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What is De Villiers planning for Pienaar and Steyn?

Is Pieter de Villiers playing discordant musical chairs with Ruan Pienaar and Francois Steyn? Will these two players’ amazing versatility and prodigious talent prove to be a curse? I ask this because it was under Jake White that the curse first came to the fore. White used these talented ex-Grey College boys in virtually every […]

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Springbok victory was no stroke of genius

The Springboks’ 43-17 victory over Six Nations and Triple Crown champions Wales in Bloemfontein last Saturday is certainly reason to celebrate — but to go into complete euphoria and claim that it ushered in a new era of a different brand of South African rugby is perhaps just a bit too much. It wasn’t a […]