Willemse: France the ‘best team in the world’
France lock Paul Willemse says he does not regret giving up his dream of playing for South Africa and that he is looking forward to facing the Springboks during the November Test window.
France lock Paul Willemse says he does not regret giving up his dream of playing for South Africa and that he is looking forward to facing the Springboks during the November Test window.
The SA-born player at the centre of Spain’s Rugby World Cup 2023 expulsion says he was unaware his travel documents had been tampered with by his club.
Spain beat Portugal 33-28 in Madrid on Sunday to become the 16th team to qualify for the 2023 Rugby World Cup, in the process booking a date with the reigning champions, the Springboks.
Rassie Erasmus will resume his duties as SA Rugby’s director of rugby this week when his World Rugby suspension from all rugby activities comes to an end.
Charles Piutau is excited at the prospect of Tonga possibly facing South Africa, Ireland and Scotland in pool stages of the 2023 Rugby World Cup, if the Pacific Island nation qualifies for the showpiece event.
Eddie Jones hailed the emergence of England’s new crop of rising stars for creating an “enormous competitive strain” on selection as his squad builds towards the 2023 World Cup in France.
Sir Clive Woodward says northern hemisphere teams are ready to dominant Test rugby and believes the 2023 World Cup semi-final lineup will be made up of just Six Nations sides.
Canada will miss the Rugby World Cup for the first time after losing a two-legged play-off to Chile on Saturday for a place in the 2023 finals to be played in France.
The South African duo of Ruben de Haas and Hanco Germishuys were front and centre as the United States defeated Canada 38-16 to claim a 59-50 aggregate victory in their 2023 Rugby World Cup qualifying tie.
Supporters from around the globe are furious after they were unable to purchase 2023 Rugby World Cup tickets in ‘an egregious system’ on the official ticketing website on Wednesday.