Joel Jutge, the head of referees at World Rugby, has dismissed any suggestion that referee Ben O'Keeffe was to blame for France losing to the Springboks at the World Cup.
Warren Gatland feels that the current rules of rugby encourage negative play, and that the recent Rugby World Cup proves his point.
The Springboks head into 2024 as the No. 1 ranked team in the world and back-to-back Rugby World Cup champions. So what will they do for an encore?
Winning an unprecedented fourth Rugby World Cup title was an incredible feat by the Springboks, made even sweeter by the narrow one-point wins in each of their knockout games.
Veteran flyhalf Quade Cooper has spoken out about ex-Wallabies head coach Eddie Jones for the first time since he was snubbed for the Rugby World Cup squad.
As confirmed earlier in the year, Friday the 15th of December will be a public holiday in South Africa in honour of the Springboks successfully defending their Rugby World Cup crown.