Rugby union power rankings: Ireland top after epic win over world champions
New Zealand sit third after Scott Robertson’s strong start and England have work to do after a 2-0 defeat
South Africa 24-25 Ireland: second men’s rugby union Test – as it happened
Ciaran Frawley scores last-second drop goal to give Ireland a thrilling win against South Africa in Durban
Frawley’s last-gasp drop goal seals stunning win for Ireland in South Africa
South Africa 27-20 Ireland: first rugby union Test – as it happened
South Africa hold firm to seal narrow win over Ireland in pulsating first Test
June 2024
Jesse Kriel inspires South Africa to emphatic victory against Wales
Makazole Mapimpi, Bongi Mbonambi and Edwill van der Merwe also scored tries in South Africa’s 41-13 win against Wales in the Twickenham international
Wales will relish physical test from South Africa, insists captain Dewi Lake
Inexperienced Welsh side face mission improbable at Twickenham against world champions
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Ireland and South Africa should be mates but have rugby’s hottest rivalry
Next month’s Test double-header on South African soil will write a new chapter in an increasingly rancorous struggle
February 2024
Shaken off: Taylor Swift concert forces Wales to switch match to Twickenham
Wales will play the world champions South Africa on 22 June, with both teams possibly affected by the United Rugby Championship final on the same day
Cheslin Kolbe: ‘People getting stabbed and killed … that was normality’
The double World Cup winner talks to Donald McRae about childhood, global glory and the gangland violence in Cape Town he is trying to tackle
‘Massive honour’: Rassie Erasmus returns as South Africa head coach
Rassie Erasmus will return as South Africa head coach following the departure of Jacques Nienaber to Leinster
January 2024
Rassie Erasmus in hospital with chemical burns after freak accident
South Africa’s director of rugby has sustained chemical burns but is expected to be back working within weeks
December 2023
The year in World Cups: how South Africa won rugby’s battle of fine margins
Springboks and their inspirational captain, Siya Kolisi, won their three knockout games in France by a single point
November 2023
World Cup trophy left behind as South Africa rugby offices are burgled – video
Footage shows the men entering the room and walking straight for the trophy before leaving it behind
Burglars leave World Cup trophy behind after South Africa Rugby break-in
Burglars who broke into South Africa Rugby Union’s offices walked out with five signed Springbok jerseys and a haul of laptops but left behind the World Cup
‘I heard what I heard’: Tom Curry stands by allegation against Bongi Mbonambi
England ‘unprofessional’ over Tom Curry race row, says Bongi Mbonambi
Rassie Erasmus to return as South Africa head coach after World Cup win
October 2023
'This is for the people': Kolisi hopes World Cup win inspires change in South Africa – video
'We are one': Springboks given heroes' homecoming after Rugby World Cup win – video
