The Springboks’ 26-10 win at the Mbombela Stadium on Saturday is our biggest over New Zealand since 1928. It’s also the All Blacks’ fifth-heaviest defeat ever, from 616 test matches.
The kick-off in one of rugby’s fiercest rivalries is taking place this Saturday in Nelspruit at the Mbombela Stadium.
Kiwi rugby scribe Ben Smith has been trading blows with Rassie Erasmus for months. On Saturday, our Director of Rugby had the last laugh.
Rassie Erasmus and New Zealand rugby scribe Ben Smith have already traded blows on Twitter. Now the latter has called the Boks “an above-average team”.
On Saturday, England produced an incredible performance to knock the All Blacks out of the Rugby World Cup. Some folks back home haven’t taken it so well.
Beauden, Jordie, and Scott made history last year against France when they became the first trio of siblings ever to start a test match for the All Blacks.
The All Blacks aren’t used to losing at home, which is what makes our Rugby Championship win all the sweeter. Here’s what their changing room looked like after the whistle.
The All Blacks look set to continue dominating world rugby for years to come, but there is a worrying new trend emerging with regards their schoolboy rugby.
It’s been a rough few days for All Black scrumhalf Aaron Smith, his antics at an airport in New Zealand coming back to haunt him. Here’s his heartfelt apology.
He might be on top of the rugby world, lauded by pundits for his excellent decision-making, but Aaron Smith has had himself a bit of a shocker.
There’s much to be gained from knowing what tactics the opposition intends to use against you, although it all gets messy when they find the recording device.
It’s tough to shoot down claims that Richie McCaw is the greatest rugby player of all time, and now there’s a doccie to do his career justice.
In his new book Dan Carter has talked about two awful incidents that occurred while he was touring South Africa. We share your pain big guy.
It was no surprise that the All Blacks cleaned up at yesterday’s World Rugby awards ceremony, although there were none more deserving than Dan Carter.
The last few weeks have posed more questions than answers for the embattled Springbok team. As we head up for the big one here are the questions the world is asking.
They have a reputation for delivering the goods and Air New Zealand did not disappoint with their latest safety video. The challenge has been laid down SAA.
It was another case of the Springboks saying goodbye to a lead in the last ten minutes this past weekend. Let’s turn a semi-impartial observer and see what he thinks.
Sometimes getting the best in the business will set you back a pretty penny. This prime minister is considering some rather ‘out there’ alternative methods of payment.
A massive weekend of sporting action is upon us – and how better to embrace the big matches than to put your money where you mouth is.
A massive weekend of sporting action is upon us – and how better to embrace the big matches than to put your money where you mouth is.
A naked pitch-invader interrupted the All Blacks game against Argentina on Saturday in Napier, and the streaker has admitted to who she was actually going for.
A pitch-invader during the international rugby Test between the All Blacks and England is smashed by security, who almost break his neck in the process.
The All Black Seven’s team have a habit of ripping off their shirts when they win a tournament, but fans were in for a special treat in Hong Kong this past weekend, when the weather gods conspired to deliver a sopping wet shirtless haka.
Local columnist, Andile Mngxitama has launched a scathing attack on Springbok rugby in a column published by the City Press, titled ‘Springboks are a perfect metaphor for SA’. Regarding the Bok loss to the All Blacks in Dunedin some weeks back due to what has been widely recognised as on of the worst examples of refereeing in the history of the game, Mngxitama said, “The bad refereeing that cost the Boks the game was merely poetic justice and karma.”
For most of us, the haka is something the All Blacks do before a rugby test, and not much more. In reality though, hakas are performed throughout New Zealand, not only by Maori. This moving, farewell haka performed by a passionate military unit captures the emotional weight of the war cry and has captivated thousands of viewers around the world.
A hard line taken today by the International Rugby Board could see the All Blacks not competing in the next Rugby World Cup. In response to New Zealand’s warning last week that they would consider pulling out of the 2015 tournament, citing financial losses during this year’s World Cup, the IRB have shrugged and said, “everyone is replaceable”.
Darren Shand, the manager of the New Zealand national rugby team, says that they are considering changing the traditional white fern to a red fern over the world cup, as a gesture towards earthquake-hit Christchurch.
Air New Zealand has cut a scene from its in-flight safety video, which showed All Black centre Richard Kahui reject a kiss from a male flight attendant. Their reason: such a scene has the potential to cause gay suicides and substance abuse. Outrageous slippery slope. [VIDEO].
Kevin Mealamu is a talented individual. Not only is the master of getting away with blatant head butts (yawn), but also he is pretty masterful at driving a tank. Competing with fellow ABs Conrad Smith and Piri Weepu, Mealamu shows that even if he was out of rugby for months, he could combine his head butting and tank-driving skills to become quite the serviceman. [VIDEO]
In response to the NFL ‘pick me’ ad, the All Blacks Cory Jane, Piri Weepu and Rene Ranger wowed viewers with their skills whereas the CA Technologies Brumbies have responded with a few class skills of their own.