SA RUGBY

Over the past 20 years SA Rugby Magazine has been the top selling Rugby magazine in the Southern Hemisphere and has become THE rugby authority in South Africa. SA Rugby is an independent title that celebrates our rugby heroes, addresses key issues in the game and stays in tune with the views, feelings and emotions of South African rugby fans. We cover South African rugby extensively, including Springbok, Super Rugby, Currie Cup, Varsity Cup, Craven Week, Schools rugby, and all the major global rugby leagues and tournaments. There is no where else to turn for a complete rugby breakdown throughout the year.

EDITOR'S LETTER

SA RUGBY

SPLIT SECOND

SAFFAS ABROAD • THE DOMINANT SOUTH AFRICAN PLAYERS AFTER 20 ROUNDS OF THE 2022-23 ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP

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

MY PERFECT XV • THE FORMER SCOTLAND LOOSE FORWARD PICKS A TEAM MADE UP OF THE BEST HE PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST

PLAYER BUZZ • WHAT PLAYERS HAVE BEEN SHARING ON SOCIAL MEDIA

READER REACTION • SA RUGBY MAGAZINE HAS OVER 460 000 FACEBOOK FOLLOWERS. HERE'S HOW THEY RESPONDED TO SOME OF OUR BIGGEST POSTS LAST MONTH

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

POLL POSITION • SARUGBYMAG.CO.ZA READERS CAST THEIR VOTES

QUICK QUESTIONS • LIONS CENTRE MANNIE RASS

PUSHING FOR GREATNESS • STEVEN KITSHOFF IS ON A QUEST TO MAKE 2023 THE BIGGEST YEAR OF HIS ALREADY ILLUSTRIOUS CAREER

STORMERS COACH JOHN DOBSON ON KITSHOFF'S DEPARTURE

KITSHOFF ON …

BACK IN THE SADDLE • FORMER SHARKS COACH SEAN EVERITT ON J0ININ THE BULLS, COACHING WITH AND AGAINST JAKE WHITE, AND WHY THE SPRINGBOKS WOULD BENEFIT FROM BEING IN THE SIX NATIONS

ROARING REVIVAL • SANELE NOHAMBA IS BACK ON THE BOK RADAR AFTER RESURRECTING HIS CAREER AT THE LIONS

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH • THE BID TO MAKE RUGBY SAFER HAS CHANGED THE GAME FOR THE WORSE

DIFFERENT BALL GAME • JOHAN ACKERMANN IS RELISHING THE UNIQUE CHALLENGE OF COACHING IN JAPAN

ACKERMANN ON …

GAME ON MAY

FEELING THE LOVE • THE 21-YEAR-OLD HAS PRODUCED EYE-CATCHING PERFORMANCES FOR THE HURRICANES AND MAORI ALL BLACKS, BUT HE DOESN’T THINK HE’S GOOD ENOUGH FOR TEST RUGBY - YET

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 THAN 3 000 DRILLS, ACTIVITIES AND ARTICLES

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

OFF TO A FLYER • IN THIS MONTH'S DO IT YOURSELF MOMENT, WE REWIND TO THE 2019 RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP CLASH BETWEEN THE SPRINGBOKS AND WALLABIES IN JOHANNESBURG

ENGLISH ECSTASY • IN THE FIFTH INSTALMENT OF A WORLD CUP SERIES, SA RUGBY MAGAZINE LOOKS BACK AT THE 2003 TOURNAMENT, WHICH ENGLAND WON ON AUSTRALIAN SOIL

PLAYOFF RESULTS

THREE MAGIC MOMENTS

PLAYER OF THE TOURNAMENT

FORWARD THINKING • HE’S A GIANT OF ENGLISH RUGBY BUT THERE WAS A TIME WHEN WE DIDN'T KNOW MARO ITOJE HAD A BIG FUTURE. AND THERE IS A LOT MORE ON THE HORIZON…

HEALTH ISSUES IMPACT ITOJE

ITOJE'S EMOTIONAL SOUNDTRACK

SALE SHARKS • IMPRESS YOUR MATES WITH YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF EUROPE’S TOP CLUBS

FIVE FAST FACTS

PLAYERS TO WATCH

DIFFERENT CLASS • CELEBRATE THE DECORATED CAREER OF FORMER SPRINGBOK SCRUMHALF FOURIE DU PREEZ, WHO EARNED 76 TEST CAPS FROM 2004 TO 2015

EXIT PLAN • THE SPRINGBOKS MUST LEAVE THE RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP