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After the highs of winning a series against the All Blacks, a Springboks team with 13 changes came unstuck against a fired-up Wallabies in Perth, Andy Capostagno tells Toby Shapshak. Many fringe players showed they can step up, while others played themselves out of the end-of-year tour as Rassie Erasmus continues to build depth for the World Cup next year. Read more on Stuff.

The Springboks are the deserved champions of Rugby’s Great Rivalry’s inaugural tryfest that pitted the world’s two best teams against each other, Andy Capostagno tells Toby Shapshak. You’ll have to listen to hear who is Cappy’s player of the series. Read more on Stuff.

A promotion for Morne van den Berg and Damian Willemse’s return are the only changes for the final Test of Rugby's Greatest Rivalry; as Rassie Erasmus rewards the Bok warriors who have now won twice to take a 2-1 lead in the inaugural contest against the All Blacks, Andy Capostagno tells Toby Shapshak. Read more on Stuff.

After the Springboks failed to score more than one try and blew their scrum dominance, Rassie Erasmus has called in his get-it-done general, Handre Pollard, Andy Capostagno tells Toby Shapshak. Now the Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry has new sense of rivalry after this unexpected upset, and the Boks are always better when they are the underdogs. Read more on ⁠Stuff⁠.

New Zealand coach Dave Rennie should be worried after the Stormers and Sharks opening games, Andy Capostagno tells Toby Shapshak, who loved the once-in-a-lifetime thrill of new Sharks signing Ma’a Nonu’s one-man Haka in response to the team he played 103 times for. A magic moment. Read more on Stuff.

The Springboks won all three of their inaugural Nations Championships Tests, while blooding a number of promising youngsters. Now Rassie Erasmus is turning his attention to the All Blacks with a 43-man squad named ahead of the Rugby's Greatest Rivalry series, Andy Capostagno tells Toby Shapshak. Read more on Stuff.

Despite losing Siya Kolisi and Eben Etzebeth on the morning of the inaugural Nations Championship Test to England, the Springboks still beat the old foe, Andy Capostagno tells Toby Shapshak. Coach Rassie Erasmus wasted no time in naming a team with 10 changes to the starting line-up for the second Test against Scotland. Read more on Stuff.

Rassie Erasmus has named his strongest team for the opening England game of the new Nations Championship, Andy Capostagno tells Toby Shapshak. With an eye to the future, there is plenty of youth in the Bomb Squad. Read more on Stuff.

The Barbarians, coached by Scott Robertson in his first game since being fired as All Blacks coach, gave the Springboks a good run for their money, while u20 stars Riley Norton and Vusi Moyo have been elevated directly into the Boks squad, Andy Capostagno tells Toby Shapshak. Read more on Stuff.

Lions fullback Quan Horn has been picked at flyhalf in the first Springbok team of the year – against the Barbarians. It’s classic Rassie Erasmus Andy Capostagno tells Toby Shapshak. Meanwhile, the South Africa A against Zimbabwe blends a mix of youth and experience. Read more on Stuff.

With two matches to play on June 20th (Springboks against the Barbarians and SA A against Zimbabwe), Rassie Erasmus has named a 51-player squad for both games, Andy Capostagno tells Toby Shapshak. Read more on Stuff.

The last thing any other URC team wanted to face in a semifinal are the two top South African sides, but that is what they’ve got this weekend, Andy Capostagno tells Toby Shapshak. Meanwhile Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu is injured and potentially out for three months, but don’t panic, Cappy adds. We’ve got Mannie Libbok and Handre Pollard, in that order, next in line. Read more on Stuff.

Cheslin Kolbe is the latest high-profile Springbok to be lured back home, beefing up the Stormers, who are South Africa’s best prospects for the URC quarter-finals. So too are the Bulls but the Lions v Leinster is the game everyone will be watching. Meanwhile, legendary Bok Naas Botha has a couching gig in the States. Andy Capostagno tells Toby Shapshak a heart-warming story about Naas in America. Read more on Stuff.

With 18-year-old Zekhethelo Siyaya invited to the Springbok camps, coach Rassie Erasmus shows how far and wide he casts his eye, Andy Capostagno tells Toby Shapshak. The alignment camp announced five weeks before the first Bok game is filled with talented youngsters. Read more on Stuff.

The best Six Nations yet, but eventual winners France had 50 points scored against them twice in a row, Andy Capostagno tells Toby Shapshak. Plucky Italy did well to beat England, while Scotland’s victories over England and France were just as memorable. Read more on Stuff.