“We are delighted to welcome Felix back into the Springbok team.” South Africa rugby announced that Felix Jones will rejoin their coaching staff after a stint with England. The former Leinster, Munster, and Ireland fullback was part of the Springbok coaching staff for their World Cup wins in 2019 and 2023. Following the last World […]

1 year ago

Rassie gonna Rassie. The first test of Ireland‘s two-game series down in South Africa kicks off at 4:00pm on Saturday, July 6th. On paper, at least. In reality, every Rassie Erasmus-era South Africa match starts long before the scheduled date. So naturally the former Munster Director of Rugby is busy on X (formerly Twitter) predicting […]

1 year ago

“Now we can make it very, very personal.” Everyone that has watched episode two of the Springbok documentary on their World Cup win – Super Sport’s ‘Chasing the Sun 2’ – will be eagerly circling two big dates in the summer Test window. South Africa successfully defended their World Cup title in France, late last […]

2 years ago

“I was thinking about that a lot last night.” The permutations from World Cup Pool B are enough to make everyone’s head spin but, ahead of Ireland vs. Scotland on Saturday, Rassie Erasmus reckons he has it figured out. The Springboks director of rugby will be watching this weekend’s game closely, aware that South Africa […]

2 years ago

Brought to you by Heineken “That’s typical of Andy Farrell, because it’s not about him.” Andy Farrell won his first bit of proper silverware with Ireland in March 2022 when Ireland finished second in the Six Nations but claimed the Triple Crown. Farrell and his side have kicked on massively from that. Since that Crown-clinching […]

2 years ago

“No, I won’t be. There have been no talks and there is no truth in that.” Rassie Erasmus has denied any suggestions he will be returning to Ireland to take over from David Nucifora as IRFU Performance Director. While he was at it, he lobbed a couple of verbal grenades at Ireland and their World Cup […]

2 years ago