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Tana Umaga has spent the week telling anyone who asks that the Springboks are no longer just a set-piece team. Ellis Park will test that reading on Saturday.

Back to union after two years in league Michael Cheika is going back to rugby union, and he is going home to do it. The NSW Waratahs confirmed this morning that he has been named head coach from 2027, on an initial one-year deal with an option for 2028. Since leaving Leicester in 2025, Cheika…

Michael Cheika is back in rugby union. The Waratahs handed the 2014 title winner their head coach job from 2027, with a home World Cup on the horizon.

Justin Marshall listened to Dave Rennie after the Bulls win and heard caution rather than satisfaction. The All Blacks know Ellis Park will ask for something close to flawless.

Damian de Allende sits on 99 caps. Jordie Barrett is the man standing in front of him. Two former Springboks centres cannot agree on which of them is the better player.

Thirty seconds, and who starts counting them Rassie Erasmus tore up the format. On Monday, before the opening Test of the series against the All Blacks, the Springboks boss did not bring a player to the press conference. He brought Jaco Peyper, SA Rugby’s laws consultant and a former international referee. There was a reason.…

South Africa start the series as world number one. New Zealand only need to win once at Ellis Park to take the ranking back.

The WRU has doubled down. Four professional regions become three by 2028, and the board has run out of patience with its critics.

Six of the eight tries came from the pack Six. That is how many of Australia’s eight tries were scored by forwards on Saturday in Townsville, where the Wallabies buried Japan 56-17 at Queensland Country Bank Stadium and sealed the two-Test series 2-0. Taniela Tupou got two of them. The tighthead prop drove over in…