The Springbok injury ward is getting crowded. Etzebeth. Snyman. Lood. Hooker. Reinach. Williams. Jaden Hendrikse. Fassi. Now add Krappies van den Berg (4-6 months, torn bicep) and Ruan Venter (knee, done for the year). That's not a selection headache. That's a selection crisis. youtu.be/jL3Q_bNaXwc

CSA gave 13% of Newlands Test tickets to the general public. The rest went to corporates, sponsors & travel hospitality — before local fans got a look-in. This isn't a ticketing story. It's a trust crisis. New breakdown 👇 youtu.be/GTpB1Kqfua8

Caelan Doris. 21 dominant carries. #1 in the competition. 87 total carries. 310 metres. 48 tackles. Leinster's captain has carried them here. Now it's a final. 🏆 #ChampionsCup #LeinsterRugby #CaelanDoris #Rugby

LBB: 8 tries. #1 in the competition. Rayasi: 7 tries. #2 in the competition. 15 tries from the two wings alone. Bordeaux's wingers outscored most entire teams. Leinster have to stop this on Saturday. 🔴🏉 #ChampionsCup #BordeauxBegles #LeinsterRugby #Rugby

Montpellier: 53 lineouts. 53 won. Ulster: 46 from 60. A 23.4% gap in the set piece. Riccitelli leads the competition with 39 won. If Ulster can't fix this, Friday is going to be a long night. 🏉 #EPCRChallengeCup #UlsterRugby #MontpellierRugby #Rugby

Masibaka doesn't ask defenders to move. He tells them to. The metres per game numbers are elite. Montpellier know exactly what they've signed. 💪🏉 #MontpellierRugby #URC #Rugby #RugbyStats

30 defenders beaten. 10 clean breaks. 389 metres. 4 tries. 6 games. Zac Ward leads the EPCR Challenge Cup in two major categories. He's getting Bilbao on Friday. 🏉 #EPCRChallengeCup #UlsterRugby #Rugby

R23,000. One seat. Rugby World Cup 2027. France hosted 2023 — and their rugby federation lost R500M. South Africa bid R6.8B total and lost. 2019 scalpers: R400,000 per ticket on StubHub. The economics of the Rugby World Cup are broken. Full breakdown 👇 #RWC2027 #Springboks youtu.be/7b_q3Y6lPIU

Montpellier vs Ulster. 3 meetings. Ulster: 3 wins. Montpellier: 0 wins. The last meeting? 40–17 to Ulster. Now they meet in a Cup Final. Can Montpellier rewrite history? 🏉 📅 Friday | San Mamés, Bilbao | 21h00 CAT #ChallengeCup #MontpellierRugby #UlsterRugby

56 clean breaks vs 55. Montpellier lead Ulster by one. But Ulster concede 14 fewer penalties and win every defensive stat. The data is split right down the middle. 🏉 📅 Friday | San Mamés, Bilbao | 21h00 CAT #ChallengeCup #CCFinal #UlsterRugby #MontpellierRugby #Rugby

Bordeaux lead Leinster in 5 of 6 key stats this Champions Cup season. Clean breaks. Defenders beaten. Tries. Scrums. Tackles. The data favours Bordeaux. But it's Leinster. And it's a final. 🏆 📅 Saturday | San Mamés, Bilbao | 17h30 CAT #ChampionsCup #CCFinal #Rugby #LeinsterRugby #BordeauxBegles

Sampie Swiegers snapped up by Quins and much more from this snippet of the Rugby News Wrap 1 April. Full video here: youtu.be/CLGNYurBrsk

Frans Malherbe catches a big one, Thebalani Bholi powers on and Japan snaps up an SA youngster Full episiode: youtu.be/CLGNYurBrsk

An All Black legend's son heads to SA and tough pools for Blitzboks and Springbok Women in Hong Kong Full episiode: youtu.be/CLGNYurBrsk

April Fools jokes around the #Springboks and #RassieErasmus #rugby #brendennel

The @urc Race to the eight is heating up and it was a second perfect weekend for the SA teams. Here's wrapping up a lekker weekend youtu.be/D8pNn5pMajs

URC's #Racetotheeight is on and with so many important games this weekend, here is an in-depth preview of the matches to come youtu.be/rpCjB4lDZ50

#Springboks coach #RassieErasmus on #SachaFeinbergMngomezulu performance against #LosPumas in the #RugbyChampionship match in #Durban #rugby #rassie #sacha #sfm #boks #argentina #brendennel

#Springboks coach #RassieErasmus on #CheslinKolbe "Brain fart" - the bizarre try scored by #LosPumas in the #Rugbychampionship match in #Durban on Saturday. #rugby #rugbygram #instarugby #brendennel #argentina #rassie #cheslin #boks

#Springbok tighthead prop Wilco Louw on what goes through his head when he packs down to scrum #rugby #rugbychampionship #boks #argentina #sanzaar #scrumporn #instarugby #rugbygram #loverugby #strongertogether #brendennel #lospumas #boks #springboks

#Springboks prop Wilco Louw - We want to get dominance in the scrum #rugby #rugbychampsionship #boks #argentina #sanzaar #scrumporn #instarugby #rugbygram #loverugby #strongertogether #brendennel #lospumas #boks #springboks

#Springboks prop Wilco Louw on the tendency this season for referees not to reward the dominant scrum with penalties. #rugby #rugbychampsionship #boks #argentina #sanzaar #scrumporn #instarugby #rugbygram #loverugby #strongertogether #brendennel #lospumas #boks #springboks

#Springboks prop Wilco Louw on what is behind his incredible form over the past 18 months #rugby #rugbychampsionship #boks #argentina #sanzaar #scrumporn #instarugby #rugbygram #loverugby #strongertogether #brendennel #lospumas #boks #springboks

#Springboks tighthead prop Wilco Louw on whether he must work on his mobility around the park  #rugby #rugbychampsionship #boks #argentina #sanzaar #scrumporn #instarugby #rugbygram #loverugby #strongertogether #brendennel #lospumas #boks #springboks

#Springboks tighthead prop #WilcoLouw on what he thinks of #LosPumas scrum #rugby #rugbychampsionship #boks #argentina #sanzaar #scrumporn #instarugby #rugbygram #loverugby #strongertogether #brendennel

#Springbok coach #RassieErasmus on the midfield combination between #DamiandeAllende and #CananMoodie that has been selected for the #Rugbychampionship match against #LosPumas this weekend in #Durban #rugby #brendennel

#Springboks coach #RassieErasmus on the great relationship between #SARugby and #ArgentinaRugby #losPumas #rugbychampionship #rugby #brendennel #Boks

#Springbok coach #RassieErasmus chats about what dangerous opposition the #LosPumas are this weekend in the #Rugbychampionship match #rugby #brendennel #sanzaar #boks

@springboks.bsky.social Andre Esterhuizen on being a "hybrid player" #rugby #rugbychampionship #sanzaar #brendennel

Former Bok coach Nick Mallett believes an assessment of the Boks must wait until after the Rugby Champs. Former #Springbok coach #NickMallett believes a judgement on the #Boks can only be made after the #RugbyChampionship Full video here: youtu.be/f5UkKH9nF2c

#Wallaby Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii expects the #Springboks to come out firing this weekend in #capetown

#Rugby Championship standings

#Springboks get a new kiwi ref to deal with this weekend

Following injuries to Kurt-Lee Arendse and Edwill van der Merwe, Makazole Mapimpi has been called up to the #Springbok squad for the second test against the #Wallabies. Arendse, and captain Siya Kolisi - who sustained a knee injury - have been released from the squad to tend to their injuries#Boks

If you are in Cape Town tomorrow, this is your chance to see the Boks and get some pix/autographs

Bit of injury news from the #AllBlacks #rugby #rugbychampionship

Report Confirms Anyone Who Really Likes A Politician Is Insane theonion.com/report-...

👇🏼 This is an excellent watch regarding South African Club Rugby, exposure at this level is paramount. Being a Pirates old boy it means it’s even closer to my heart. Pirates Rugby has done superbly over recent years, long may it continue, grassroots is key #SARugby #ClubRugby @brendennel.bsky.social

SOS (Save our Scrums) from this American madness @usmlr 's horrific law trials must be stopped. Something I wrote supersport.com/rugby/genera...

How low can Wales go? Can Gatland survive. Hot take on their loss to Italy #SixNations youtu.be/FTTRCyuvVcY

Bulls win thriller in Cape Town. My hot take. youtu.be/zdTZtuWqyDI

Bulls v Stormers sold out tomorrow

Had a great chat on all things rugby with @gcobanibobo on his pod - have a watch...really enjoyed the chat. Here's a preview full pod here - youtu.be/Psj97eAcmIs

Heartbroken tonight. Goodbye Humphrey. The most wonderful, loving friend I could ever hope for. Cant stop the tears tonight

John Dobson and Jake White both give their thoughts on the @THESTORMERS vs @BlueBullsRugby rugby derby this weekend in our latest #podcast episode of #TotheLastDrop with @LiamDelCarme1 Have a listen, its a lot of fun www.jacarandafm.com/news/sport/j...

Is Elrigh's URC season over? Certainly looks that way youtu.be/eU8XE5lE3a8

Big loss for the Sharks to lose Makazole Mapimpi for three derby games youtu.be/Am71h7lSJWw

Great letter in today's Guardian. What sort of free speech is prevented by factchecking, Zuck?

Family member was almost hijacked on London Road in Joburg. Be careful if you're using that road, or rather avoid it. Lucky to escape, put her head on the stearing wheel and just drove, three guys with guns luckily didn't shoot. Close call, not at all good news to start the year

Rest easy Joubs. Thank you for always being the coolest guy in the newsroom. I was privileged to know you and always enjoyed your musical tales. To Fay and the kids, know he was loved. The world has lost a great guy. RIP.