Fransdu Toit
Frans du Toit plays hooker for DHL Stormers. Career statistics, milestones and a complete match log follow once the historical data pass is complete.
Pollard gone, Kolbe back, front-row plan now carrying the night: Cape Town prediction
A granular pre-match breakdown arguing the Boks' Cape Town selections were shaped by chaos (Pollard's late calf injury) rather than strategy, but that rain and Kolbe's return reshape the contest enough to tip a narrow, ugly Springbok win — with the front-row bench now carrying the load the fly-half plan was supposed to share.
Mallett backs Erasmus' changes and predicts a very different Bok game plan in Cape Town
Mallett backs Erasmus's changes and argues Pollard's selection signals a far more structured, kicking-heavy game plan in Cape Town — roughly double the aerial output from Ellis Park, with counter-rucking pressure and a refreshed bench designed to grind the All Blacks down rather than match them in open play.
Mallett backs Erasmus' changes — and expects a very different Bok game plan in Cape Town
Mallett backs every Erasmus selection call for Cape Town, arguing the shift to Pollard signals a territorially disciplined kicking game — roughly double Ellis Park's volume — with Reinach and Van den Berg key executors. He also rates the revised bench as meaningfully stronger, particularly Du Toit at tighthead and Fourie's breakdown impact.
Argentina Player Ratings: Who stood tall against the Boks in Buenos Aires?
Ruiz (8.5) and Wenger (8) headline a Los Pumas ratings sheet that shows how close Argentina came to something more than a 17-10 defeat — with Carreras and the bench identified as the areas that ultimately cost them.
Seven Boks make Nations Championship XV as All Blacks shut out entirely
Ben Youngs and Anthony Watson's Nations Championship XV features seven Springboks — Willemse, Kolbe, Kriel, Marx, Nortje, Du Toit and Wiese — with no All Blacks selected at all.
Brits backs Libbok but flags the bench gamble Erasmus is taking against England
Brits backs the Libbok selection but flags a real structural risk in having no credible backup 10 on the bench, while arguing that a more mature Libbok — operating behind a dominant forward pack — could use this Nations Championship as a genuine World Cup audition.
Rassie sees another gear in Thomas du Toit
Erasmus rates du Toit among the world's best tightheads but thinks Bath's influence has only unlocked part of his ceiling — worth reading for the insight into what the Bok coaching staff still expects from him.
Libbok gets his shot, Tony-ball gets its backline — five things Rassie's selection tells us
Erasmus's team selection is read as a full philosophical commitment to Tony-ball — Libbok over Pollard is the headline call, backed by a backline engineered for pace and broken play, while the forward pack stays brutally conservative. The one risk flag is a bench light on positional cover in key areas.
Caps, tries, scoring milestones and career moves will render here once the historical data pass is complete. The slot is reserved, not forgotten.