Absorbing 2025 Boks: 1. Be least predictable team 2. Be able to change before 2H 3. Adapt to scrum de-powering 4. Evolve w/o being forced 5. Hybrid forward; now h-back 6. Middle ruck; 4-pod/2-side 7. Have more gears in the box 8. Win w/o set piece fixation 9. Stay ahead of pack

“They are SO superior at working together” 😳🏉 “I was in awe of that South African scrum” “They were getting OBLITERATED“ Fiona Hayes reflects on South Africa’s demolition of Ireland at the breakdown

This is the Ireland of 111 years pre beating All Blacks Just loving themselves for their guts & fight because they were 2 players down at times v Boks. All their narrative is about how proud they are of themselves. Nothing about how they got pummelled, 4 tries to 1 & beaten up

Everyone on the Springboks team played a part in Malcolm Marx's award 🙌 #WorldRugbyAwards

Courageous. Classy. Cheslin 💥 The fans have selected 𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐒𝐋𝐈𝐍 𝐊𝐎𝐋𝐁𝐄 to wear the 14 jersey in the #BokDreamTeam and partner Bryan Habana on the wing 🇿🇦 Tomorrow, the final list of nominees gets revealed as we move to the fullbacks ✨

The all-stars of 2025 men's rugby 🤩 #WorldRugbyAwards

Rugby is a game for all shapes and sizes. Depower the scrum anymore and you may as well watch a rugby league match. It will destroy the community game if there is no place for your good old fashioned type of prop. Keep meddling with the game and you will destroy it.

Springboks end the year white. 🇿🇦

Ethan Wing. Johan Hooker.

Eben dropping bombs😂

Eben just won 8 or 9 Springbok caps… for someone else.

Rassie said something very interesting today about “young” South African players leaving to play abroad in Japan. Starts at about 0:24 (video from Forever Sports)

Your #Blitzboks team to light up the #HSBCSVNS sterilises in Cape Town this weekend 🤩 #PoweredByUnity

𝐁𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆: SA Rugby have announced that the contract of Rassie Erasmus has been extended for a further four years, which means the Springbok coach is contracted for six years until 2031 🇿🇦🔒

🚨 Breaking news! Four more years for Johan Erasmus - more here: shorturl.at/FHVj4 🇿🇦 #Springboks #ForeverGreenForeverGold

👀 Rassie Erasmus has re-signed through to 2031 but SA Rugby already have a succession plan in place!

Pieter-Steph du Toit scored on his first appearance for Toyota Verblitz since May 2024. 🏉 Returns the favour for Rikiya Matsuda 👌 #SaffasAbroad

Ethan Hooker 🤝 Grant Williams The Sharks came from behind to overcome Saracens 👏 #SHAvSAR #InvestecChampionsCup

Putting aside if the pass was forward for a minute, any move that is designed to give a lock a 30 metre line break is one I want to see. #GLAvST

Locked in to players contracts. An annual match. The best of the North vs South. An all access documentary. A full on draft. Rassie vs Galthié. State of Origin style. Modern day barbarians. Streamed on Netflix Sports Sponsored by Nike. #rugby