FILE - South Africa's Duane Vermeulen during the rugby union international match between Wales and South Africa at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales, Saturday, Nov. 6, 2021. Vermeulen will ...

After 18 minutes of an unforgettable opening instalment to this year’s Rugby Championship, those wishing to stick the knife into Australian rugby – while also denigrating the British and Irish Lions’ ...

SYDNEY, Sept 16 (Reuters) - Australia coach Dave Rennie largely kept faith with the Wallabies side that beat South Africa on Sunday when he made three changes for this weekend's Rugby Championship ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa edged Australia 30-22 and kept alive its hopes of retaining the Rugby Championship crown on Saturday. A second straight defeat to the Wallabies in the ...

PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — Kurt-Lee Arendse scored a hat trick among South Africa's six straight tries as the world champions steamrolled Australia 43-12 in the opening round of the Rugby ...

Sept 18 (Reuters) - A resurgent Australia upset South Africa for the second time in a week, storming to an impressive bonus-point 30-17 victory in Brisbane on Saturday to help strip the world ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa edged Australia 30-22 and kept alive its hopes of ...

No. 8 Duane Vermeulen will captain world champion South Africa in its opening test of the Rugby World Cup year against Australia on Saturday and Manie Libbok will make his first start at flyhalf.