Bob Skinstad has announced his retirement from all forms of rugby with immediate effect. This means the controversial player will not tour with the Springbok squad that faces Wales and the Barbarians. Skinstad was also linked to possible moves to French club, Perpignan, or returning to the Stormers, where he made a massive impact during […]

All the speculation has come to an end, it is official. Jake White has resigned as the Springbok coach and the end of year tour to Wales will be his last as coach. The game against the Barbarians on the 1st of December will be his last game in charge.
At a news conference in […]

South Africa have been crowned rugby world champions after they convincingly beat England 15-6 in a tense and hard foughts Final at Stade de France in Paris on Saturday.
It’s an unbelievable experience. It hasn’t sunk in yet,” coach Jake White said. “To see the president of our country (Thabo Mbeki) sitting on the players’ shoulders […]

Jake White continue to show faith in his players when he named the 22-man squad that faces England in the RWC final on Saturday. The squad contains the core of players that he has worked with the last 4 years and it is the most capped Springbok starting XV of all time. The team shows […]

SA qualified for their first RWC final since 1995 when they beat Argentina in their semi-final.
The game was not pretty, both teams made far too many unforced errors for the game to really flow. The Bokke did manage to make the most of their point scoring opportunities and as always the Springbok defence was […]

England surprised the rugby world on Saturday evening when they beat France in their semi-final clash. England started the game like a house on fire, scoring the only try of the game after just two minutes when Josh Lewsey gathered a lucky bounce to crash over in the corner. France recovered from this early […]

Jake White made one change to the starting XV for the semi-final against Argentina on Sunday.
CJ van der Linde regains his place in the starting XV in place of Jannie du Plessis who moves down to the bench. Bismarck du Plessis replaces Gary Botha among the reserves and in a surprising move White dropped […]

Argentina made history when they beat Scotland in their quarterfinal of RWC 2007. The victory means that Argentina advances to the semi-finals for the first time ever.
The last of the quarter finals did not produce as much drama as the other 3 games. The game never really flowed, both teams made to many errors […]

SA were made to work hard by Fiji in a game that the Bokke failed to dominate. The Bokke did not stick to their game plan and these wrong tactical decisions nearly caused another upset at RWC 2007.
SA started the game well and went out to a 13-0 lead thanks to tries by Jaque […]

 
New Zealand will have to wait 4 more years to make an attempt at winning the RWC that they last won in 1987.
New Zealand started the game in their normal dominant fashion, racing out to a 13-0 lead thanks to a Luke McAllister try and the boot of Dan Carter. The French tactics of kicking […]