THE BREAKDOWN, STEVE SCOTT: Player welfare must remain paramount

Springboks in the News:

THE BREAKDOWN, STEVE SCOTT: Player welfare must remain paramount: After four months of lockdown, no rugby and no revenue, there’s an understandable impatience to get things going again. “Springboks” – BingNews

Gloucester captain Willi Heinz sees opportunity, not crisis, after mid-season coaching changes: Gloucester will begin the new campaign with an entirely new set-up compared to the Premiership side pre-lockdown but their skipper remains upbeat despite the upheaval … “Springboks” – BingNews

Pumas keen to host ’bio-bubble’ Currie Cup at Mbombela Stadium: JOHANNESBURG – SA Rugby’s staging of an eight-team Currie Cup-like competition in a bio-safe environment would cost anything between R30million and R65m. Factors that would play a role in the final … “Springboks” – BingNews

‘They lose belief’: ACT Brumbies coach Dan McKellar urges patience with Australian rugby’s rising stars: Dan McKellar is urging Australian rugby to avoid throwing its rising stars to the wolves, fearing it could drain self-belief and leave them playing club rugby abroad “because apparently they’re not … “Springboks” – BingNews

NRL 2020 news: Jimmy Brings, James Hooper Column, Brisbane Broncos, Cameron Smith, Anthony Seibold, Peter V’landys: Hello and welcome to James Hooper’s new weekly NRL column, Jimmy Brings, where Fox League’s Chief Reporter delivers all the best inside mail in rugby league, tells you what yo … “Springboks” – BingNews

The strange case of the election hoarding vandalised by Photoshop: “Bokke Bo”, explained du Plooy, means “that the Springboks [rugby team] are on top.” He said that suggested to him that only someone of South African descent would have pulled the prank on hi … “Springboks” – BingNews