Matfield held the honour of the most capped Springboks player of all-time after earning his 127th and final cap for his ...

This, Ben Alexander remembers thinking, is going to be the best moment of my life. It was the 2013 series decider between the ...

Loose forward Jasper (29) will earn his 36th cap for the Springboks from the back of the scrum, while younger brother Cobus ...

A new species, Breviceps batrachophiliorum, also known as the Boston Rain Frog, has been discovered in South Africa, expanding the variety of African rain frogs.

South Africa’s four Rugby World Cup triumphs — 1995, 2007, 2019 and 2023 — have produced some of the greatest players and moments in the sport’s history. From Pienaar and Mandela’s unity in ’95 to ...

Jean-Luc du Preez has a rare chance to re-establish himself in the Springbok frame when he starts at No 8 against the Barbarians at Cape Town Stadium, writes MARK KEOHANE.

Du Preez made his debut for the Boks at the early, embryonic stage of Rassie Erasmus’ stint as Bok coach and hasn’t played a lot since.

After an almost two-year absence, Jean-Luc du Preez has fought his way back into the Springbok squad and he's been handed a heavy-duty role in the middle of the action.

Players like Fourie du Preez, Jean de Villiers, Clyde Rathbone and the late Swys Swart passed through his care. And then it ended. The work dried up without explanation.