Typhoon Haishen battered Japan’s southern mainland with powerful winds and drenching rain, cutting power to tens of thousands of homes and prompting authorities to call for some 1.8 million people to evacuate. Haishen was drawing closer…
Following the Springboks’ record-equalling third Rugby World Cup win on November 2 2019, the South African rugby heroes have been celebrated across the world. From a shoutout from tennis legend Roger Federer, to Faf de Klerk’s unique…
Want to see the World Champions arrive from Japan after their successful Webb Ellis Cup conquest in the Far East? You’ll have to wait until Tuesday. The Springboks had to delay their return because of Sunday’s World Rugby Awards where…
The rugby universe may have urged a different outcome but the sun has set on Japan’s stirringly courageous Rugby World Cup challenge. They yielded to the Springboks and bowed out of the tournament as South Africa progress to the…
There are a number of South Africans who play for Japan at the Rugby World Cup‚ but none of them have captured the imagination like skillful right wing Kotaro Matsushima. Unlike tough-as-nails loose-forward Pieter “Lappies” Labuschagne‚…
LIAM DEL CARME in Tokyo – All Blacks coach Steve Hansen pushed back his Springbok counterpart’s assertion that his team had habitually benefited from referees’ leniency during their long stint at the op of the world rankings. On Wednesday…
