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VIDEO: Changing of the Boks' front row guard

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.
The 'swingers' that will be key for the Boks

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.
VIDEO: Why Rassie will keep 'winning formula'

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’.
VIDEO: Rassie addresses 'rotten' Roos rumours

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.
REVEALED: Why 'broken down' Trokkie is not with the Boks

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.
AUDIO: Jake and the 'irrelevant' Final facts

2 weeks ago | rugby365.com | Jan de Koning

History will be made when Leinster and the Bulls go head-to-head at Dublin’s Croke Park in the United Rugby Championship Final on Saturday. The winner will be the fourth different URC champion in the competition’s short and storied annals. Bulls Director of Rugby Jake White dismissed the notion that the two teams’ spotty records in the play-offs will have any impact on the 2025 Grand Finale.
Leinster make URC statement with Glasgow rout

3 weeks ago | rugby365.com | Jan de Koning

MATCH REPORT: There will be a new United Rugby Champions title holder, the fourth in as many years. Irish province Leinster kept alive their dream of ending a four-year drought without silverware when they produced a 37-19 rout of defending champions Glasgow Warriors in Dublin on Saturday – a scoreline that flatters the visitors. After the Stormers in the inaugural season (2022), Munster (2023) and Glasgow (last year), Leinster will host the Bulls or Sharks next week to crown the 2025 champions.
VIDEO: Why URC embraces 'crampgate' and Hendrikse-like characters

3 weeks ago | rugby365.com | Jan de Koning

It has become the biggest media meltdown since Ireland’s quarterfinal exit at the 2023 World Cup. However, despite the excessive bleating, United Rugby Championship CEO Martin Anayi is as pleased as punch with the aftermath of the Sharks’ dramatic victory over Munster in last week’s quarterfinals. No, Anayi was #NOT celebrating Munster’s exit. He was appreciative of the additional attention the fledgling competition received as a result of the theatrics at Durban’s Kings Park.
Player ratings: Bulls

3 weeks ago | rugby365.com | Jan de Koning

OPINION: The Bulls will head to Dublin for the first United Rugby Championship Final to be played outside South Africa. They beat the Sharks 25-13 in a semifinal in front of more than 47, 000 Loftus Versfeld spectators on Saturday. While the hard work was done up front, the damage was done out wide by the players with the double digits on their backs.
VIDEO: URC concern over plummeting Ellis Park attendance addressed

3 weeks ago | rugby365.com | Jan de Koning

United Rugby Championship CEO Martin Anayi said he was ‘excited’ about the state of the competition ahead of the semifinals. Leinster host defending champions Glasgow Warriors in Dublin, with the Lansdowne Road attendance expected to be ‘significantly’ closer to the 52,000 stadium capacity than last week’s 12,879 spectators that watched them dismiss the less attractive Scarlets in the quarterfinal.