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.

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SA RUGBY

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

MY PERFECT XV • THE FORMER SPRINGBOK WING PICKS A TEAM MADE UP OF THE BEST HE'S PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST

PLAYER BUZZ • WHAT PLAYERS HAVE BEEN SHARING ON SOCIAL MEDIA

READER REACTION • SA RUGBY MAGAZINE HAS OVER 500 000 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 VOTED FOR THE SPRINGBOKS' MOST VALUABLE PLAYER IN EACH OF THEIR 2023 WORLD CUP POOL MATCHES

QUICK QUESTIONS • STORMERS FLANK NAMA XABA

RUGBY’S BIGGEST PARTY • SPRINGBOK DYNAMO DAMIAN WILLEMSE HAS JINKED AND JIVED TO THE WORLD CUP’S BEAT AMONG RUGBY’S BRIGHTEST STARS IN FRANCE

HIGHS AND LOWS • EIGHT MEMORABLE MATCHES FROM THE POOL STAGE OF THE 2023 WORLD CUP

GROWING PAINS • TIER-TWO RUGBY NATIONS MUST BE PROVIDED WITH REGULAR TIER-ONE OPPOSITION BEFORE THE WORLD CUP IS EXPANDED TO 24 TEAMS

TARGETING 2027 • SA RUGBY MAGAZINE LOOKS AT FOUR PLAYERS AIMING TO USE THE UNITED RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP AS A LAUNCH PAD TO REACH THEIR WORLD CUP GOALS IN FOUR YEARS' TIME

GREAT HEIGHTS • HAVING HAD A TASTE OF TEST RUGBY, BULLS LOCK RUAN NORTJÉ IS HUNGRY FOR MORE

READY TO ROAR • HENCO VAN WYK HAS PUT INJURY SETBACKS BEHIND HIM AND IS PRIMED TO PREY ON THE LIONS' URC RIVALS

BEYOND BEAST • THE COMPARISONS TO A SPRINGBOK LEGEND WERE IMMEDIATE AND OBVIOUS, BUT NTUTHUKO MCHUNU WANTS TO WRITE HIS OWN COMPELLING TALE

VERSATILE VALUE • SULEIMAN HARTZENBERG IS LOOKING TO BUILD ON A SPECTACULAR DEBUT SEASON FOR THE STORMERS

GAME ON NOVEMBER

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

DEADLY DAMIAN • IN THIS MONTH'S DO IT YOURSELF MOMENT WE REWIND TO THE 2019 WORLD CUP SEMI-FINAL BETWEEN THE SPRINGBOKS AND WALES IN YOKOHAMA

MAKING AMERICA GREAT • AFTER MISSING OUT ON THE 2023 WORLD CUP, WHAT DOES USA RUGBY NEED TO DO EIGHT YEARS OUT FROM HOSTING THE TOURNAMENT?

ULSTER • IMPRESS YOUR MATES WITH YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF EUROPE'S TOP CLUBS

SIZEABLE IMPACT • CELEBRATE THE DECORATED CAREER OF FORMER SPRINGBOK WING BREYTON PAULSE, WHO EARNED 64 TEST CAPS FROM 1999 TO 2007

‘WE’VE GOT THIS’ • IN AN EXTRACT FROM NO RULES - THE JAMES SMALL STORY, FORMER SPRINGBOK CENTRE JAPIE MULDER RECALLS WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO PLAY WITH AND AGAINST THE WINGER, AND HOW THEY STOPPED JONAH LOMU

BIG YAWN • RUGBY’S SHOWPIECE EVENT NEEDS TO BE REINVENTED