Mallett: Bomb Squad must stand down
Nick Mallett says the six-two split between replacement forwards and backs was partly to blame for the loss to the All Blacks and the Springboks need to abandon the tactic in their Test matches Down Under.
Nick Mallett says the six-two split between replacement forwards and backs was partly to blame for the loss to the All Blacks and the Springboks need to abandon the tactic in their Test matches Down Under.
The Springboks were forced to delay their departure to Australia for the away leg of the Rugby Championship following the cancellation of their flight to Sydney on Thursday evening.
In his analysis of how the All Blacks struck back to claim a victory over the Springboks at Ellis Park, Squidge Rugby said that Jacques Nienaber needs to be more conscious of when to make substitutions.
Rugby Australia has confirmed that defence coach Matt Taylor has stepped down from his post, one week before the Wallabies take on the Springboks in Adelaide.
With the Springboks and Wallabies over a week away from trading blows in the Rugby Championship, we rewind to the 1995 World Cup when South Africa beat defending champions Australia in Cape Town.
SA Rugby magazine team go head to head to tackle this tricky issue.
The history books will be against the Springboks in two Rugby Championship Tests in Australia, with the second to be played in Sydney where they have not beaten the Wallabies in nearly 30 years.
Schalk Burger has recounted a hilarious story about his former teammate and good friend Jean de Villiers from their playing days with the Springboks.
As Bernard Foley has made his first return to the Wallabies squad since the 2019 World Cup, take a look back at when the playmaker helped Australia beat the Springboks in Eben Etzebeth’s 50th appearance.
Bernard Foley could play his first Test for the Wallabies since the 2019 World Cup after being included in a 35-man squad for the matches against the Springboks in Adelaide and Sydney.