It appears that SA Rugby has given up on the prospect of one day hosting another Rugby World Cup, as SA Rugby CEO Rian Oberholzer confirmed, stating that World Rugby needs to do what is in the best interests of World Rugby.
Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus opened up about the South African contingent’s experience at World Rugby’s Shape of the Game summit in London, where they received certain assurances and were admittedly surprised by the feedback.
Malcolm Marx, who was named World Rugby’s Men’s 15s Player of the Year last year, is up against his Springbok team-mates Pieter-Steph du Toit, Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, Ox Nche and Jasper Wiese for the prestigious SA Rugby’s Men’s Player of the Year Award for 2025.
Captain Siya Kolisi was in an upbeat and jovial mood as the Springboks wrapped up preparations for their final international fixture of 2025 – an end-of-year clash against Wales at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff.
Two-time Rugby World Cup-winning coach Rassie Erasmus will have to make do with a depleted squad heading into the final international fixture of the season.
Six Springboks players – Malcolm Marx, Pieter-Steph du Toit, and Ox Nche, as well as Thomas du Toit, Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, and Cheslin Kolbe have been named in the 2025 World Rugby Men’s 15s Dream Team on Tuesday.
Rugby World Cup Champions South Africa have grown used to regular silverware and accomplishments. It’s embedded in the DNA of the team.
Double Rugby World Cup-winning Springbok hooker Malcolm Marx became the fourth South African to be crowned the World Rugby Men’s 15s Player of the Year on Saturday in a historic occasion for South African rugby, with two Boks winning the award back-to-back for the first time in history.
Springbok lock Franco Mostert’s red card against Italy has been rescinded by the Six Nations disciplinary committee.