The Springboks maintained their winning streak on the 2025 Castle Lager Outgoing Tour when they outplayed Ireland by 24-13 (halftime 19-7) at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin on Saturday, in a performance that confirmed their number one ranking in the rugby world. The victory – their first in Dublin since 2012 – could not have come in a more commanding fashion, with the Springboks’ power too much for the home side, who paid dearly for their reply to the green…

Towering lock RG Snyman will join the select group of players to earn 50 Test caps for South Africa when the Springboks run out at the Aviva Stadium against Ireland on Saturday. The matchday squad reflects only two personnel changes to the team that defeated France 32-17 two weeks ago. With most of the players being rested last week against Italy to ensure that Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus could field a fresh team to match the hosts’ energy, he reverted…

A much-changed Springbok team, playing with 14 men for almost 70 minutes, delivered a performance for the ages in extreme adversity with a brilliant 32-14 (halftime 10-3) Castle Lager Outgoing Tour victory over Italy in Turin on Saturday. For the second successive week the Boks lost their number five lock in Franco Mostert (for a tackle to the head of Italian flyhalf Paolo Garbisi) as the second man entering the tackle – except this time it was in the 12th…

Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus has named a new-look starting team for the Castle Lager Outgoing Tour Test against Italy at the Allianz Stadium in Turin on Saturday afternoon. Erasmus has made 11 changes to his run-on side and one on the replacements bench from last week’s 32-17 victory against France. The players who retained their places in the starting team are Boan Venter (prop), captain Siya Kolisi (flanker), Kurt-Lee Arendse (wing) and Damian Willemse (fullback), while Erasmus opted for the…

Three tries in the final quarter by South Africa decided a pulsating reprise of the 2023’s breathless Rugby World Cup quarter-final with the 14-man Springboks stunning a Stade de France crowd, thirsting for revenge, with a 32-17 (halftime 13-14) victory to celebrate captain Siya Kolisi’s 100th Test in style. Replacements Andre Esterhuizen and Grant Williams as well as starting flyhalf Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu added tries to a first half score by Cobus Reinach to record a ninth win in 10 matches…

The Springboks outclassed Japan 61-7 (halftime 26-0) to start the Castle Lager Outgoing Tour with a commanding combination of power and precision in slippery conditions at Wembley Stadium in London over the weekend, scoring eight well-taken tries along with a penalty try highlighting their ascendancy over the Brave Blossoms. There was only one team that really warmed the hearts of the London crowd on a rainy night as the Springboks totally outplayed their Japanese counterparts, highlighting the difference between the…

Former Junior Springbok captain Zachary Porthen will make his Springbok debut against Japan at Wembley Stadium in London on Saturday as Boks coach Rassie Erasmus named a largely settled match-23 for the opening match of the November Internationals. Erasmus named 16 players in his matchday squad that featured in the team’s 29-27 victory against Argentina in their final Castle Lager Rugby Championship clash earlier this month, which saw them clinch the title for the second year in a row. Three…

Former Junior Springbok prop and captain Zachary Porthen earned his first Springbok call-up on Monday as national coach Rassie Erasmus named an 36-man squad for the Castle Lager Outgoing Tour in November. Erasmus also placed 10 players on standby, including uncapped Ulster and former World Rugby U20 Championship Player of the Tournament, Juarno Augustus, and Vodacom Bulls back Sebastian de Klerk. The Boks will face Japan in the first of five Tests on consecutive Saturdays at Wembley Stadium in London…

The Springboks retained the Castle Lager Rugby Championship with a hard-fought, but well-deserved 29-27 win over Argentina at the Allianz Stadium, Twickenham on Saturday, coming back from a 13-10 deficit at half-time to clinch a memorable win in London. The win sealed a second consecutive title, with New Zealand, who earlier in the day outplayed Australia in Perth, in second place. Both teams had 19 log points, but the Springboks had a +57 points’ difference, considerably better that the All…

Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus has made four changes to the match-23 for Saturday’s Castle Lager Rugby Championship decider against the Pumas at the Allianz Stadium, Twickenham in London. Ox Nche returns to the starting team, as well as Grant Williams, Jesse Kriel and Bongi Mbonambi on the bench. Nche was a late withdrawal last week in Durban after he pulled up with a niggle, but the loosehead prop is back and will pack down in the front row with Malcolm…