Springboks

Francois Pienaar and Hannes Strydom celebrate 1995 Rugby World Cup victory While they still had a good tally of RWC '95 heroes available, South Africa slipped a notch or two in the follow-up year.The Boks of 1996 disappointingly surrendered five of seven Tests against arch-rivals New Zealand and Australia.Coach Kitch Christie and captain Francois Pienaar…

Balie Swart, Chris Rossouw, Os du Randt (Credit: Shaun Botterill/ALLSPORT) No team in rugby is most dangerous when backed into a corner than the Springboks, an aura that began with the 1995 Rugby World Cup triumph.Like Mohammad Ali facing George Foreman in the Rumble in the Jungle, the Boks were given scant hope of slaying…

Rassie Erasmus has become the second RWC-winning Bok coach to courageously wrestle illness demons en route.Kitch Christie had been fighting leukaemia for around a decade and a half ahead of the famous RWC '95 exploits.The SA rugby shutdown since mid-March may have been valuable in restoring Erasmus to fuller strength again.You hardly needed to be…

Springboks with Andy du Plessis, MD of Food Forward SA Ashley Vlotman / Gallo Images A delegation of eight national players and coaches, which included the Springbok captain Siya Kolisi packed food parcels for the poor.Kolisi said that they are eager to make a difference and help those struggling during the coronavirus pandemic.Springbok fans can…

The million rand mark is moving ever closer for the Springboks in their #StrongerTogether for R32-12 campaign, which raises money for struggling communities as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.SA Rugby’s hunger alleviation campaign was launched just under a month ago and to date approximately R825 000 has been raised for charity organisations Food Forward…