SA RUGBY

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EDITOR’S LETTER

SA RUGBY

LESS IS MORE • THERE WOULD BE GREATER HYPE FOR A SPRINGBOKS-ALL BLACKS CLASH IF THESE TESTS WERE STAGED LESS OFTEN

Inspiring Hope

SPLIT SECOND

AMERICAN ADVENTURE • FORMER BULLS FORWARD RIEKERT HATTINGH ON HIS JOURNEY TO AMERICA AND HIS DREAM OF PLAYING FOR THE USA EAGLES

FACE OFF • WHAT WILL BE THE BOKS’ BIGGEST CHALLENGE AS THEY PREPARE FOR THE BRITISH & IRISH LIONS SERIES

FOR THE RECORD • SIGNIFICANT QUOTES AND NUMBERS FROM THE PAST MONTH

THE TEN COMMANDMENTS • FORMER SPRINGBOK FLANK DEWALD POTGIETER UNPACKS THE GOLDEN RULES OF PULLING OFF THE PERFECT INTERVIEW... WELL, ALMOST PERFECT

WHO’S HOT AND WHO’S NOT

BRAVERY REWARDED • COACHES CAN REAP THE REWARDS BY BACKING THEIR INSTINCTS IN BOLD TEAM SELECTIONS

LATE TACKLIE • CRAIG LEWIS TAKES A LOOK AT RUGBY’S LIGHTER SIDE

EATING HUMBLE PIE

PLAYER BUZZ • WHAT PLAYERS HAVE BEEN SHARING ON SOCIAL MEDIA

RUGBY ROYALTY • FRANS STEYN’S IMPACT AT LAST YEAR’S WORLD CUP ADDED MORE PRESTIGE TO A DECORATED CAREER THAT ISN’T OVER YET

MONTPELLIER MEMORIES

TRIBUTES TO STEYN

FORWARD TRAJECTORY • JD SCHICKERLING IS ON THE SPRINGBOK RADAR AGAIN AFTER FIGHTING HIS WAY BACK FROM A FRIGHTENING NECK INJURY

DOBSON ON THE STORMERS’ SECOND-ROW COMBINATION

BIG AMBITIONS • STEDMAN GANS ON MAKING THE SHIFT FROM SEVENS TO FIFTEENS, WORKING WITH BULLS COACH JAKE WHITE AND HIS DREAM OF PLAYING FOR THE BOKS

ONCE IN A GENERATION • WHAT MAKES CHESLIN KOLBE SO SPECIAL? SA RUGBY MAGAZINE INVESTIGATES BY APPROACHING FOUR EXPERTS

ZERO TOLERANCE • THERE IS A NEED TO FOCUS ON THE APPLICATION OF LAW TO PROTECT THE ‘JACKALER’ FROM INJURY AT THE BREAKDOWN

SPECIAL TALENT • FORMER KINGS WING YAW PENXE IS A PLAYER OF NATIONAL INTEREST WHO IS AIMING TO LIFT HIS GAME AT THE SHARKS

YAW PENXE ON…

STATE OF THE ORIGINS • THE CHEETAHS AND KINGS FACE AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE. SA RUGY MAGAZINE INVESTIGATES THE FAR-REACHING CONSEQUENCES

CREDIT WHERE IT’S DUE • SOUTH AFRICA’S SEVENS PLAYERS ARE QUICKLY PROVING THEY CAN MAKE IT BIG IN THE 15-MAN GAME

TRIUMPH OVER ADVERSITY • JAMBA ULENGO ON OVERCOMING A CAREER-THREATENING INJURY, LESSONS LEARNED AND REBOOTING HIS CAREER AT THE LIONS

GREEN AND GOLD FAIRY TALE • THE BOKS’ WORLD CUP DOCUMENTARY WAS A CELEBRATION OF STORY TELLING, EMOTION AND RAW ENTERTAINMENT

THE FILMAKER’S TALE

SUSTAINABLE SUCCESS • A CAREFULLY CONSTRUCTED SQUAD AND NEW RECRUITMENT STRATEGY AIMS TO BRING LONG-TERM STABILITY TO THE SHARKS

SHARKS WHO HAVE BEEN ‘LOCKED AND RELOADED’ UNTIL 2023

BLURRED LINES • SOUTH AFRICA’S DOMESTIC SEASON HAS BEEN LIT UP BY SEVENS CONVERTS

SEVENS SPREAD

BETWEEN A BOK AND A HARD PLACE • HAVING WITHDRAWN FROM THE RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP, THE BOKS MUST FIND NEW WAYS TO PREPARE FOR THE BRITISH & IRISH LIONS SERIES

RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP HIATUS

CARE FOR KINGS • IN A TIME OF NEED, MEMBERS OF THE ROGBY COMMUNITY HAVE COME TO THE AID OF THE EMBATTLED FRANCHISE

FAST FACTS

INTENSE BATTLE • THERE IS NO CLEAR WINNER IN THE CONTEST BETWEEN BEAUDEN BARRETT AND RICHIE MO’UNGA FOR THE ALL BLACKS NO 10 JERSEY

BACKING BEAUDEN

COACH OUR COACHES • GREAT COACHES ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN GREAT PLAYERS. HERE’S WHY...

BALANCE OF POWER • TO FLOURISH, THE WALLABIES PACK MUST FIND THE SWEET SPOT BETWEEN GRIT, FLAIR AND PRAGMATISM

FIGHTING SPIRIT

MY PERFECT XV • THE...