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10 months
Unbelievable. 🇿🇦🏉💚👏
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There are many unsung heros in this management. Congrats to each one of them on helping the Boks to win the World Cup.
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Bongi Mbonambi is in full flight and full of energy at the Boks training session just outside Paris. #Springboks #RWC2023 🇿🇦🏉
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Ladies and gentlemen…let the drums roll…lights, cameras…I introduce Lukhanyo Am to you. He is back in the house. 🏉🙌🇿🇦 #Springboks #RWC2023
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Minister Zizi Kodwa wishing the Boks good luck for the final. He is at the training ground in Paris. #Springboks #RWC2023 #Springboks #RWC2023 🇿🇦🏉
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2 months
This is apparently the lastest rankings…can anyone confirm it please?
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11 months
Manie Libbok on being able to kick with both feet: "That is a skill I have worked on since I was little. I grew up kicking with both feet and it's something I have done for years now. I am happy to be in the position I can kick with both feet."
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I once again realised today how valuable Siya Kolisi is as Bok captain. He is a great ambassador for the Boks and our country. 🇿🇦
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10 months
Jean Kleyn will be the only one in Limerick with a gold medal.
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Mzwandile Stick: “Win or lose tomorrow, the Boks will still be world champions. The argument of who is the best team in the world was already settled by winning the World Cup.” 🇿🇦🏉
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1 year
In 2012 Pierre Schoeman was RG Snyman’s captain of Affies first team. Today they will be playing against each other in Marseille. A special occasion for both.
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Rugby World Cup-winning coach and South African director of rugby, Johan “Rassie” Erasmus, is to be awarded an honorary doctorate by the North-West University (NWU).
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2 years
South Africa’s Bella Kruger, daughter of former Bok flanker Ruben Kruger, just crushed the number 4 seed at Junior Wimbledon. #superproud #Krugersisters 👏
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Duane is one of those players who did not have a ceiling. Never was there a stage too high for him. Salute, Duane. 🇿🇦🏉
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10 months
Jesse Kriel was very focused on the training field today before tomorrow’s final. #Springboks #RWC2023 🇿🇦🏉
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10 months
Antoine Dupont is not happy with Ben O’Keeffe’s performance.
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10 months
World Rugby can’t find any evidence against Bongi Mbonambi. No action will be taken against him.
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10 months
Jaco Peyper was one of the other well known faces that attended the Bok training session in Paris today. #Springboks #RWC2023 🇿🇦🏉
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1 year
This bus had to wait for Siya Kolisi as he was scrummed by the fans. 🏉🇿🇦🇫🇷
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“I promised my dad I will do it for him one day.” - Ruan Venter
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1 year
A South African flag hanging in front of the Springbok hotel in Toulon.
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10 months
The Boks are having a kicking compo just before their training session in Paris. There is some nice energy on the training field. 🇿🇦🏉 #Springboks #RWC2023
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28 days
Well done 🇿🇦 Photo: Adnaan Mohamed @Adnaan1111
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10 months
New Zealand, France, England, Australia, Wales and four other teams on average kicked more than the Boks per game, in this year’s World Cup in France.
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2 months
Rassie Erasmus confirmed after the test against Wales that Lukhanyo Am is fit for the series against the Irish.
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Hendrik Cronjé
11 months
Paris is green. Bok green. 💚🇿🇦🇮🇪🤪 #Checkers #Springboks
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10 months
Jesse Kriel trained with a bandage around his head today after he got more than ten stitches after the test against France. 🏉🇿🇦 #Springboks #RWC2023
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11 months
The weather is finally changing in France. It is 17° degrees here in Paris and we had a bit of rain. It is still humid. Duane and Ox are enjoying the weather. #Springboks #RWC2023 🏉🇿🇦
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2 months
Captain’s run at Loftus.
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Hendrik Cronjé
3 years
Look the Morné Steyn story is a fairytale but don’t forget about Trevor Nyakane’s scrum penalties and the vital turnovers Damian de Allende and Siya made. Great team effort. Eben won a vital line-out. Marco won an important turnover. Cheslin’s try. So many big moments.
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11 months
It is all happening outside the Stade de Marseille. #Springboks #RWC2023 🇿🇦🏉
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10 months
Siya Kolisi and Damian de Allende made the most dominant tackles by any player in this year’s World Cup. Ten each. 🇿🇦💚🏉
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What an awesome achievement with reaching the milestone of 50 tests as the Bok captain this weekend. Well done, Siya. This photo was taken after this morning's presser. 🏉🇿🇦 #Springboks #RWC2023
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Hendrik Cronjé
1 year
Condolences to Eben Etzebeth and his family after his father, Harry, passed away last night.
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Jean Kleyn on Siya Kolisi: "It is something from the outside you don't necessarily understand. His entire journey epitomises the South African dream, striving through the difficult things, what other people would call impossible."
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The Boks arriving at their training field in Paris. #Springboks #RWC2023 🇿🇦🏉
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Just on Malcolm Marx. I walk passed him in the hotel yesterday. He did not look in any noticeable discomfort. He is struggling with a fracture in his tibial plateau. He will be back in two or three weeks time. Good news before the Rugby Championship.
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Canan Moodie stretching before the Bok training session in Paris. #Springboks #RWC2023 🇿🇦🏉
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South Africa’s Cheslin Kolbe has averaged 16.7 metres per carry from his 19 carries at this year’s Rugby World Cup, more than any other player to have run with the ball on 15+ occasions.
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The Boks are in the house. 🇿🇦🏉 #Springboks #RWC2023
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11 months
My money is on Lukhanyo Am to join the Boks with Makazole Mapimpi returning home.
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Rassie Erasmus arriving at the Boks last training session for the 2023 World Cup in France. Minister Zizi Kodwa is here to support the Boks. #Springboks #RWC2023 🇿🇦🏉
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There is a lot of positive energy flowing at the Boks training session in Toulon today. #Springboks #RWC2023 🇿🇦🏉
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1 year
The former Toulon player, Duane Vermeulen, also received plenty of attention from fans today. 🇫🇷🇿🇦🏉
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4 months
Congrats to former Bok captain Adriaan Strauss with your MBA. Pieter Möller is the chap on the right.
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It is such sad news to hear about the drowning of Jannie du Plessis’s youngest child yesterday on Jannie’s birthday. It is heartbreaking news. I will keep Jannie and his family in my prayers. 🙏
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Hendrik Cronjé
2 months
Opening my X this morning most of the attention is on Rassie Erasmus and not his players. His players can solely focus on Saturday’s test. I suppose it is first goal achieved. 🇿🇦🏉
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Hendrik Cronjé
10 months
The Gwijo squad is here to support the Boks. Although more than 60 000 French supporters are expected on a cool night, there are plenty of Bok supporters here. #Springboks #RWC2023 🇿🇦🏉
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I called it in 2022 already. Hartzenberg just also needs to prove me right. 😉🤪
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The Boks (Handré Pollard) arriving for their first training session here in Paris. #Springboks #RWC2023 🇿🇦🏉
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Enjoying the Bok vibe outside the Stade de Marseille. #Springboks #RWC2023 🇿🇦🏉 @Netwerk24Sport
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Pieter-Steph du Toit on getting through the WC drama: "I guess as a team we like drama. We have had drama for the last few years. It helped us a lot as a team to get through the drama and cope with it and it shows the resilience of the team and the whole of South Africa."
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1 year
Well done Loftus 🇦🇺🇿🇦🏉
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A special moment.
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10 months
Ball in play: 00:38:34 😳
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Ruan Pienaar is the last member to retire of the Bok team that played in the 2007 World Cup final. To play his last game Friday at Shimlapark at the age of 40 shows that he is pretty competitive. Congrats on a great career, Ruan. @CheetahsRugby @Springboks
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Congrats to Bafana Nhleko who did a tremendous job as coach of the Junior Boks. I enjoyed the brand of rugby that they played. It is also worth mentioning the name of one of his backroom staff, Chean Roux, for his contributions.
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Can anyone urgently please check on Ben Smith? Cowboys don’t cry. 😉🇿🇦
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Bakkies Botha, Frans Ludeke and Bryan Habana are at the Boks captain’s run at Loftus.
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1 year
A special moment for Cheslin Kolbe just after the welcoming function in Toulon. 🇿🇦🏉🇫🇷
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Park the emotion and result aside. What Jake White, Willem Strauss and Edgar Rathbone achieved at the Bulls must be applauded. They are a force to be reckoned with again which is good for South African rugby.
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11 months
Cheslin Kolbe helping his old mate, Damian Willemse, out on how to fasten his heart rate monitor before today’s training session at Stade Mayol in Toulon. 😁 #Springboks #RWC2023 🏉🇿🇦
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10 months
Breakdown steals for South Africa: 1. Kwagga Smith 6, 2. Deon Fourie 4, 3. Duane Vermeulen 2, 4. Jasper Wiese 2. Breakdown steals for England: 1. Courtney Lawes 2, 2. Maro Itoje 2, 3. Ben Earl 1, 4. Ben Ribbans 1.
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Two former Boks, Wahl Bartmann and André Venter, attended the Boks training session in cold and wet weather in Paris today. #Springboks #RWC2023 🇿🇦🏉
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Kwagga Smith made the most turnovers by any player in this year’s World Cup. Deon Fourie’s name is also on the list. Two of the best off the bench in this year’s tournament.
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A proud Deon Fourie shows his World Cup medal. 🇿🇦🏉🇫🇷
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Rassie Erasmus is showing off his kicking skills to Siya Kolisi on the training field in Paris. #Springboks #RWC2023 🇿🇦🏉
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10 months
The miracle man…Andy Edwards is in charge of the Boks fitness. He did a brilliant job.
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10 months
Deon Fourie: On Pieter-Steph du Toit making 28 tackles and him (Deon) making 21 tackles: "I haven't seen the stats, but it felt like it. I was tired and I was in a dark place.”
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I still can’t believe SA Rugby managed to pull off the series during the Covid pandemic. Congrats to Jurie Roux and his team. After losing a classmate and friends due to Covid and myself fighting the battle recently, all I can say to the Boks is that pressure is a privilege. 🇿🇦
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2 years
So the Boks are without Pieter-Steph du Toit, RG Snyman, Cobus Reinach, Handré Pollard (late arrival, Top14 winner), Trevor Nyakane, Sbu Nkosi, Marco van Staden, Johan Goosen (not available yet) and Duane Vermeulen for the first test against Wales.
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Rassie Erasmus said on Saturday that he plans to name his touring squad for the two Wallaby tests tomorrow. He said that Pieter-Steph du Toit is clear now. Also Steven Kitshoff. Rassie expects Malcolm Marx to be available for the second Oz test on 17 August in Perth.
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2 years
😂🤪🏈🇿🇦
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Hendrik Cronjé
6 years
In sports you don't get what you wish for, you get what you work for.
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2 months
The new Wallaby captain, Liam Wright, was born in Durban, KZN.
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Your first Match Day 23 of the year 🔒 🗓️ Saturday 6 July 🏟️ Allianz Stadium 📺 @StanSportAU & Nine #Wallabies
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The Viking was on 🔥 last night. He described that feeling just before running on the field with that 7/1 bench against the All Blacks as very special. He also said that he got into Mongolian throat singing. Watch out for Rudolf Gerhardus Snyman.
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Rassie confirmed that Siya is still available for the Boks. Rassie is still deciding about the captaincy as Siya is now playing abroad and Saru always wanted the captain to play his rugby in SA. Rassie is however impressed with Siya’s form for Racing92. #Springboks #capetown
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2 years
Beautiful day in Kimberley.
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1 year
It is all happening outside the Stade de Marseille. Plenty of Bok supporters warming up for the big test later on today. #Springboks #RWC2023 🇿🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏉
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10 months
Player 24 🤪🏉🇿🇦💚🇳🇿 #Springboks #RWC2023
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2 years
What a feel good story. A really special gesture by The Sharks. Well done by Eduard Coetzee, one of the country’s top rugby administrators. 👏🏉☕️
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Rassie Erasmus played for the Boks in the only test that Ireland ever played at Loftus Versfeld. Rassie, André Venter and Gary Teichmann formed the loose trio on 20 June 1998. The Boks beat Ireland that day 33-0.
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Zombie: the Rassie version 😂 #RWC2023 | #RWCFinal
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Unbelieveable performance by the Bulls. I will be surprised if Cameron Hanekom and Wilco Louw are not involved against Ireland. Elrigh Louw, Willie le Roux and Johan Goosen also had massive games. Sergeal Pietersen also had a brilliant day at the office.
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After leaving Bloemfontein yesterday for Durban I have felt an unbelievable Bok vibe. The atmosphere in Umhlanga last night with all the Bok supporters was next level. Strolling through Gateway centre now every second or third person is wearing a Bok jersey. Durban is Bok-bevonk.
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Rassie on Salmaan as captain…
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7 months
World Rugby has today released the official trailer for Whistleblowers, a ground-breaking film documenting the lives and experiences of the Emirates World Rugby Match Officials at the men’s Rugby World Cup 2023 in France.
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2 years
Caroline Grace Brüssow, wife of former Bok Heinrich Brüssow, will be singing the National Anthem before Saturday’s second test between the Boks and Wales in Bloem.
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10 months
@Kyenedy Yip. I wonder why?
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1 year
The Boks had a wonderful welcoming function in Toulon. 🇿🇦🏉🇫🇷
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10 months
There are plenty of Bok supporters around the Stade de France. 🏉🇿🇦🇳🇿 #Springboks #RWC2023 @Netwerk24 @Netwerk24Sport
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7 years
Hoekom was die man nie op The Voice nie? 😋
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How wrong I was ….I thought moaning about referee decisions exclusively belongs to South Africans… 😉🤫
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11 months
Duane Vermeulen and Jasper Wiese are working on their skills under the high ball. Damian de Allende did not train with the team. #Springboks #RWC2023 🇿🇦🏉
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1 year
Malcolm Marx injured himself today. Jacques Nienaber hopes to get clarity on the seriousness of his injury later tonight. #Springboks #RWC2023 🏉🇿🇦 🇷🇴
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2 years
Great win in Oz without injured players like Bongi Mbonambi, RG Snyman, Pieter-Steph du Toit, Handré Pollard, Cheslin Kolbe, Lukhanyo Am and Sbu Nkosi. Kurt-Lee Arendse also suspended. Building depth. 🇿🇦🏉
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2 years
There is an explosion of talent in SA rugby. Players like Sacha Mngomezulu, Canan Moodie, André-Hugo Venter, Suleiman Hartzenberg, Henco van Wyk, Ruan Venter, Quan Horn and Jan-Hendrik Wessels.
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