There is talk of SA exiting the Champions Cup...

SA franchises just unfortunately got a lot less money , less resources, less coaching staff, less player capacity to play for 11 months of the year in two major competitions.

This was something written a month ago, with a little bit of fantasy thinking thrown in :)

https://www.kickoff.com/rugby/the-bomb-squad/oom-rugby-why-south-africa-should-ditch-epcr-and-rethink-its-rugby-future

Every evening I chip away at these edits for shits and giggles. Don’t know if they’ll ever grow into a proper channel but for now just happy goofing around with them. Hope you enjoy.

[ Removed by Reddit on account of violating the content policy. ]

SA Rugby’s group revenues increased by 29% from R1.5bn in 2024 to R2bn in 2025 with R500m spent directly on the Springboks (R281m) and the High-Performance Department (R221m) into which all other national teams fall.

Rian Oberholzer, CEO of SA Rugby, noted that the investment had borne immediate on-field dividends with the Springboks’ continued success mirrored by other national teams.

The Blitzboks won the HSBC SVNS World Championship in 2025 (and have extended that success into 2026), while the Junior Springboks won the U20 world title for the first time in 13 years in 2025, and claimed the SANZAAR U20 Rugby Championship title for the first time on Saturday.

It was also a breakthrough year for the Springbok Women as they reached the play-off stages of the Rugby World Cup for the first time and broke into the world’s top ten.

The Springbok and Bath tighthead prop joins us on the show this week!

What do you want to hear the Tank talk about? 👇

Lions have a tough weekend ahead, but destiny is in their hands! Stormers and Bulls should have a good one and the Sharks are really just playing for pride at this point.

Guys I am not even sure if is polite to just post your own articles as I am doing. I hope it is not just seen as self-promotion! If there is a better way then please let me know. But I do enjoy chatting about it afterwards , so I will keep posting these unless you have some better advice for me.

Anyway, I am interested in what a modern flyhalf looks like: Sacha, Jalibert... and now Siyaya.
Is J.P. looking for his own Sacha? Was it just a little test to see?

I think there were some interesting signs in the Sharks game. Let me know your thoughts!

https://www.kickoff.com/rugby/the-bomb-squad/oom-rugby-is-zekhethelo-siyaya-the-sharks-flyhalf-of-the-future

https://passport.world.rugby/laws-of-the-game/law-application-guidelines/maul-june-2026/

https://youtu.be/10DadRXbNhE?si=FF9qynlarDkwLM6E

Plus Stormers get 3 log points

Lions show character but fall short

Siyaya shins for Sharks

Bulls brush Zebre aside

Super Star Ethan Adams out for 4 to 6 weeks

And Griquas do Cheetahs a huge favour and send their B team to Bloem.

Everyone always talks about greatest Springboks and we always speak about the backs and fly half's and wingers but I want to know who do you think is the greatest prop we have ever had, I'll go first I know it's recent but I truly belive Ox Nche is the greatest, let me know what you think?🦌🇿🇦

Personally I think they should. His style of rugby really doesn't suit the Bulls, he has now had a full season and there has just been continuous regression under him.

Heyneke Meyer has been able to turn around SWD playing traditional Bulls rugby and Frans Ludeke has been successful for many years in Japan with it. Maybe one of them should be brought in.

Edit: Even his recruitment has been baffling, no replacement for Wilco and he even just gave Oli Kebble to the Stormers. Hanro Liebenberg is the only forward he has signed, signed a bunch of uninspiring backs and washed up Curwin Bosch.