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Qantas Wallabies team to play New Zealand in Castrol Edge Tri Nations Finale named
Qantas Wallabies team to play New Zealand in Castrol Edge Tri Nations Finale named A second Test starting role for Anthony Fainga’a and starting line-up returns for Radike Samo and Dan Vickerman highlight the Qantas Wallabies run on XV which has been named for Saturday night’s Castrol Edge Tri Nations conclusion at Suncorp Stadium. The... Continue Reading →
preview of Bok world cup squad
Springbok utility back Patrick Lambie has been passed fit to take his place in the World Cup squad that will be announced in Johannesburg tonight after having injured his collar bone early in the Tri-Nations match against the All Blacks in Port Elizabeth. Fullback Francois Steyn, who suffered a hamstring injury against the Wallabies in... Continue Reading →
the battered face of Heinrich Brussow!
Bloodied but unbowed, the battered face of Heinrich Brussow will be the lasting impression of the Boks’ 18-5 victory over the All Blacks in Port Elizabeth at the weekend and while he was too groggy to do his Man of the Match appearance at the post-match press conference (following a serious stitch-up after the game),... Continue Reading →
The rapturous welcome the All Blacks received at Port Elizabeth
Great comment piece by one of the top writers in SA on Rugby Mike Greenaway . The rapturous welcome the All Blacks received at Port Elizabeth airport has reopened the controversy that surrounded the similar support enjoyed by the Crusaders when the Christchurch-based team twice visited Cape Town earlier this year.(see pics below) The pictures... Continue Reading →
An emotional Juan Smith yesterday bowed to the inevitable and withdrew himself from the Springbok Rugby World Cup squad
An emotional Juan Smith yesterday bowed to the inevitable and withdrew himself from the Springbok Rugby World Cup squad because of ongoing compications with his achilles tendon injury. The 30-year-old flanker has for sometime been behind schedule in his recovery from the injury sustained in Super Rugby in March, and he has been training with... Continue Reading →
Steyn for James was the eyebrow-raiser regarding the Bok team
Maybe it was the close-range Butch James penalty attempt that wobbled adrift at a crucial time of the game at Kings Park last week, maybe it was an influential word from stand-in captain Victor Matfield in Peter de Villiers’ ear, or maybe it is indeed all part of the grand plan that James’ restoration at... Continue Reading →
A Springbok-All Blacks Test in the best of the tradition.
Springbok elder statesman Jean de Villiers called it like it really is for the Springboks when he emphatically said that a positive result against the All Blacks on Saturday will count more than anything else (World Cup planning, being the inference). “Performance versus the result could potentially be a tough question (for other teams) in... Continue Reading →
lofty praise indeed for Springbok scrumhalf Fourie du Preez
There was lofty praise indeed for Springbok scrumhalf Fourie du Preez yesterday when All Blacks backline coach Wayne Smith rated him as “the best footballer we have played against over the last eight years (the tenure of the current management team). “Du Preez might be a bit rusty at the moment but he is an... Continue Reading →
Boks say judge us at 7pm Sat night
There was a defiant message to the South African public from Springbok coach Peter de Villiers yesterday, and one we have heard a few times from coaches over the years: “Judge us on Saturday,” he said after announcing the most experienced Springbok team in history (810 caps). “It is our own doing that people have... Continue Reading →
A line of questioning to the Springbok players this week is what is most important.
A line of questioning to the Springbok players this week has been the issue of what is most important in the only two games the full-strength side will play before meeting Wales in Wellington on September 11 – wins no matter how they are achieved or solid foundations being laid against the top ranked teams... Continue Reading →
SA music quotas – who needs it?
From Channel 24 Many artists maintain that broadcast - particularly radio - doesn't do enough to represent and promote South African music. But is that all there is to it? The Moshito Music Conference– billed as "Africa's premier music industry event" - happens in September, and as usual it aims to carry forth the plight... Continue Reading →
Butch James and Bismarck Du Plessis
‘Ready to rumble’ was how burly Bismarck du Plessis described the frame of mind of the herd of Springboks returning to action this weekend for the Tri-Nations match against the Wallabies, and there have been similar calls to arms from the other Springboks that have spoken to the media this week. Butch James, showing admirable... Continue Reading →
defence guru Jacques Niebaber
THE Springboks will look to Stormers and Western Province defence guru Jacques Niebaber to sort out their ailing defence all the way through to the end of the World Cup, it has been confirmed. While Nienaber has been working with the Boks on a consultancy basis over the last few weeks, there is now an... Continue Reading →
Two of South Africa’s most influential players might return on Sat
TWO of South Africa’s most influential players, scrumhalf Fourie du Preez and openside flank Heinrich Brussow, are set to start their first Tests since November 2009 when the Springboks host the Wallabies in a return Tri-Nations match at Kings Park in Durban on Saturday. Two years ago the pair were stand-out players in a brilliant... Continue Reading →
Well miracles will never cease. No less than fifteen of the Rustenburg 21 have been raised from the dead
Well miracles will never cease. No less than fifteen of the Rustenburg 21 have been raised from the dead and will front up against the Wallabies at Kings Park on Saturday. And not a minute too soon for Springbok fans who have found the Tri-Nations joke wearing a bit thin, even though there is a... Continue Reading →
Springbok squad for Castle Tri-Nations home Tests named
Springbok squad for Castle Tri-Nations home Tests named Springbok coach Peter de Villiers on Friday named a 24-man squad featuring several players returning from injury rehabilitation for the home leg of the Castle Tri-Nations series. Six players remain on the injured list and unavailable for selection, although three of them will join the squad in... Continue Reading →
Phone a Springbok and support rugby victims
Phone a Springbok and support rugby victims Rugby fans once again have the chance to chat to their favourite Springbok heroes – and help the victims of serious rugby injuries at the same time – when the annual Chris Burger Petro Jackson Players’ Fund telethon takes place on Tuesday, August 9 at Durban's International Convention... Continue Reading →
The charade that was the 2011 Tri-Nations tour
by Mike Greenaway FOR those of us unfortunate enough to have witnessed close at hand the charade that was the 2011 Tri-Nations tour, there was the comfort that the exercise in futility – emptily fulfilling obligations to SANZAR - at least confirmed a few things we only sort of new. For instance, that Butch James... Continue Reading →
