Namibian rugby star Johan Retief has been ruled out of his country’s final World Cup game against Uruguay later Wednesday, after being “bitten by a spider” at the team’s hotel in Aix-les ...

Namibian rugby legend Jacques Burger believes the team can take pride from standing toe-to-toe with South Africa and New Zealand, and use that emotion to bolster their chances of recording a first ...

It would be a result that would be anecdotal for the rest of the teams, but huge for Namibian rugby. Martin Untersinger Translation of an original article published in French on lemonde.fr ...

Started all 36 of his tests for Namibia and appeared at three Rugby World Cups (2007, 2011 and 2015), captaining the team in the latter two tournaments. Record-breaker: Eugene Jantjies The versatile ...

where he was mobbed by jubilant team-mates. When JC Greyling went over for his try against Uruguay, he became the first Namibian to score tries in three Rugby World Cups. The winger registered scores ...

LYON, France, Sept 27 (Reuters) - Namibia’s hopes of a first ever Rugby World Cup win ended in ... A loss to Uruguay on Wednesday, and said the team needs to start preparing for the next ...

So when the team arrived to Australia in 2003 for the Rugby World Cup, the novelty of performing in front of the world hadn’t worn off for many of Namibia’s players. “For us, it was just to ...