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Four Tests, Four Lessons. Here's What Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry Taught Us

When Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry was first announced, there was always the danger that the hype might outweigh the reality. Instead, it delivered. Four Test matches between the Springboks and All Blacks, packed stadiums, thousands of travelling Kiwis and a genuine sense that we were watching something a little different to the usual international rugby window. It felt like an occasion from beginning to end and, perhaps most importantly, it reminded everyone why South Africa agai

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Four Tests, Four Lessons. Here's What Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry Taught Us

When Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry was first announced, there was always the danger that the hype might outweigh the reality. Instead, it delivered. Four Test matches between the Springboks and All Blacks, packed stadiums, thousands of travelling Kiwis and a genuine sense that we were watching something a little different to the usual international rugby window. It felt like an occasion from beginning to end and, perhaps most importantly, it reminded everyone why South Africa agai

Nicholas Halsey

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Doubling up on Rugby's Greatest Rivalry

After an incredible tour of Fiji, the Springbok Women are preparing for yet another historic Test this weekend, as they get ready to play the Black Ferns for the first time on South African soil. The teams have only met on two previous occasions, both of which took place on neutral ground at Rugby World Cups. In 2010, the Black Ferns cantered to a 55-3 win, but in 2025, while the final score of 46-17 may have suggested otherwise, the South African women were far fiercer conte

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What makes a rivalry great?

I’ve watched the Springboks play the All Blacks live ten times – more than I’ve watched us face any other opponent. I’ve seen five wins, and five losses. I was there for the utter heartbreak in Durban when we lost 15-57 in 2016. And I was also there for the pure joy and exhilaration in Paris when we won the 2023 Rugby World Cup final 12-11. The games we play against the All Blacks are the ones I look forward to most every year, the ones that feel like they have the most at st

Belinda Glenn

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The Biggest Gaps in the Boks and All Blacks Squads

When you start looking at the most important players on a tour involving the Boks and the All Blacks, the obvious names tend to come to mind first. For the Bokke, there is a very strong argument for Pieter-Steph du Toit, Malcolm Marx or Cheslin Kolbe, three players who have become hugely influential to the way the Boks play. New Zealand have their own list of world-class players who could justifiably be described as indispensable, with the likes of Will Jordan and Ardie Savea

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Springbok Women continue to forge new ground with series in Fiji

Libbie Janse van Rensburg will captain the Springbok Women for the first time against Fiji. Photo: Springbok Women One thing fans of women’s rugby have always cried out for is more meaningful game time for teams. Well, the Springbok Women are certainly getting that this year, and it’s wonderful to see. After drawing the historic two-match series against the USA at home last month, the Bok Women are continuing to blaze new trails for South African women’s rugby as they prepare

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