SA RUGBY

Established in 1995, SA Rugby is the magazine the Springboks read. It covers Springbok, international, Super Rugby, Currie Cup, Varsity Cup, club and schools rugby, with world-class writing and outstanding photography.

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SA RUGBY

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TOP PERFORMERS • A BREAKDOWN OF SOUTH AFRICA’S STANDOUT PLAYERS DURING THE REGULAR SEASON OF THE 2021-22 UNITED RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP

FACE OFF • SA RUGBY MAGAZINE TEAM MEMBERS GO HEAD TO HEAD TO DEBATE AN ISSUE IN THE GAME

MY PERFECT XV • THE STORMERS AND FORMER DRAGONS PROP PICKS A TEAM MADE UP OF THE BEST HE PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST

UNFORGETTABLE MOMENTS • RUGBY’S RICH HISTORY IS FILLED WITH ICONIC PLAYERS AND SPECIAL MEMORIES. THIS MONTH, WE REWIND TO THE 2019 RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP CLASH BETWEEN THE ALL BLACKS AND SPRINGBOKS IN WELLINGTON

PLAYER BUZZ

READER REACTION

QUOTE ME ON THAT! • WHO SAID WHAT IN THE RUGBY WORLD LAST MONTH

POLL POSITION • Rugby features giants with an appetite for big collisions and speedsters with the afterburners to leave defenders in their dust. Some of the fastest Springboks went head-to-head in a 50m foot race in this series of polls to determine which of them is the Speed King!

QUICK QUESTIONS • GRIQUAS WING MUNIER HARTZENBERG

EDGE of GREATNESS • EBEN ETZEBETH IS SET TO BECOME THE SEVENTH-AND YOUNGEST-SPRINGBOK TO WIN HIS 100TH TEST CAP

BOK CENTURIONS

THE CASE FOR KRIEL • JESSE KRIEL’S EXPERIENCE AND VERSATILITY MAKE HIM A BIG ASSET FOR THE SPRINGBOKS

SLAYING DRAGONS • THE SPRINGBOKS CANNOT AFFORD TO BE COMPLACENT GOING INTO THE JULY SERIES AGAINST A WOUNDED WALES

SEEKING IDENTITY • HOW DO ELITE COACHES ACROSS THE GAME DECIDE ON THEIR TEAM’S PLAYING FORMAT?

GAME ON

SUPERCHARGED SHOWDOWN • IN A VOTE FOR THE GREATEST SUPER RUGBY TEAM 0F ALL TIME, SARUGBYMAG.CO.ZA READERS HAVE REDUCED THE FIELD FROM 32 TO EIGHT. NOW THEY WILL DECIDE WHICH TEAMS PROGRESS TO THE SEMI-FINALS

COACHES CORNER • THE BEST COACHES ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR NEW WAYS TO DEVELOP THE FUTURE STARS OF THE GAME. SCAN THE QR CODE TO SUBSCRIBE TO MORE TO MORE THAN 3000 DRILLS, ACTIVITIES AND ARTICLES

WINTER IS HERE • Does your winter body Look more like a six-pack of doughnuts? Is your idea of exercising in winter walking to the couch? Not this season! Our scorching HIIT programme will get you excited for those beach days in summer.

THE GREAT RUGBY QUIZ • SA RUGBY MAGAZINE TESTS YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF THE GAME

WHEN THE TIME'S RIGHT • FORMER JUNIOR BOKS CAPTAIN WIAAN LIEBENBERG HAS RETIRED FROM RUGBY AT THE AGE OF 29 AND AT THE TOP OF HIS GAME

GLASGOW WARRIORS • IMPRESS YOUR MATES WITH YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF EUROPEAN RUGBY CLUBS

MAJOR MILESTONE • SOUTH AFRICAN RUGBY’S TEST CENTURIONS SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE CELEBRATED