Land Rover recently took two rugby legends, Bryan Habana and Justin Marshall, into the South African bush to surprise a fearless team of rangers, marking the one-month countdown to the third-biggest sporting event on the planet.
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Brown: “The Barbarians game is a Test match for us”Springbok assistant coach Tony Brown made it clear on Monday that the Boks would enter Saturday’s Qatar Airways Cup clash against the Barbarians in Cape Town with a Test-match mindset, rather than seeing it as an exhibition game, to set the tone for the season ahead and pick up where they left off last season.
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Boks excited to get international season underwayWith only 10 days to go until the Springboks kick off their 2025 season against the Barbarians in Cape Town, Rassie Erasmus (head coach), Felix Jones (assistant coach), and Siya Kolisi (captain) all expressed their eagerness for an exciting yet challenging international season ahead as the squad nears the completion of their second week of training in Johannesburg.
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’95 remembered – the Barbarian wayThe organisers of the Qatar Airways Cup clash between the Barbarians and the Springboks at DHL Stadium in Cape Town next weekend have released a number of new blocks of tickets to mark South Africa’s 1995 Rugby World Cup victory, one week before the 30th anniversary!
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Nche wishes SA youth well as Boks get back to businessSpringbok prop Ox Nche had a special message for South Africa’s younger citizens the country celebrates Youth Day on Monday, while he and his teammates got back to business on the field for the second week of their training camp in Johannesburg as they prepare for the forthcoming international season.
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Venter called up as Erasmus reduces Bok squadBoan Venter, a former Toyota Cheetahs prop who now plays for Edinburgh, earned his first Springbok call-up on Sunday as Bok coach Rassie Erasmus named a group of 45 players following the completion of the team’s first week of training in Johannesburg for the forthcoming international season.