Canan Moodie and Jaden Hendrikse make their first appearances in the Springbok jersey since the 2023 Rugby World Cup on Saturday while double RWC winners Willie le Roux and Lukhanyo Am also return to the match-23 face New Zealand in the Castle Lager Rugby Championship in Cape Town.
SportsClub takes a look at the seven most essential and mouth-watering fixtures to keep an eye out for during the month of April.
Springbok centre Lukhanyo Am has been selected for Saturday’s Vodacom United Rugby Championship clash against Connacht at Hollywoodbets Kings Park in the team’s first home game of the season.
Springbok centre Lukhanyo Am says he is ready "to do the job" if called upon after joining the squad for the Rugby World Cup in Toulon.
Lukhanyo Am, a member of the Springboks’ 2019 Rugby World Cup winning team, has been called into the 2023 squad as an injury replacement for wing Makazole Mapimpi who suffered a fractured cheekbone in Sunday’s 49-18 victory over Tonga.
SA Rugby announced the nominees in nine categories on Wednesday and the winners will be named in 2023, along with the annual OUTsurance Referee of the Year and the Provincial Women’s Player of the Year.
Three Springboks have been named in the World Rugby's 2022 Dream Team at the World Rugby Awards in Monaco on Sunday.
President of SA Rugby Mr Mark Alexander has announced that Springboks centre Lukhanyo Am has been nominated for the World Rugby men’s player of the year award.
Trevor Nyakane and Jesse Kriel are both confident that there is more than enough depth for the Springboks to have a successful Rugby Championship campaign without Handre Pollard or Lukhanyo Am.
It’s roughly halfway through the Test season yet sensational Springbok centre Lukhanyo Am has already been hailed as World Rugby’s Player of the Year.