BTS at the SA Rugby Awards: Relive the Player of the Year moment and more
Nadine Roos is crowned SA Women’s Player of the Year and Malcolm Marx takes home the SA Men’s Player of the Year award. 🏉👏 Go behind the scenes at the SA Rugby Awards and watch to see who else walked away with the big honours on the night
Erasmus's front-row bluff, Marx's deployment window, and why New Zealand's media game backfired
Erasmus's anonymous front-row switch bought lineout dominance at the cost of scrum control, but the real margin came from deploying Marx into the precise refereeing window where jackling penalties are most rewarded. The piece also argues Rennie won the media-tactics battle this week — and that the All Blacks' lineout problems are more serious than their stats suggest.
Who steps up at hooker if Marx is seriously hurt?
Marx's playoff injury has exposed South Africa's unresolved hooker depth problem. The piece assesses the full candidate pool — Wessels, Grobbelaar, Van Staden, Venter, Dweba and teenage prospect Mnebelele — and what 2026 might look like as the last real development window before the World Cup.
Marx, De Allende and Kriel each bag brace of tries in strong weekend for Saffas abroad
Malcolm Marx, Damian de Allende and Jesse Kriel each scored two tries during the latest round of club fixtures in Japan and Europe. The trio's performances were among the highlights for South African players based abroad over the weekend.
Kirwan backs Mo'unga loophole — and Matfield sees a Pollard precedent
Kirwan is certain Mo'unga tours South Africa via an injury loophole, with Matfield citing the Rassie/Pollard RWC precedent — and NZR's CEO publicly holding the line changes nothing in Kirwan's view.
Croc-rolls are back — and the URC needs to act decisively
Two croc-roll red cards in one weekend — including the nasty Henderson-on-Fourie incident — have the author calling for the URC to come down hard and make an example, arguing the 'unintentional' defence doesn't hold and that consistent sanctions are the only way to coach the move out of the game permanently.