Skinstad ignored Bok medical advice
An operation on Bob Skinstad's shoulder to correct an injury sustained in the defeat against England means the South African captain will miss the start of the Stormers' ...
WP Boks back but Pumas confident
Western Province are not hiding behind their Currie Cup champions tag. They realise what needs to be done at Newlands against the high-riding Mpumalanga Pumas to ...
Butch and Monty to get the boot?
Percy Montgomery and Butch James will know by tomorrow if they are to be kicked out of the Springbok rugby squad ahead of the away leg of their Tri-Nations campaign. ...
Jantjes in as Harry spares Percy
Conrad Jantjes joins Braam van Straaten and Johan Ackermann as one of three changes to the Bok team for Saturday's second Tri-Nations game. The 21-year-old replaces ...
Marius Joubert lets his play do the talking
Marius Joubert kept the good news to himself for almost 18 hours. . . and it wasn't even difficult. He's not the kind of bloke who would brag about his achievements, ...
Tygers high and dry in rain
Tygerberg proved that the weather should never be used as an excuse for poor rugby. On Wednesday night the Ravensmead club, who had to qualify for the main draw, ...
Rassie's days could be numbered
National rugby boss Harry Viljoen has sent star flanker Rassie Erasmus home ahead of the build-up to South Africa's one-off test with Italy - a move designed to ...
All eyes on Aussie as rugby season kicks off
The real action for most rugby neutrals in 2001 will not be in South Africa, but Down Under. Here the combined power of England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland comes ...
Sharks in Bok shadows
Springbok rugby coach Harry Viljoen has some crucial decisions to make this week. He must name a replacement for the injured Victor Matfield and also reassess his ...
Bullet beats the hard knocks
James Dalton is back! Call him what you will - problem child, the one always looking for trouble on the rugby field. . . he remains a good player, and he has the ...
Harry can't complain about Swart hype
Rugby writer Joslyn Titus can't understand all the fuss over Harry Viljoen's Australian appointments, but writes that the Springbok coach should have stuck with ...
Bullet to lead the Bulls
James "Bullet" Dalton, the forgotten Springbok and the hooker with an attitude, will take over the leadership of the Bulls for the match against the Stormers after ...
Fame hasn't affected Monty
Mention the name Percy Montgomery and you think white boots, silver hair, eccentric. This week he showed another side to his misunderstood personality. He is a caring ...
Raving about Rudolf
Cape Argus rugby writer Joslyn Titus salutes Rudolf Straueli and the work he has done in taking the Sharks from the bottom of last season's Super 12 log to setting ...
Stormers beef up for Otago's front-row threat
Tighthead prop Morne van der Merwe has been called up as the only change to the Stormers line-up for this weekend's clash against the Highlanders, in a bid to strengthen ...
Boks flop, but Bobby is ready to bounce back
South Africa have crashed out of the World Cup Sevens tournament, losing in the quarterfinals to Argentina, who were beaten in the semis by the winners, New Zealand. ...
Bobby's back and looking good
Bobby Skinstad, back after a 14-month layoff, has passed his test in the World Cup Sevens with flying colours, assisting the seven-man Boks to victory in their first ...
After Pumas, it's All Blacks for Boks
The Springboks are one match away from meeting New Zealand in the semifinals of the World Cup Sevens tournament in Argentina, but they will first have to beat the ...
French hurdle for Sevens Boks
South Africa face France in their fourth match of the World Cup Sevens tournament in Argentina - an encounter that will undoubtedly decide how the Boks fare in the ...
Bobby in the Bok front row
Springbok Bob Skinstad's first game in 14 months will not be in his familiar position at No 8, but rather in the front row as South Africa's sevens rugby side open ...
Solomons and Viljoen in talks about Monty
Percy Montgomery's role at flyhalf is set to come under the spotlight when Alan Solomons - the Stormers boss who favours the player at fullback - and the Springbok ...
Boks boost Sevens game
The Springboks commitment on day one of the World Cup Sevens trials in Cape Town came as a welcome boost to national coach, Norman Mbiko, who initially feared that ...
Solly still the Stormers' boss
Alan Solomons, who will coach former European club champions Ulster for the next three years, says the Stormers and the Super 12 are his priority. "Nothing will ...
Top stars head sevens cup trials
Sevens rugby will at last take the limelight when some of the game's big names assemble at Ravensmead in Cape Town for world cup trials today. ...
Bad luck for some is good for Bok Barry
De Wet Barry has seized every opportunity which has come his way - injuries to first-choice players gave him his gap in the "baby Boks" and he used it sensationally, ...