Springboks bounce back to beat Wallabies in Cape Town
Jesse Kriel of South Africa during 2025 The Rugby Championship game between South Africa and Australia at Cape Town Stadium in Cape Town, South Africa on 23 August 2025 © Ryan Wilkisky/BackpagePix

Springboks bounce back to beat Wallabies in Cape Town

The Springboks bounced back to secure a 30-22 victory over the Wallabies in their Castle Lager Rugby Championship at the DHL Stadium in Cape Town.

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Experienced Bok Women team named for RWC opener
Nolusindiso Booi of South Africa is tackled during the 2024 WXV2 Rugby match between South African women and Australia women at Athlone Stadium in Cape Town on 5 October 2024 © Ryan Wilkisky/BackpagePix

Experienced Bok Women team named for RWC opener

The Springbok Women will open their Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025 campaign with a squad laden with Test and World Cup experience when they take on Brazil at Franklin’s Garden in Northampton on Sunday.

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Bok Women ‘packing down’ to secure place on the main table
Babalwa Latsha (captain) of South Africa leads her team out before the 2025 Ladies Rugby International Friendly between South Africa and Black Ferns at Athlone Stadium in Cape Town on 2 August 2025 © Ryan Wilkisky/BackpagePix

Bok Women ‘packing down’ to secure place on the main table

The Springbok Women’s pack of forwards came to the 2025 Women's Rugby World Cup with a clear objective and that desire – to be rated amongst the best of the best – will be a massive driving force in their Pool D performances against Brazil, Italy and France over the next three weekends.

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Boks to kick-start November tour against Japan at Wembley
epa12270279 South Africa head coach, Rassie Erasmus, during the team's practice at the Johannesburg Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa, 29 July 2025. South Africa play Australia in a 2025 Rugby Championship on 16 August. EPA/KIM LUDBROOK

Boks to kick-start November tour against Japan at Wembley

The Springboks will start the Castle Lager Outgoing Tour with a historic Test against Japan at London’s iconic Wembley Stadium on Saturday, 1 November.

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Roos eager to get going at Women’s Rugby World Cup
Nadine Roos of South Africa during the 2025 International Womans Rugby Test match between South Africa and New Zealand at Athlone Stadium, Cape Town on 26 July 2025 ©Reinhardt Hamman/BackpagePix

Roos eager to get going at Women’s Rugby World Cup

Sunday’s Women’s Rugby World Cup opener between South Africa and Brazil at Franklin’s Garden in Northampton may be the first Test between the two nations, but for Springbok Women utility back Nadine Roos, some of her opponents will not be unfamiliar.

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Erasmus names new-look team to face Wallabies in Cape Town
Rassie Erasmus, head coach of South Africa during The Rugby Championship press conference for South Africa at the Southern Sun Cullinan Hotel in Cape Town on 16 August 2025 © Ryan Wilkisky/BackpagePix

Erasmus names new-look team to face Wallabies in Cape Town

Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus named a team featuring 10 changes to the starting XV for their second Castle Lager Rugby Championship match against Australia in Cape Town on Saturday, with Jesse Kriel leading the side for the second time in a Test, with returns for Cheslin Kolbe, Damian de Allende, and Bok centurion Willie le Roux.

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Mapimpi called up to Bok squad as Kolisi and Arendse are released
Makazole Mapimpi of the Springboks (South Africa) during the 2024 Rugby Test Match between the Wallabies and Springboks at Optus Stadium, Perth Western Australia on the 17th August 2024. (Photo by Daniel Carson/Photosport NZ)

Mapimpi called up to Bok squad as Kolisi and Arendse are released

Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus has called up experienced Springbok wing Makazole Mapimpi to the squad ahead of their final Castle Lager Rugby Championship match against Australia in Cape Town on Saturday, as captain Siya Kolisi and Kurt-Lee Arendse were released due to injury.

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Gallery: Chimaev dominates Du Plessis to win UFC Middleweight title
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Justin Renfroe/ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock (15444919r) UFC 319: DU PLESSIS VS CHIMAEV - CHICAGO, IL - AUGUST 16 : Khamzat Chimaev celebrates his win against Dricus Du Plessis in a Middleweight bout during the UFC 319 Du Plessis vs. Chimaev event at United Center on August 16, 2025 in Chicago, IL UFC 319: DU PLESSIS VS CHIMAEV - Dricus Du Plessis Vs Khamzat Chimaev., Chicago, Il, USA - 16 Aug 2025

Gallery: Chimaev dominates Du Plessis to win UFC Middleweight title

Enjoy an image gallery as Khamzat Chimaev dominated Dricus du Plessis to win the UFC Middleweight title at the United Center on Sunday morning.

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Chimaev dethrones du Plessis at UFC 319
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Louis Grasse/PX Imagens via ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock (15444692mo) CHICAGO, IL - AUG 16:Dricus Du Plessis and Khamzat Chimaevmeet in the octagon for a 5-round bout during UFC 319 - Du Plessis vs Chimaev at United Center on August 16, 2025 in Chicago, IL (Photo by Louis Grasse/PxImages) UFC 319 - Du Plessis Vs Chimaev, Chicago, Il, United States - 16 Aug 2025

Chimaev dethrones du Plessis at UFC 319

Khamzat Chimaev dethroned Dricus du Plessis by unanimous decision to become the new UFC Middleweight champion at the United Center on Sunday morning.

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“We were really awful” says Erasmus after heaviest defeat
Rassie Erasmus, coach of South Africa during the Castle Lager Rugby Championship match between South Africa and Australia at Ellis Park Stadium in Johannesburg on the 16 August 2025 ©Samuel Shivambu/BackpagePix

“We were really awful” says Erasmus after heaviest defeat

Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus said his team’s unexpected defeat by Australia in a Castle Lager Rugby Championship match at Ellis Park was “really awful” and admitted he was embarrassed to appear at the post-match press conference.

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