It’s been a year of transition for a lot of teams, as is often the case in the 12 months after a World Cup, which means new stars have emerged but my team of 2024 has a very familiar look to it.
The Springboks came within two late kicks of a perfect record across 2024. A Ciaran Frawley drop goal in the 80th minute in Durban and a shanked Manie Libbok Libbok penalty in the 79th minute...
Rugby Championship winners for the first time since 2019, unbeaten on a European tour for the first time in 11 years – the Springboks have hardly put a foot wrong in 2024.
South Africa completed an unbeaten tour of the United Kingdom with a - - victory over Wales at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff.
Ox Nche was initially one of eight players retained from last Saturday’s starting side versus England named to start versus the Welsh in the final match of South Africa’s three-game Autumn Nations Series.
The South Africans beat the English 29-20 at in London last weekend and they will now aim to complete their three-game Autumn Nations Series unbeaten with a team showing two backline alterations and five more switches in the pack against the Welsh.
If you missed it, you might assume that the Springboks monstered their Scottish counterparts with another brutal display of Bomb Squad powered brutality. And to a degree, you’d be right.
Reigning Rugby World Cup champions South Africa got their Autumn Nations Cup off to the perfect start with a 32 - 15 win over Scotland.
South Africa clinched The Rugby Championship title with a 48-7 win over Argentina in Mbombela on September 28 and their Autumn Nations Series return to action in Edinburgh on Sunday comes with an XV showing six switches in the backs and five more in the pack.
The back-to-back Rugby World Cup champions had already lost Jan-Hendrik Wessels and Damian Willemse for the November tour to Scotland, England and Wales, replacing them with Johan Grobbelaar and Cameron Hanekom.