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1 week ago |
rugby365.com | Jan de Koning
Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus is busy ‘revamping’ the national team, looking towards the next World Cup, in Australia in 2027. The one position that desperately needs some ‘fresh legs’ is the front row, with the resources that won back-to-back World Cups severely depleted. The starting Springbok front row in the 12-11 World Cup Final win over the All Blacks in Paris in October 2023 was Frans Malherbe, Bongi Mbonambi and Steven Kitshoff.
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1 week ago |
rugby365.com | Jan de Koning
SPOTLIGHT: Jacobus Hermanus Wiese is one of those forwards who fits perfectly into Rassie Erasmus’ Springbok picture. Erasmus, renowned for his astute of ‘utility’ players, has added the 27-year-old uncapped Bulls player to his 2025 national squad. Wiese, the younger brother of World Cup-winning loose forward Jasper, joined Premiership Rugby side Sale Sharks from the Stormers ahead of the 2020–21 season.
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2 weeks ago |
rugby365.com | Jan de Koning
South Africa coach Rassie Erasmus said, with one eye on the World Cup in Australia in 2027, he will persist this season with the successful rotation policy of last year. With the British and Irish Lions touring Australia, World Champions South Africa will be able to ‘fly under the media radar’.
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2 weeks ago |
rugby365.com | Jan de Koning
The other players were simply better!That is the brutal, honest truth. Nothing more sinister than that. Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus, addressing a virtual media briefing, dismissed the notion that external, off-field factor contributed to the absence of Even Roos from the initial training squad. Roos was recalled at the weekend, after Erasmus’ preferred No.8 Cameron Hanekom suffered a hamstring injury during the Bulls’ United Rugby Championship semifinal win over the Sharks at Loftus Versfeld.
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2 weeks ago |
rugby365.com | Jan de Koning
INTERVIEW: South Africa has an alarming injury list just weeks out from the start of the World Champions’ international season. Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus, in a virtual media briefing, read off a list of injured players that will be cause for concern – including some new afflictions. Headlining the sickbay catalogue is ‘new’ call-up Juarno Marc-quin Augustus.
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