If you cannot stand the heat, go and buy your tutu!

Bok assistant coach Gary Gold believes the Boks deserve more credit.

The Boks will aim to achieve something never before achieved when they take on the Lions at Coke Park this weekend.

Seven consecutive Test defeats in the southern hemisphere have not discouraged the British and Irish Lions and they remain optimistic about their future.

No spinning, just the exact transcript of the press conference in which Peter de Villiers took on the (largely) British Media contingent.

Veteran lock and Sharks captain Johann Muller was on Monday recalled to the Springbok squad, ahead of South Africa’s third and final Test against the British and Irish Lions in Johannesburg on Saturday.
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Rookie Springbok loose forward Heinrich Brüssow feels that South Africa’s ability to play as a unit is what helped them secure a series-clinching 28-25 win over the British and Irish Lions in Pretoria at the weekend.

The Bok coach has many options available when he has to select his team for the dead rubber test against the touring Lions. Article in Afrikaans.

Heyneke Meyer analyse the second test between the Boks and the Lions.

Die Springbok-slot Bakkies Botha is gisteraand vir twee weke geskors weens ’n skouerloop eergister op die Leeu-stut Adam Jones.

IT WILL no doubt seem cruel to serve up this statistic after what was an epic game of rugby on Saturday but the Lions have now lost seven Test matches on the trot.
Indisputably, the complexity of modern rugby works against the Lions’ concept.

The British press on Sunday hailed a “brave” performance by the Lions who were beaten by South Africa with a last-gasp penalty which won an enthralling second Test and the series.
“Match defined how good test rugby can be.”

“Meneer De Villiers, van ’n linksgesinde, kleurblind voorheen bevoordeelde: u het verlede week op legendariese skaal aangejaag.”
Gister se wedstryd, só het dit gevoel, is so hittete in die kleedkamer verloor. In elk geval: die kans is verbrou om Britse rugby vir die volgende seisoen of drie te traumatiseer.

Burger’s selection showed scant respect for Lions
The Test match against the British & Irish Lions at Loftus Versfeld yesterday was supposed to confirm that South African rugby is undergoing something of a golden age. But there were few players worth their salt.

Coach Ian McGeechan was left to rue another lost opportunity after his British and Irish Lions suffered a heartbreaking last-minute defeat at the hands of South Africa on Saturday.