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This team will find a thousand ways to break you. But my god I love them.

Across 133 there's never been a Springbok like Salmaan Moerat. Politically engaged, a descendant of rugby royalty, a trailblazer in more ways than one. Profile on the big unit for RugbyPass: rugbypass.com/plus/salmaan-m…

Michael Vaughan says the Proteas don't deserve their place in the WTC final. Ben Stokes has effectively dismissed the whole competition as a farce. Reminds me of that Seymour Skinner meme to be honest. My rebuttal for the Guardian: theguardian.com/sport/2025/jan…

ODI cricket needs a lift. Here's how to fix it: theguardian.com/sport/2025/feb…

Arrogant, humble, loud, quiet, brilliant, terrible; I don't think the rest of the cricket world will ever get tired of watching England lose.

England will win the Six Nations! Probably not, but they could, which is what makes the criticism around the side so odd. Here I am batting for England. Must get my head checked.

Rohit Sharma's India is in the conversation for the best white ball team of all time. Their batters are artists. Their bowlers are wizards. I should love them. It's a shame that I don't. Latest yarn for the G: theguardian.com/sport/2025/mar…

I've scored each of the Six Nations according to their pre tournament expectations. England therefore shot the lights out, France with room to improve, Scotland the most disappointing of the bunch.

Let's hear it for the amblers, the shufflers, the waddlers, the dibbly-dobbler trundlers trying to survive in a game hunting them out of existence. theguardian.com/sport/2025/apr…

A defensive force at flyhalf, 7-1 bench split, An inspirational skipper, A little bloke with a scrum cap on the wing. This is how the Lions would look if Andy Farrell thought like a South African.

So turns out Rabada tested positive for cocaine. I couldn't care less. Neither should you. Because it doesn't matter. More cutting insight in this column:

Shukri, if you're reading this: Markram Rickelton Stubbs Beddingham Bavuma Mulder Vereynne Bosch Jansen Maharaj Rabada Bat deep. Bosch on in short sharp spells. Mulder bowling tough overs. Bavuma, Veryenne and Jansen batting where they should.

Is there a word - probably in German - that conveys blood boiling anger as well as crushing powerlessness? I hate this I hate this I hate this I hate this I hate this.

Is there a word - probably in French - that conveys soothing relief as well as anxious uncertainty ?

Northampton are competing for club rugby's top prize while sitting 8th in the Premiership. There's a lesson there for South African franchises still trying to fight on both fronts. Clue: you don't have to! Thoughts for RugbyPass

Bavuma hiding in the bathroom, Conrad spitting the C-word to a shellshocked dressing room, Verreynne opening the floodgates, The 'embarrassing' New Zealand affair, That run-chase against Pakistan... It's all in here. Go and get your copy before the WTC final.

"The WTC doesn't count because every team didn't play each other" Bad news then for England's 1966 WC win as they didn't play Brazil. Or England's rugby win in 2003 as they avoided New Zealand. Or Djokovic's Wimbledon win in 2018 as he missed defending champion Federer.

James Ramm has promised to do a backflip if he scores a try against Bordeaux this weekend in the Champions Cup final. Sort of. Enjoyed chatting with him for RugbyPass ahead of the biggest game of his career. rugbypass.com/plus/james-ram…

Recency bias perhaps, but is Lucu the second best 9 in the world?

Anyone want to come along and hit me for six in front of my wife and child on Sunday?