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Posted 191 days ago
IT WAS an unspectacular match at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin, with the physical exchanges dominating and little creative attacking play on show. Ireland built a healthy 12-3 half-time lead, capitalising on South Africa’s poor discipline, but the Boks started the second period with aplomb.
Posted 193 days ago
JAMIE HEASLIP will lead Ireland out against the Springboks for the first time, promising to ‘give the Irish people something to cheer about’. The big Leinsterman added for good measure. “We don’t like losing in our back garden. It will be a full house on Saturday and the place will be rocking.”
Posted 193 days ago
THE AUTUMN Internationals start tomorrow, expect these players to make an impact in the coming weeks
As a straight-running crash ball centre on the fringes of the Leicester squad three years ago, Tom Youngs would never have expected to be starting an England Test in front of his younger brother, Ben, but that’s what is happening tomorrow.
Posted 224 days ago
A TESTING tournament for Heyneke Meyer’s new Springboks saw them ultimately finish in third spot, their draw with Argentina earlier in the tournament keeping them out of second place. It is no secret that South Africa are rebuilding after the golden generation that captured the Rugby World Cup in 2007 departed last Autumn for Japan, France and retirement. The transition however has not gone smoothly.
Posted 230 days ago
HEYNEKE MEYER has selected the same side that defeated Australia last weekend in Pretoria to face New Zealand in Soweto this Saturday.
The Springboks ran in five tries against the Wallabies, with winger Bryan Habana scoring a hat-trick in a comfortable victory. The three scores increased Habana’s number of tries for South Africa to 46 in 82 games.
20-year old fly Johan…
Posted 237 days ago
HEYNEKE MEYER has handed Cheetah’s fly-half Johan Goosen his first Test start, picking the former Baby Bok over an out-of-form Morne Steyn, against Australia in Pretoria on Saturday.
Etzebeth is back in the Springbok team after missing the previous Test due to suspension, and will pair up with Andries Bekker in the middle row.
On the bench there’s four changes with Coenie…
Posted 250 days ago
AFTER TASTING defeat against the Wallabies last weekend in Perth, Heyneke Meyer has made two changes to the Springbok team who face New Zealand in the fourth Test in The Championship in Dunedin on Saturday.
Both changes are in the forwards, where lock Flip van der Merwe replaces the suspended Eben Etzebeth while Francois Louw comes in for Marcell Coetzee at…
Posted 253 days ago
SOUTH AFRICAN No.8 Josh Strauss has signed a three-year contract with Glasgow. Strauss has pledged his services to the Warriors until at least the end of May 2015, subject to medical and visa, and is due to arrive in the next fortnight.
Glasgow were after a back-row replacement after losing Viliami Ma’afu with immediate effect, due to family and personal reasons.
The…
Posted 272 days ago
THE SPRINGBOK team preparing for the second Rugby Championship Test against Argentina in Mendoza on Saturday received a huge boost when Bryan Habana was declared fit to start on Wednesday.
Habana, the most experienced member of the squad with 78 Tests for South Africa, rolled his left ankle against Argentina in Cape Town last weekend and passed a fitness test on…
Posted 293 days ago
Jan Serfontein
(Blue Bulls)
IF THE perfect day existed in rugby, Springbok U20 centre Jan Serfontein went close to achieving it on 22 June. Not only did he win the Junior World Championship in front of 35,000 compatriots, but in the process he defeated rivals New Zealand 22-16 and touched down with the crucial score.
It capped a superb campaign from the powerful…
