As ever, rugby provided plenty of thrills and spills in a memorable 2024. We look back on an incredible year here.

But, while putting in those building blocks, the Springboks' performances hardly dropped as they won 11 of their 13 Test matches in 2024. Their only defeats came at the hands of Ireland and Argentina, ...

CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA – SEPTEMBER 07 ... right call to put his team in the best position to win, which will keep him as a key contributor in the Boks’ pursuit of a third successive Rugby World Cup ...

The Springboks again stood out as South Africa’s top sports team this year, but there was also success for other national sides in the country’s most popular codes. On the rugby field, the Boks ...

Justin Marshall feels the All Blacks are "trending in the right direction" despite not reaching their usual high standards ...

Kagiso Rabada has performed plenty of heroics for his country, earning a reputation as a fearsome bowler with more than 300 ...

South Africa tailenders Kagiso Rabada and Marco Jansen hung in against relentless fast bowler Mohammad Abbas for a tense ...

South African teenage sprint sensation Bayanda Walaza played a big part in the SA 4x100 team’s silver medal-winning performance at the Paris Olympic Games. He had gone to the games as a reserve, but ...

Rewind the clock a couple of years and Lukhanyo Am was the undisputed best number 13 in the world game but now can't get into ...

It was captain Francis Pienaar's idea. He'd roar at his plaeyrs ''Niya besaba na?'' - Are you afraid of them? They'd bellow ...

As the curtain draws on another bumper sporting year that saw Team GB excel in Paris and more heartbreak for the England ...

With 2024 wrapping up, we pick our winners and losers from the that was including the Springboks, England, Wales, Eddie Jones ...