First – the headlines: the 2027 edition expands to 24 teams, divided into six pools of four teams (Pools A-F).Instead of the old five-team pools, we now get 4-team pools,
Here’s a detailed take on the global reaction to Eben Etzebeth’s red card – how the rugby world has responded, the stakes, and where this leaves him and the sport.
There are matches that are remembered for the scoreline, and there are matches that are remembered for the moments inside the scoreline – the needle, the chaos, the emotional flashpoints
A Blindsided Rugby Man Special Edition They said the Springboks had conquered everything. The World Cups. The Lions. The “ugly rugby” tag. The post-RWC hangover. And finally – gloriously –
The Springboks’ emphatic victory over Ireland in Dublin did more than settle a narrative – it buried a ghost. For years, that fixture was the one lingering frontier, the last
Two weekends. Two red cards. Two South African locks.If this were any other team, World Rugby would call it a statistical anomaly.But because it’s the Springboks?Suddenly it’s a global symposium
Right – first up: let’s not pretend this is going to be a lullaby. Italy showed teeth last weekend (they beat Australia), and Rassie Erasmus has answered with a team
Picture it: the roar of 80,000 French fans in Saint‑Denis, the gauntlet of hostile crowd noise, the pressure of playing away from home. And yet: time and again, the Springboks
There comes a point in every era of sporting dominance where neutrals stop politely clapping and start foaming at the mouth. With the Springboks, that point arrived somewhere between “four