Tindall: Stop dishing out red cards
World Cup-winning former England centre Mike Tindall has added his voice to calls for rugby to embrace its physical nature and stop issuing red cards for accidental play.
World Cup-winning former England centre Mike Tindall has added his voice to calls for rugby to embrace its physical nature and stop issuing red cards for accidental play.
Andries Bekker believes @Vodacom Bulls co-captain Ruan Nortje, among the youngsters called into the Bok alignment camp, is a Test regular in the making.
The world champion Springboks will return to the field for the first time since last year’s World Cup final at Twickenham in London when they take on Wales in June.
DHL Stormers prop Neethling Fouche is delighted to be included in the next Springbok alignment camp, but says “a lot of hard work lies ahead” to make the national team.
Rosko Specman is keen to make his impact felt when he returns for the Blitzboks in his first Canada Sevens tournament since 2017.
Sharks chief executive Eduard Coetzee says moves for Andre Esterhuizen and Trevor Nyakane are in the pipeline, but the Springboks have yet to put pen to paper.
A quintet of DHL Stormers is among the 16 uncapped players on the 43-strong list that will be attending the first of three Springbok alignment camps.
Jake White tore into suggestions that the Lions are a dangerous team with ball-in-hand, while opening up on why the Bulls did not return to the changeroom during half time at Ellis Park.
The Vodacom Bulls and DHL Stormers made it two out of two against the Lions and Sharks, respectively, heading into a week’s pause in the Vodacom URC.
Vodacom Bulls No 8 Cameron Hanekom and DHL Stormers hooker Andre-Hugo Venter are reportedly among a group of uncapped youngsters called up to a Springbok alignment camp.