Is Super Rugby failure a bad omen for Springboks in World Cup year?
The flip side is Bok players could benefit from an extra week of rest
26 June 2019 - 15:36
Cape Town — An SA side missing out on Super Rugby semifinals is a rare occurrence, with 2019 being only the fourth time in 24 editions of the tournament since 1996.
Interestingly‚ two of those occasions were in the World Cup years of 2003 and 2015 and both were statistically SA’s worst two returns at the World Cup...
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