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Let the Lions play Australia instead of Springboks | Jeremy Guscott

12 January 2021 0 comments

As cases rise in the UK, Ireland and South Africa, Jerry Guscott says the show must go on – even if it means not touring South Africa

British & Irish Lions head coach Warren Gatland

British & Irish Lions plan UK venues to save the Bok tour

10 January 2021 1 comment

Peter Jackson reports on the contingency plans the Lions are working to put in place if their tour of South Africa becomes impossible

Harlequins centre Andre Esterhuizen sets sights on Lions tour

4 December 2020 0 comments

8-cap Springbok Esterhuizen talks Quins, Paul Gustard, and being on the receiving end of an Owen Farrell tackle

South Africans provide great bang for your buck, says Schalk Brits

2 December 2020 0 comments

There are only two Premiership clubs who have no South Africans amongst their squad

The British & Irish Lions will play at Murrayfield

British & Irish Lions to play Japan at Murrayfield

21 October 2020 0 comments

As reported by The Rugby Paper in May, Warren Gatland’s men will plan in Edinburgh before flying to South Africa

Harrington column: Handre Pollard a doubt for Lions tour after ACL horror

15 September 2020 0 comments

James Harrington recaps the second round of Top 14 action, in which £1m man Pollard was dealt a cruel blow

Blockbuster Munster signing RG Snyman suffers torn ACL

25 August 2020 0 comments

Luck is definitely not on Munster’s side as Snyman goes down just seven minutes into debut

British & Irish Lions tour to South Africa to go ahead as scheduled in 2021

15 July 2020 0 comments

The pandemic nor fixture congestion will impact the Lions tour of South Africa in 2021, as Lions announce tour to go ahead as planned

Rugby Matters: World champions South Africa must declare war on drugs

8 July 2020 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher examines the underbelly of South African rugby and its vice for PEDs

Former Springbok given lengthy ban after third positive doping test

1 July 2020 0 comments

The career of former Springbok captain Mahlatse ‘Chiliboy’ Ralepelle is in tatters after receiving an eight-year ban for the third positive doping test of his […]

Top 20 rugby anthems countdown: 5-1

19 June 2020 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher reaches No.1 in the countdown and tells the stories behind how the five on this list originated

SA Rugby and Western Province face £8.5m lawsuit for unlawful conduct

18 June 2020 0 comments

SA Rugby deny they withheld Test match allocations from WPRU to the detriment of advertising agency, Aerios

The Springboks host the British & Irish Lions in 2021

SA Rugby admit Lions tour dates could shift to fit global calendar

8 June 2020 0 comments

The 2021 British & Irish Lions tour of South Africa could shift to later in the year, bearing developments to the Six Nations and SANZAAR talks

Saracens have pitched themselves to Flip van der Merwe

Saracens make pitch to Springbok to replace Kruis in second row

3 June 2020 0 comments

Flip van der Merwe announced his retirement last summer to pursue Higher Education interests

Rugby Matters: Expected disaster story turned into a fairytale

29 May 2020 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher recalls the doom-mongering around the 1995 Rugby World Cup, as South Africa grappled with fragile identity after Apartheid’s end

Tony Ward on the British & Irish Lions tour of South Africa 1980

Jackson column: Apartheid so sickened Tony Ward, he did not go back

28 May 2020 0 comments

The Ireland fly-half tells Peter Jackson how the disparaging sights of Apartheid South Africa he witnessed on the 1980 Lions tour left him ’emotionally scarred’