Morne Steyn, the hero of the Lions series in 2009, is in the last chance saloon regarding his starting position at flyhalf going into the World Cup, Springbok coach Peter de Villiers hinted on the eve of tomorrow’s Tri-Nations match in the New Zealand capital. The question of whether the Blue Bull is a boon... Continue Reading →
The South African Rugby Union went on confrontational attack
The South African Rugby Union went on confrontational attack this morning as the best form of defence of the alleged Springbok training camp in Rustenburg that is running concurrently with the Tri-Nations tour to Australia and New Zealand. In fact, CEO Jurie Roux angrily denied that there is a training camp at all, telling a... Continue Reading →
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This is more of a phoney war
Never mind calling it the Tri-Nations, as far as the Springboks are concerned, this is more of a phoney war they are waging in Sydney and Wellington. Actually it is more of a pantomime considering the real Springboks are in a training camp in Rustenburg, most of them not injured at all, while a plainly... Continue Reading →
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Peter de Villiers and captain John Smit in a grilling in Wellington
The Springboks were left under no illusions that they are in ultimate rugby country when they walked into the arrivals hall at the Wellington airport yesterday – and straight into a barrage of TV crews and reporters who gave coach Peter de Villiers and captain John Smit a grilling over the composition of the tour... Continue Reading →
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The depleted Springbok squad moves on to Wellington.
Gio Aplon and Flip van der Merwe will fly home to South African tomorrow morning at just about the same time as the depleted Springbok squad moves on to Wellington for Saturday’s Tri-Nations Test against New Zealand, and this will mean a first start in a Bok jersey for Patrick Lambie and a debut for... Continue Reading →
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The Springboks are discovering that when it rains in New South Wales it downright pours.
The Springboks are discovering that when it rains in New South Wales it downright pours. The weather is almost always sunny in winter here but 80mm have fallen over the last few days and this July is already the wettest since 1950 and the second wettest since 1858! Neither team was allowed to have a... Continue Reading →
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The Springbok heavyweights will return for the home tests
MIKE GREENAWAY IN Sydney This time four years ago, John Smit and his band of “injured” Springboks watched Bob Skinstad’s dirt-trackers give the Wallabies the scare of their lives, and the watching Boks got a little sweaty themselves. “We had a braai at Schalk Burger’s wine farm (the squad was in Cape Town for a... Continue Reading →
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Some sobering facts need to be pointed out Boks vs Australia -preview
MIKE GRENAWAY IN SYDNEY THERE quite rightly has been a lot of positivity about the Springbok match 22 picked for tomorrow’s Tri-Nations Test against Australia, mostly because it contains many form players from the recently ended Super Rugby competition. But at the risk of being the party-pooper, some sobering facts need to be pointed out... Continue Reading →
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STEYN PLAYING FOR HIS RWC POSITION, NEVERMIND THE YOUNGSTERS
STEYN PLAYING FOR HIS RWC POSITION, NEVERMIND THE YOUNGSTERS The Springbok coaching staff have emphasised that the youngsters on Tri-Nations duty this week in Sydney and next week in Wellington have the opportunity to play themselves into Rugby World Cup contention, but the man with the most at stake is the current flyhalf incumbent, Morne... Continue Reading →
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De Villiers was shielded from the Aussie press until yesterday’s team announcement
The last time Peter de Villiers was in Australia, elements of the local media lampooned him as a clown on a national television show in the build-up to the Tri-Nations Test in Brisbane (which the Boks lost badly). After the match, the campaign against him continued when former Wallaby hooker, Brendan Cannon asked him if... Continue Reading →
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“No player over here feels he is B team material” -Flip van der Merwe
THE manner in which Samoa went about dismantling the Wallabies at the ANZ Stadium on Sunday night has been keenly noted by the Springboks, and although the much-chastised Australians will be in a different frame of mind for the Tri-Nations opener, the Springboks reckon the Samoan recipe will work again if the Boks can dominate... Continue Reading →
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Three to make Springbok debut against Australia
Three to make Springbok debut against Australia Three of the form South African players of the Vodacom Super Rugby season will make their international debuts against Australia on Saturday, following the announcement of the Springbok team in Sydney today. Props Dean Greyling and Werner Kruger and looseforward Ashley Johnson were named by coach Peter de... Continue Reading →
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Springboks in Sydney yesterday
IT was an almost eerily subdued arrival for the Springboks in Sydney yesterday, with barely a sole acknowledging their presence at the arrivals hall when in previous years the full-strength Boks have been accustomed to being trumpeted onto the bus to the tune of Sarie Marais by a Cape-style band, while thronged by autograph-hunting, homesick... Continue Reading →
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: The Springboks’ humour at least remained intact
The Springboks’ humour at least remained intact after their travel drama over the skies of Southern Africa on Friday night and when the Qantas Boeing 747 landed back in Johannesburg two hours after an engine blew up, captain John Smit chirped: “Home undefeated from a Tri-Nations tour - that has not happened since 1998.” And... Continue Reading →
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THE Springboks’ humour at least remained intact
THE Springboks’ humour at least remained intact after their travel drama over the skies of Southern Africa on Friday night and when the Qantas Boeing 747 landed back in Johannesburg two hours after an engine blew up, captain John Smit chirped: “Home undefeated from a Tri-Nations tour - that has not happened since 1998.” And... Continue Reading →
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Muller, Brüssow included in Springbok tour squad
Muller, Brüssow included in Springbok tour squad World Cup winner Johann Muller and star flanker Heinrich Brüssow were included in the Springbok squad on the away leg of the Castle Tri-Nations Series on Friday. The pair have responded well to treatment and will be part of a 28-man party to take on Australia in Sydney... Continue Reading →
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Stefan Terblanche finds out Facebook and Twitter can be financially damaging.
Sharks stalwart Stefan Terblanche is the latest international sportsman to painfully discover that social networks such as Facebook and Twitter can be distinctly anti-social and financially damaging. Terblanche has been fined about R15 000 by SANZAR, the board governing rugby competitions involving South Africa, New Zealand and Australia, after ‘tweeting” his displeasure at the rules... Continue Reading →
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119 not out. That is the Currie Cup
119 not out. That is the Currie Cup, the world’s longest innings in provincial rugby if you will forgive the terribly mixed metaphors. In this Rugby World Cup year, it has been suggested that the Grand Old Dame will become a forgotten aunt. This scepticism in 2011 is nothing new. She has shrugged off similar... Continue Reading →
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Brandon October will be performing at Miss Nambia 2011
Brandon October will be performing at Miss Nambia 2011 he also has a new album coming out early August 2011 look at this new pic
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Springbok captain John Smit has confirmed the speculation
Sharks and Springbok captain John Smit has confirmed the speculation that he is to conclude his career with a two-season stint at Saracens of London and has also announced his retirement from the international game, effective the end of the 2011 Rugby World Cup. Smit had initially planned to finish up his playing days in... Continue Reading →
Martin Myers 