New-look Bok backline to face Lions in decider
Mark Keohane and Zelim Nel are back in ‘The War Room’, this time plugging speedsters into the Springbok backline that takes on the British & Irish Lions.
Pick your emergency Bok centres for the Lions series
Following episode two of The War Room, you’ve locked in your preferred wings and now it’s time to name your starting centres.
Watch: Try of the Week – Simelane special
Wandisile Simelane beat four defenders on his way to scoring a great, counter-attacking try for the Lions this past weekend.
Green vs Gold – Post-match reaction
Hear the thoughts of captains Siya Kolisi and Lukhanyo Am, as well as youngsters Sanele Nohamba, JJ van der Mescht and Wandisile Simelane following Green’s victory over Gold at Newlands.
Province shift focus to Simelane
Fresh from signing Springbok fullback Warrick Gelant, Western Province are hoping to convince Lions centre Wandisile Simelane to move to the Cape. DYLAN JACK reports.
Future of Springbok rugby (centres)
In the second instalment of a new series, DYLAN JACK looks at players aged 23 and younger with the potential to provide the spine of a future Springbok side.
From the vault: Simelane’s oval-ball option
In an interview with SA Rugby magazine in 2018, rising star Wandisile Simelane revealed how he went against his family’s wishes to pursue rugby rather than soccer.
Simelane out, Dayimani in for Lions
Coach Ivan van Rooyen has made six changes to the Lions starting lineup for Saturday’s away match against the Blues at Eden Park in Auckland.
Paper Talk: Fassi, Simelane to be Boks?
A round-up of what some of South Africa’s leading Sunday papers are saying, including a look at what the Springbok squad to take on Scotland and Georgia could look like.
Lions boosted by injury returns
Wandisile Simelane and Willem Alberts have both been named in the Lions’ 26-man squad for their four-match tour to Australasia next week.
