De Villiers: Rugby’s “new season” a learning curve for players and fans
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De Villiers: Rugby’s “new season” a learning curve for players and fans

The increasingly fluid nature of modern rugby as it moves from the Vodacom United Rugby Championship one weekend to the Guinness Six Nations the next and then back to the Investec Champions Cup thereafter is taking some getting used to for players, coaches and fans. But Springbok legend Jean de Villiers believes it does have its benefits.

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February 23, 2024
Specman’s motto: “Make it count”
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Specman’s motto: “Make it count”

The first time Rosko Specman played at the HSBC SVNS Canada in Vancouver, his teammates included Bryan Habana and Ryan Kankowski, and the Springbok Sevens lost to New Zealand in the final.

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February 20, 2024
Expect a determined Blitzbok effort in Vancouver
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Expect a determined Blitzbok effort in Vancouver

It took them just over 30 hours to get from Cape Town to Vancouver, but for the Springbok Sevens it is all part of the job and uncomfortable travel will not deter their ambition to deliver a winning performance in Canada this weekend.

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February 20, 2024
Boks to get wheels in motion with Cape Town alignment camp
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Boks to get wheels in motion with Cape Town alignment camp

The Springboks will get the wheels in motion for the 2024 season in Cape Town in the first week of March with the first in-person coaches’ strategic session and a two-day alignment camp with a group of 43 players, which will mark the team’s first gathering following their Rugby World Cup triumph in France in 2023.

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February 20, 2024
Street rugby and the origins of Nohamba’s flair
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Street rugby and the origins of Nohamba’s flair

When it comes to this weekend’s Gauteng Derby between the Emirates Lions and Vodacom Bulls, which also forms part of the Vodacom United Rugby Championship’s Origins Rounds, Sanele Nohamba recalls how playing in the dusty streets of the Eastern Cape gave him a rugby mindset that he still uses today.

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February 16, 2024
Coetzee: We can’t afford slip-ups in Derbies
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Coetzee: We can’t afford slip-ups in Derbies

The Vodacom Bulls head into this weekend’s Vodacom United Rugby Championship fixture against the Emirates Lions well aware that mistakes are costly at this point in the season, and that the local Derbies in particular can expose this even further.

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February 14, 2024