Jacques Nienaber rugby player
Jacques Nienaber rugby player

Jacques Nienaber

16th Oct 1972 1.80m/90kg Head Coach

Boks expect Wales to take them to the “gutters”

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

Springbok assistant coach Daan Human and lock Jean Kleyn said on Monday they were preparing for an epic encounter against Wales at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff on Saturday in their penultimate match...

Talk of ‘Polly plot’ baffles Nienaber

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber emphatically set the record straight on the status of the Boks’ Rugby World Cup squad of 33, before flying out of South Africa on Saturday.   Social...

PREDICTED: How Springboks could line-up against Scotland

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber named 21 players with Rugby World Cup experience (nine of whom will be appearing at their third Rugby World Cup) when he revealed the defending champion’s squad of...

Springboks name 33-player squad for the RWC

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber named 21 players with Rugby World Cup experience (nine of whom will be appearing at their third Rugby World Cup) when he revealed the defending champion’s squad of...

Nienaber to announce World Cup squad today

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber faces major selection issues regarding the forwards to take to the World Cup, former Bok captain John Smit says. All will be revealed today when Nienaber announces his...

Boks on track for RWC with morale-boosting win in Buenos Aires

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

The Springboks proved they are on track with their Rugby World Cup preparations as they delivered a strong second-half performance to overpower Argentina 24-13 in the first of three warm-up games at Velez...

Match Day Programme: Argentina vs. South Africa II

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

South Africa are bidding for an eighth consecutive victory over Argentina after wins in Salta and Pretoria in 2019, Port Elizabeth twice in 2021, Buenos Aires and Durban in 2022 and Johannesburg in the...

Mbonambi captains Boks in Buenos Aires as Steenekamp makes debut

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

Springbok hooker Bongi Mbonambi will captain the national team for first time on Saturday when he leads a new-look combination against Argentina in Buenos Aires in the first of three Rugby World Cup warm-up...

Pumas fullback Mallia cited after Springboks' Williams 11-second KO

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

Argentina fullback Juan Cruz Mallia has been cited after his high hit on scrum-half Grant Williams during Sunday's (AEST) defeat.   Mallia collected Williams high in the first 11 seconds of...

Argentina grind gives Springboks Rugby World Cup taster, says Nienaber

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber likened his team’s hard-fought 22-21 Castle Lager Rugby Championship victory over Argentina on Saturday to a typical Rugby World Cup arm wrestle.   The Springboks...