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Toby Shapshak

Andy Capostagno has been talking and writing about South African rugby for more than three decades. He's been my emotional support person for rugby since I was lucky enough to meet him when I was unexpectedly made the sports editor of the Mail & Guardian newspaper many moons ago. Welcome to Stuff Rugby.

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  • S3 · E15
    September 29 · 25 min

    Bok B team blasted by Wallabies but Rassie isn’t panicking

    After the highs of winning a series against the All Blacks, a Springboks team with 13 changes came unstuck against a fired-up Wallabies in Perth, Andy Capostagno tells Toby Shapshak. Many fringe players showed they can step up, while others played themselves out of the end-of-year tour as Rassie Erasmus continues to build depth for the World Cup next year. Read more on Stuff.

  • S3 · E14
    September 15 · 35 min

    Springboks win greatest rivalry 3-1 in triumphant tryfest

    The Springboks are the deserved champions of Rugby’s Great Rivalry’s inaugural tryfest that pitted the world’s two best teams against each other, Andy Capostagno tells Toby Shapshak. You’ll have to listen to hear who is Cappy’s player of the series. Read more on Stuff.

  • S3 · E13
    September 7 · 24 min

    Brilliant Boks go 2-1 up in RGR, Rassie goes with same team for final Test

    A promotion for Morne van den Berg and Damian Willemse’s return are the only changes for the final Test of Rugby's Greatest Rivalry; as Rassie Erasmus rewards the Bok warriors who have now won twice to take a 2-1 lead in the inaugural contest against the All Blacks, Andy Capostagno tells Toby Shapshak. Read more on Stuff.

  • S3 · E12
    August 25 · 24 min

    Pollard returns after shock Bok defeat to All Blacks at Ellis Park

    After the Springboks failed to score more than one try and blew their scrum dominance, Rassie Erasmus has called in his get-it-done general, Handre Pollard, Andy Capostagno tells Toby Shapshak. Now the Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry has new sense of rivalry after this unexpected upset, and the Boks are always better when they are the underdogs. Read more on ⁠Stuff⁠.

  • S3 · E11
    August 13 · 25 min

    Nonu’s haka the highlight after All Blacks’ first two Greatest Rivalry matches

    New Zealand coach Dave Rennie should be worried after the Stormers and Sharks opening games, Andy Capostagno tells Toby Shapshak, who loved the once-in-a-lifetime thrill of new Sharks signing Ma’a Nonu’s one-man Haka in response to the team he played 103 times for. A magic moment. Read more on Stuff.

  • S3 · E10
    July 22 · 21 min

    Sacha, Kolisi, Etzebeth back after Springboks won all three July Tests

    The Springboks won all three of their inaugural Nations Championships Tests, while blooding a number of promising youngsters. Now Rassie Erasmus is turning his attention to the All Blacks with a 43-man squad named ahead of the Rugby's Greatest Rivalry series, Andy Capostagno tells Toby Shapshak. Read more on Stuff.

  • S3 · E9
    July 7 · 18 min

    Boks beat England to open Test season

    Despite losing Siya Kolisi and Eben Etzebeth on the morning of the inaugural Nations Championship Test to England, the Springboks still beat the old foe, Andy Capostagno tells Toby Shapshak. Coach Rassie Erasmus wasted no time in naming a team with 10 changes to the starting line-up for the second Test against Scotland. Read more on Stuff.

  • S3 · E8
    June 30 · 22 min

    Springboks go full strength for England opening Test

    Rassie Erasmus has named his strongest team for the opening England game of the new Nations Championship, Andy Capostagno tells Toby Shapshak. With an eye to the future, there is plenty of youth in the Bomb Squad. Read more on Stuff.

  • S3 · E7
    June 23 · 32 min

    Springboks off to winning start against Barbarians + Norton, Moyo selected

    The Barbarians, coached by Scott Robertson in his first game since being fired as All Blacks coach, gave the Springboks a good run for their money, while u20 stars Riley Norton and Vusi Moyo have been elevated directly into the Boks squad, Andy Capostagno tells Toby Shapshak. Read more on Stuff.

  • S3 · E6
    June 16 · 25 min

    Rassie picks a surprise at flyhalf and in the pack

    Lions fullback Quan Horn has been picked at flyhalf in the first Springbok team of the year – against the Barbarians. It’s classic Rassie Erasmus Andy Capostagno tells Toby Shapshak. Meanwhile, the South Africa A against Zimbabwe blends a mix of youth and experience. Read more on Stuff.

  • S3 · E5
    June 11 · 22 min

    Rassie goes big with first Boks squad

    With two matches to play on June 20th (Springboks against the Barbarians and SA A against Zimbabwe), Rassie Erasmus has named a 51-player squad for both games, Andy Capostagno tells Toby Shapshak. Read more on Stuff.

  • S3 · E4
    June 1 · 23 min

    Bulls, Stormers fly SA flag in URC semifinals

    The last thing any other URC team wanted to face in a semifinal are the two top South African sides, but that is what they’ve got this weekend, Andy Capostagno tells Toby Shapshak. Meanwhile Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu is injured and potentially out for three months, but don’t panic, Cappy adds. We’ve got Mannie Libbok and Handre Pollard, in that order, next in line. Read more on Stuff.

  • S3 · E3
    May 28 · 28 min

    Kolbe’s back home and Naas is coaching in America

    Cheslin Kolbe is the latest high-profile Springbok to be lured back home, beefing up the Stormers, who are South Africa’s best prospects for the URC quarter-finals. So too are the Bulls but the Lions v Leinster is the game everyone will be watching. Meanwhile, legendary Bok Naas Botha has a couching gig in the States. Andy Capostagno tells Toby Shapshak a heart-warming story about Naas in America. Read more on Stuff.

  • S3 · E2
    May 15 · 30 min

    18-year-old Siyaya catches Rassie’s eye

    With 18-year-old Zekhethelo Siyaya invited to the Springbok camps, coach Rassie Erasmus shows how far and wide he casts his eye, Andy Capostagno tells Toby Shapshak. The alignment camp announced five weeks before the first Bok game is filled with talented youngsters. Read more on Stuff.

  • S3 · E1
    March 27 · 21 min

    Great rugby in the six nations, pity about the defence

    The best Six Nations yet, but eventual winners France had 50 points scored against them twice in a row, Andy Capostagno tells Toby Shapshak. Plucky Italy did well to beat England, while Scotland’s victories over England and France were just as memorable. Read more on Stuff.

  • S2 · E19
    Dec 10, 2025 · 24 min

    Great year for the Springboks, Etzebeth and Jan-Hendrik not so much

    This has been a triumphant year for the Springboks and coach Rassie Erasmus, who has reinvented the dour kompestamp Bokke into the world’s most exciting attack team, Andy Capostagno tells Toby Shapshak. Read more on Stuff. Would you like Stuff Rugby to do weekly updates on the URC, please let us know.

  • S2 · E17
    Nov 21, 2025 · 20 min

    Ireland are worthy competitors for these Boks, who will still win.

    A third number five lock in two weeks is enough maths for this podcast, as Rassie Erasmus fields his strongest side against Ireland, the one side that has been able to unlock the Springboks, Andy Capostagno tells Toby Shapshak. Read more on Stuff.

  • S2 · E216
    Nov 18, 2025 · 27 min

    Another red card, another triumphant Bok performance

    Digging deep two weeks in a row, the Springboks proved (again) that they can win with 14 men. If Rassie Erasmus wanted to build experience in pressure situations, these two intense Tests have been a boon, Andy Capostagno tells Toby Shapshak. Finally Ox Nché has been nominated for World Rugby’s player of the year. Will this the year for a front ranker? Read more on Stuff.

  • S1 · E14
    Nov 11, 2025 · 26 min

    Centurion Siya and his brave Boks win Le Grudge in style #StuffRugby

    Captain courageous Kolisi leads from the front – and the sidelines – as we saw in his 100th Test when Lood de Jager’s red card saw him sacrificed at half time. Along with Andre the Giant, the newest hybrid player, the 14-man Springboks turned Le Grudge match into a triumph for centurion Kolisi, Andy Capostagno tells Toby Shapshak. Read more on Stuff.

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