CAPE TOWN, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Loose forward Willem Alberts has been ruled out of South Africa's Rugby Championship tour to Australia and New Zealand and will be replaced by Warren Whiteley after Juan ...

PRETORIA (AFP) – South Africa coach Heyneke Meyer hailed loose forwards Francois Louw and Willem Alberts after a 56-23 triumph over Samoa this weekend in a four-nation tournament final. Louw, back ...

Former South Africa players Ruan Pienaar and Willem Alberts are ready to impress in their first appearance at the World Cup Rugby Classic, which begins today. The 40-year-olds retired from ...

Willem Alberts may be 35-years-old but he says there are still a good few miles left in “this old diesel engine”. Alberts has returned to the Lions where it all started for him almost straight after ...

Cape Town – You grind it out every week in Super Rugby, hoping to take your franchise to the play-offs. You could be earning truckloads of cash in Europe, but you stuck it out in South Africa, mainly ...

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - Experienced lock Victor Matfield has overcome injury and been included in South Africa's squad to tour Australia and New Zealand in the Rugby Championship next month, but ...

Veteran lock Willem Alberts returns to the Emirates Lions starting line-up as they reshuffled their side for their EPCR Challenge Cup match against Benetton in Treviso on Saturday evening. Let's get ...

John Dobson hails Willem Alberts as a 'great Springbok', but realises the bruising flanker will have to adapt to Super Rugby again. Willem Alberts of the Lions during the Emirates Lions press ...

DURBAN (Reuters) – Sharks loose forward Willem Alberts will miss the start of the Super Rugby season after his franchise revealed that the South Africa international will undergo surgery on a shoulder ...

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – Uncapped South Africa loose forward Arno Botha will replace the injured Willem Alberts for Saturday’s test against Italy in Durban. Alberts picked up an abdominal strain earlier ...

Former Springbok utility forward Willem Alberts is back in the Emirates Lions starting side to face the Melbourne Rebels in their Vodacom Super Rugby outing on Saturday morning. Alberts is one of ...