It’ll make for firm-under-foot rugby come Saturday at the well-manicured Ellis Park, and hopefully lung-busting play. For some reason, a murmur that the game between the Springboks and the All ...

Ellis Park's vigor will be a fresh challenge for many of these players. Intimidating Johannesburg atmosphere Jason Ryan, the forwards coach for New Zealand, also remembered the charged environment ...

They beat the Boks at Ellis Park twice, and they also beat the Boks twice at FNB Stadium – in 2010 and 2012 – and they also won at Loftus in 2018. The Kiwis don’t mind the highveld.

New Zealand are expecting a South Africa backlash at a hostile Ellis Park when the teams meet in a crunch Rugby Championship fixture on Saturday. Skip to main content.