The statisticians are on the lookout for the last time New Zealand lost two tests in a row. The answer is 2004, they tell us, also against Australia and South Africa. Longer memories in South Africa go back to 1949
The squad of 22 players for the Test against Argentina at Coca Cola Park in Johannesburg on August 9 will be a good indication of what Springbok coach Peter de Villiers has decided is his best side after his first
The defending champion Vodacom Free State Cheetahs moved back to the top of the Absa Currie Cup log with an outstanding 55-14 win over the giant-killing Valke in Bloemfontein in an exciting weekend of Absa Currie Cup action that saw
Wallabies coach Robbie Deans believes the crop of newcomers in his team is a prime reason why they savoured an emphatic victory over New Zealand last weekend, reports said Monday.
Finally a sigh of relief, almost as if the entire city began to breathe easier and find the sustenance that it had been craving. One thing I have come to know is how deeply Capetonians and indeed Western Province rugby
New Zealand rugby fans turned on the All Blacks after the team's Tri-Nations loss to Australia, with pundits labelling them "stupid" Sunday and beleagured coach Graham Henry under renewed attack.
The defending Currie Cup Champions, the Free State Cheetahs, may have returned to the summit of the Currie Cup log, but they have suffered a significant blow with the news that their world-class fetcher, Heinrich Brussow is set for a
The Wallabies are on top of the Tri-Nations log after beating New Zealand in Sydney on Saturday, and look a side transformed having now won five from five under the supreme guidance of Kiwi native Robbie Deans.
The All Blacks have added hooker Hikawera Elliott and scrumhalfs Piri Weepu and Taniela Moa to their squad to provide injury cover after the weekend's Tri-Nations loss to Australia. Weepu in particular is a suprise inclusion as he failed to
LET's stage a hybrid Test, the Wallabies against the Kangaroos. Hold it on Australia Day, donate the gate to charity and settle once and for all who is better at what.
BRUISING forward James Horwill was a reluctant hero for Australia after pulling off one of the greatest con jobs in international rugby during Saturday's thrilling 34-19 Bledisloe Cup win over New Zealand at ANZ Stadium.
NEW Zealand rugby fans turned on the All Blacks after the team's loss to Australia, with pundits labelling them "stupid" and beleagured coach Graham Henry under renewed attack.
THE loss of key backrower Rocky Elsom to injury won't dampen Australia's ambition to end their seven year drought in rugby Tests on New Zealand soil on Saturday.
ROBBIE DEANS is expecting a cool reception in his homeland when he guides Australia on New Zealand soil for the first time in the Bledisloe Cup rematch on Saturday.
THE injury-hit All Blacks have called three reinforcements into their squad on standby as they prepare for the Tri-Nations rugby Test against Australia at Eden Park on Saturday.
IN the plush London clubs, in the grey Welsh valleys and on the windswept Scottish highlands, resolve now surely is hardening to kill the experimental law variations stone dead.
SONNY Bill Williams' famous quote, in March, goes like this: "I was offered double what I'm on at Canterbury to go somewhere else and I stayed because I wanted to stay loyal to the club and keep the boys around,
