The All Blacks hit back in emphatic fashion with a 35-23 win over the Springboks in the second Test of the Castle Lager Rugby Championship in Johannesburg on Saturday.
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The All Blacks scored early and late in their second Castle Lager Rugby Championship Test against the Springboks in Johannesburg on Saturday to set up a 35-23 victory over the home side. Leading 15-0 after 30 minutes, New Zealand were overhauled by the Boks with less than 15 minutes to play when SA held a 23-21 lead, but that was snuffed out by two late tries by the visitors.
The 44-5 win over Spain in their first of two Women’s Winter Series Test matches at Emirates Airline Park in Johannesburg left Springbok Women head coach Stanley Raubenheimer a very pleased and content man on Saturday.
Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber lamented a lack of accuracy as his team’s fightback from a 15-0 deficit to lead 23-21 with 12 minutes remaining, ultimately wasn’t enough to record a third successive victory over New Zealand in a Castle Lager Rugby Championship match at the Emirates Airline Park on Saturday.
The Springbok Women’s Sevens team went down fighting against China on Saturday night (SA time) in their final Pool D encounter at the World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series 2022 at Santa Laura Stadium in Santiago, missing out on the playoffs in Chile.
Springbok assistant coach Mzwandile Stick and Siya Kolisi, captain of the national team, said it would take nothing but a top-drawer effort to beat New Zealand as the sides wrapped up their preparations on Friday for their second Castle Lager Rugby Championship clash, which will be hosted at Emirates Airline Park on Saturday.
Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber on Monday named a 34-man squad for the Australian leg of the Castle Lager Rugby Championship, with the uncapped Canan Moodie earning a call-up for his first tour in a settled national squad.
Springbok Women’s Sevens coach Paul Delport said he was pleased with the team’s overall performance in Santiago in Chile, where the South Africans managed to win three from five games at the World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series, to continue with their recent positive strides in the build-up to the Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town next month.
The Springbok Women’s Sevens team finished the World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series tournament in Santiago over the weekend on a positive note when they defeated hosts Chile 29-10 on Sunday evening to finish ninth overall.
Twenty-six of the country’s best Under-20 players assembled in Johannesburg on Monday to prepare for their Junior Springbok Women’s match against Zimbabwe in Potchefstroom on Friday. Head coach Laurian Johannes-Haupt described the squad as one with “good, skilful backs and a strong dominant forward pack”.
Babalwa Latsha will lead the Springbok Women in the second Test of the Women’s Winter Series against Spain, taking over from Nolusindiso Booi at the Fanie du Toit Stadium in Potchefstroom on Friday.
The All Blacks scored early and late in their second Castle Lager Rugby Championship Test against the Springboks in Johannesburg on Saturday to set up a 35-23 victory over the home side. Leading 15-0 after 30 minutes, New Zealand were overhauled by the Boks with less than 15 minutes to play when SA held a 23-21 lead, but that was snuffed out by two late tries by the visitors.
Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber on Monday named a 34-man squad for the Australian leg of the Castle Lager Rugby Championship, with the uncapped Canan Moodie earning a call-up for his first tour in a settled national squad.