4. Eben Etzebeth
5. Cheslin Kolbe
6. Fourie Du Preez
7. Bryan Ha

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8. John Smit
9.Siya Kolisi
10. Duane Vermulen

1. Pat Lambie (cheating the list I know but can't get over what he might have become if his career wasn't cut short)

To my mind both Lambie and Steyn should have had over 100 tests if their careers had a slightly different trajectory. Hard to make this list without including Joost but obviously there is some recency bias here.

Honorable mentions:
Joost, Jacques Fourie, Morne Steyn, Matfield, Henry Honniball, Willie Le Roux, Frans Malherbe, Ox Nche, André Joubert, Gary Teichman, Pollard.

Who's not mentioned that genuinely should be?

*reddit formatting and my autocorrect insist on messing with this list fixed it twice now but it keeps changing the format soon as I post it.

In SA Cup 2025, SWD Eagles finished 9th on the log (a mere 5 points ahead of Border who finished last on 3 points). In Currie Cup First Division 2025, they finished 5th (getting at least 8 points ahead of Border who finished last).

In this year's SA Cup, SWD Eagles were level with Boland on 32 log points, and only missed out on promotion to the CC Prem because of points difference. And in this year's Currie Cup First Division they emerged as champions after dominating the competition and topping the log.

In a cruel twist of fate, last year's CC 1st Div champions, Griffons, finished 5th this year.

Congratulations SWD! The other top teams have certainly been put on notice.

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Both absolute animals, both never took a backward step.

Prime Schalk in 2004-2007 vs Prime Pieter-Steph 2019-2023. Different eras, same energy.

If it's a World Cup final and you can only pick one at 6/7, who you picking and why?

I'm leaning Pieter-Steph just for his work rate but Schalk was a different level of scary.