WITH JEAN DE Villiers restricted to the replacements bench, Victor Matfield has been named captain of South Africa for Saturday’s (kick-off 5pm Irish time) Rugby Championship warm-up against a World XV laden with talent from Toulon. Including the retiring second row partnership of Bakkies Botha and Ali Williams, the three-time European champions have supplied eight players to the World XV’s […]
Pienaar and ‘Boks up against Botha and 7 more Toulon stars in World XV
All Blacks change three with McCaw set to break world record in Bledisloe rematch
RICHIE MCCAW WILL become the most capped player in test history this Saturday, when he lines out for the All Blacks for the 142nd time, passing the record Brian O’Driscoll set in 2014. McCaw starts at openside flanker, as Steve Hansen makes three changes for the Bledisloe Cup rematch against Australia in Auckland this weekend. Victor Vito will be in […]