In the wake of the All Blacks' 35-23 Lipovitan-D Rugby Championship triumph over South Africa at the weekend Springboks coach Jacques Nienaber's selection policies are under increasing scrutiny. After making several changes for the second Test against New Zealand, a pattern he repeated in the July series against Wales when they
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Rugby Championship: Argentina stun Australia in San Juan
Argentina claimed a shock 48-17 bonus-point victory over Australia in their Rugby Championship encounter in San Juan on Saturday. As the scoreline suggests, this was a one-sided affair and the home side outscored their opponents by seven tries to two with Thomas Gallo (2), Juan Imhoff, Jeronimo de la Fuente, Juan
All Blacks claim victory and Freedom Cup at Ellis Park
Turning South Africa's strong points, their kicking, their lineout maul, and their breakdown play into Achilles heels, the All Blacks produced a triumphant performance to claim an outstanding 35-23 win in their Lipovitan-D Rugby Championship Test at Ellis Park in Johannesburg. Leading for all but seven minutes of the game, the
All Blacks named to play South Africa
All Blacks head coach Ian Foster has unveiled the match-day 23 for the opening Lipovitan-D Rugby Championship Test against South Africa at Mbombela Stadium. Samisoni Taukei’aho has been named in the run-on side at hooker, alongside tighthead prop Angus Ta’avao in a new-look front row. New faces make up the front-row
All Blacks squad named for Lipovitan-D Rugby Championship
All Blacks coach Ian Foster has named the following squad for the 2022 edition of the Lipovitan-D Rugby Championship. The 36-strong squad is as follows: (Age, Super Rugby club, Test caps in brackets). Forwards: Hookers Dane Coles (35, Hurricanes / Wellington, 81) Samisoni Taukeiaho (24, Chiefs / Waikato, 11) Codie Taylor (31, Crusaders / Canterbury, 69) Props Aidan
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Wing Emiliano Boffelli touched down with the clock in the red as Argentina claimed a stunning 34-31 triumph over Scotland. Gregor Townsend’s men were the better team for the majority of the first half, despite only going into the break with a one-point buffer. Duhan van der Merwe and Ewan Ashman both
South Africa see off stubborn Wales to earn series triumph
South Africa produced an improved performance to overcome Wales 30-14 in Cape Town on Saturday and win a thrilling series 2-1. It also spared the blushes of the southern hemisphere giants after both New Zealand and Australia had succumbed to Ireland and England respectively earlier in the day. The Springboks were dominant