A global season is the only way to determine which international side is the best in world rugby, writes Gavin Rich.
The lessons learnt against the Barbarians is the Boks rely too much on the forwards and turn to playing as individuals.
It is evident the Springboks cannot always just expect to survive on the blood and guts approach.
The Springboks are bracing themselves for a different challenge from the one they faced in Ireland in their first tour match in Dublin.
Victor Matfield's admission that four consecutive defeats was unacceptable came as a pleasant surprise - it means that at least one Springbok knows that this is ...
A referee can make the world's difference in a rugby match as Jonathan Kaplan showed in teh Test between the Wallabies and All Blacks, writes Gavin Rich.
The disastrous Springbok performances during the away leg have added considerable interest to Sunday's announcement of the squad for the home leg, writes Gavin Rich. ...
Four matches into the 2010 Tri-Nations and the die has been cast, writes Gavin Rich.
When the Springboks returned this week to stories painting them as a team in disarray and at odds with one another over game-plan, it was a picture that was remarkably ...
There is little doubt the Springboks have been left behind the All Blacks ...
If the Stormers somehow fail to either secure a home Super 14 semi-final or they fall out of the top four altogether, and it is just a log point that denies them, ...
This time last year the build-up to the new international rugby season was gathering pace, with the all-important iconic series against the British and Irish Lions ...
If the Waratahs needed a warning sounded to the Stormers ahead of their big Super 14 showdown at Newlands, it was provided by their fiercest and oldest rivals in ...
Gavin Rich was at the new Cape Town stadium as it hosted its first rugby match - and even he was was surprised by how impressed he was.
Former Springbok captain and World Cup winning team manager Morne du Plessis has set a challenge the rugby players who will be the first play Cape Town's new stadium. ...
The last part of a momentous year for Springbok rugby brought with it a few bumps that should serve as harbingers of the huge challenges that the world champions ...
Makhaya Ntini is an example of a black player who has the stuff for the big moment, but here Gavin Rich laments the lack of his ilk in rugby.
This is the time of the year Gavin Rich issues his own set of awards, so let's get cracking:
Today's Test match against Ireland at Croke Park is the last in an epic year for the Springboks - and it could also be the final game in the illustrious career of ...
The Blue Bulls placed the seal on a massive season by notching up 15 players in the 37-man Springbok touring squad that was named after the Currie Cup final.
Yesterday's Currie Cup semi-final was yet another indication of just how passionate people are about their rugby.
Luke Watson takes up a two-year contract with English club Bath from the beginning of November, but before that he hopes to lead WP to their first Currie Cup title ...
As Jake White's partner in crime with the Boks, Allister Coetzee proved his worth and now the Lions are determined to lure him to Joburg.
It's hard to say, but with their unbelievable collection of trophies since the 2007 World Cup there is no doubt that their's has been the most successful era, writes ...
WP had enough territory in the first half at Olen Park to be more than 10 points ahead at halftime, but they were still guilty of playing too much in their own half, ...