Jean Kleyn rugby player
Jean Kleyn rugby player

Jean Kleyn

26th Aug 1993 2.03m/120kg No 5 Lock

Kleyn (RSA) - 'There's animosity between Irish and Scots'

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

Comments from South Africa second-row Jean Kleyn at a media briefing on Wednesday, 4 October. Jean Kleyn, second row On how he sees the game between Ireland and Scotland playing out: "We’re probably...

Centre Am to replace injured wing Mapimpi for South Africa

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

South Africa have confirmed centre Lukhanyo Am has replaced wing Makazole Mapimpi in their squad for Rugby World Cup 2023. Mapimpi fractured his cheek bone in the Springboks' 49-18 win against Tonga on...

Ireland secure brilliant victory over defending World Cup champions South Africa

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

Ireland propelled themselves to the cusp of the Rugby World Cup quarter-finals with a gripping 13-8 win over reigning champions South Africa on a raucous evening in Paris. Mack Hansen’s try and...

Rugby World Cup 2023 Match Preview: South Africa v Ireland

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

Rugby World Cup 2023 kicked off on 8 September with a fixture that could easily have made a final. Three Saturdays later, the sporting festival continues with a match that could easily be the final, as...

The URC heavyweights to battle it out on Saturday night in RWC clash between South Africa and Ireland

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

The BKT United Rugby Championship playing heavyweights on Saturday night in Paris will fight for the right to be ranked number one in the world of rugby when Ireland play South Africa in the World Cup.   The...

Nienaber makes wholesale changes for Rugby World Cup duel with Ireland

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber made 13 personnel changes and a positional switch as well naming a seven-one split in favour of the forwards on the replacements’ bench for Saturday’s third...

Conor Murray: Ireland squad in ‘unbelievable nick’ ahead of South Africa clash

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

Scrum-half Conor Murray feels Ireland’s squad are “buzzing” and in “unbelievable nick” ahead of a pivotal Paris appointment with reigning world champions South Africa. Andy...

South Africa fly-half Pollard to replace injured hooker Marx

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

South Africa have confirmed that fly-half Handre Pollard has replaced hooker Malcolm Marx in their squad for Rugby World Cup 2023. Marx suffered a "long-term" knee injury in training on Wednesday,...

Match Day Programme: South Africa v Romania

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

FIXTURE HISTORY South Africa and Romania face each other in a test match for only the second time today. They last met in Cape Town during Rugby World Cup 1995. MEMORABLE MATCH It was 30 May, 1995....

Springbok Squad Announcement: head coach Nienaber, captain Mbonambi, Kleyn, Esterhuizen

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

Jacques Nienaber, head coach On how Malcolm Marx's injury happened: "It was a freak accident, his legs just got caught in another player's legs. It was in a contact session, it was a team run and it...