Well, this is the last real taste of rugby for us in the Southern Hemisphere till preparations for the Super 14 gets serious with the warm-up games during late January 2010…. so let’s go full-out here, support the Team, blog like crazy.
The George 7’s is the 2nd Tournament in the yearly circuit of the IRB 7’s Competition. Last week the All Blacks won the 1st Tournament at Dubai.
Come on Bokke, defend your Title at George and make us proud.
Pools:
Pool A: South Africa, Kenya, France, Zimbabwe
Pool B: Fiji, Australia, Portugal, Russia
Pool C: New Zealand, Wales, Samoa, United States
Pool D: Scotland, England, Argentina, Tunisia
Day One schedule:
(Kick-off is local time – GMT + two hours)
Match 1: Scotland v Argentina, 11.42
Match 2: England v Tunisia, 12.04
Match 3: New Zealand v Samoa, 12.26
Match 4: Wales v United States, 12.48
Match 5: Fiji v Portugal, 13.10
Match 6: Australia v Russia, 13.32
Match 7: South Africa v France, 13.54
Match 8: Kenya v Zimbabwe, 14.16
Match 9: Scotland v Tunisia, 14.48
Match 10: England v Argentina, 15.10
Match 11: New Zealand v United States, 15.32
Match 12: Wales v Samoa, 15.54
Match 13: Fiji v Russia, 16.16
Match 14: Australia v Portugal, 16.38
Match 15: South Africa v Zimbabwe, 17.00
Match 16: Kenya v France, 17.22
Match 17: Argentina v Tunisia, 17.54
Match 18: Samoa v United States, 18.16
Match 19: Portugal v Russia, 18.38
Match 20: France v Zimbabwe, 19.00
Match 21: Scotland v England, 19.32
Match 22: New Zealand v Wales, 19.54
Match 23: Fiji v Australia, 20.16
Match 24: South Africa v Kenya, 20.38
59@ Kenia het vir Zim gefrommel…. 50 iets
Try Marius Schoeman
Nice try Marius
Cecil Africa scores… neewat, nou lyk dit beter
Try Cecil
@ 63 GBS ek stem
Helberg scores
Nice try Deon
67: o/21 vleuel van BB, goed dat hy daardie oefening kry vir BB se vleueldiepte.
Wat het geword van Basson? Hy is darem ‘n goeie sevens speler. Is hy nog by die Bulls?
70: dink hy speel oorsee.
As ons ‘n sewes span kon kies uit al ons spelers, 15 man bokke ingesluit, hoe sal ons span lyk ?
Hier is myne
Voorspelers/voorry
1. Spies
2. Brussow
3. Dewald
Agterspelers
4. FDP
5. Habana
6. Mapoe
7. Juries
@ 71
Spies
Schalk Britz
Kankowski
Basson
Habana
Jongi Nokwe
Mapoe
Juries
oops een te veel
Spies
Schalk Britz
Kankowski
Basson
Habana
Jongi Nokwe
Juries
@71 bdb
My span sal joune wen. 🙂
Good night all
No more South African rugby until late Jan 2010…….!!!! 😥
Washington – The woes of Tiger Woods have spawned the inevitable online game.
“Tiger Hunting,” located at Break.com, features an animation of the golfer and another woman in his car being chased by his golf-club wielding wife.
The object of the game is to earn points and escape a clubbing from Elin Nordegren by avoiding obstacles on the road such as fire hydrants and trees.
Revelations about Woods’s extra-marital affairs began to surface after he crashed his car into a hydrant and a tree outside his Florida mansion in the early hours of November 27.
“Tiger Hunting” has been played more than 1.1 million times.
The Springbok Sevens side powered their way into the quarterfinals of the Emirates Airline George Sevens at Outeniqua Park with a win over Zimbabwe Friday, but it was at a high cost.
The Blitsboks may have beaten their northern neighbours 29-5 to add to their earlier 38-14 demolition of France to make it two wins out of two and book their place in Saturday’s quarter-finals of the competition.
But the price of victory was high, where the Boks lost their captain Paul Delport to injury and possibly even for the rest of the competition with an ankle injury that may be a long term problem for the team.
The messy and very public spat over the future of New Zealand’s domestic rugby has ended exactly how it started – with a 14-team NPC.
NZRU chief executive Steve Tew and chairman Jock Hobbs were forced to yesterday concede defeat in Wellington as legal threats from the at-risk unions forced a backdown.
Manawatu, Northland, Counties-Manukau and Tasman will all play in the top-flight next season, although a 10-team premier division remains the NZRU’s preferred option from 2012.
The Ospreys will, fitness permitting, hand a debut to Ricky Januarie in their Heineken Cup trip to Viadana on Saturday.
Januarie will undergo a fitness test ahead of the game to decide whether he is okay to start. In the event that he doesn’t start the match, he will swap places with Jamie Nutbrown and take a place on the bench.
The SARugby.com team looked back on an exciting season and picked our World Test XV for 2009. Let’s have a look who we thought were the hottest players in ’09!
15. Rob Kearney (Ireland)
The big, hard and fast Irish fullback was outstanding during the Six Nations, British & Irish Lions tour and the Autumn internationals where he looked composed and dangerous from the back.
Selected ahead of: Frans Steyn, Maxine Medard and Mils Muliaina.
14. Tommy Bowe (Ireland)
Another Ireland player who did his reputation the world of good in their Grand Slam season and with his play in South Africa for the Lions. Quick, elusive and with the ability to read the game brilliantly he can be a devastating runner at times.
Selected ahead of: Cedric Heymans, JP Pietersen, Cory Jane and Ugo Monye
13. Brian O’Driscoll (Ireland)
O’Driscoll’s selection at outside centre makes it three in a row for Ireland, but you can’t deny that he was the outstanding outside centre this season.
Selected ahead of: Jaque Fourie and Conrad Smith
12. Jamie Roberts (Wales)
Roberts terrorised South African defences on the Lions tour and, despite the latter part of his season being affected by injury, showed the world just what he can do with his powerful running from inside centre.
Selected ahead of: Jean de Villiers and Ma’a Nonu
11. Bryan Habana (South Africa)
The Springbok winger bounced back from a under-par 2008 by his standards with a barnstorming season in 2009. He might not have scored as many tries as he would have liked, but his work chasing kicks, tackling and rucking – as well as on attack – contributed to the great success of the Springboks this season.
Selected ahead of: Sitiveni Sivivatu
10. Morne Steyn (South Africa)
A remarkable debut season for the Bulls pivot sees him narrowly edge out Dan Carter as the best flyhalf of 2009. Steyn’s performances – especially with the boot – were crucial in the British and Irish Lions series win and the Boks’ successful Tri-Nations campaign. Faltered somewhat in Europe on the end of year tour, but still had a good enough season to see him selected.
Selected ahead of: Dan Carter
9. Fourie du Preez (South Africa)
Du Preez was unlucky to lose out to Richie McCaw for the IRB Player of the Year award with many pundits feeling he was the stand out Test player this season. A complete and accomplished player who hardly put a foot wrong in 2009.
Selected ahead of: Will Genia and Mike Phillips
8. Jamie Heaslip (Ireland)
The hard-nosed Ireland number eight just pips Pierre Spies, Sergio Parisse and Kieran Read for the number eight jersey. Heaslip was immense during the Six Nations and carried his form throughout the season.
Selected ahead of: Pierre Spies, Sergio Parisse and Kieran Read
7. Richie McCaw (New Zealand)
The surprise selection for the IRB Player of the Year – McCaw was at his consistent best throughout the season. We’ve selected him on the blindside in our team of the year with no other blindside flank staking a real claim to the crown.
Selected ahead of: Rocky Elsom, Thierry Dusatoir
6. Heinrich Brussow (South Africa)
The South African bulldog had a watershed season in 2009. A constant menace at the breakdown with his ability to turnover ball, Brussow also looked comfortable with ball in hand as he used his pace to support runners and link up play.
Selected ahead of: David Pocock, Lewis Moody
5. Victor Matfield (South Africa)
Matfield ran the Springbok line-out with aplomb in 2009. A banker on his own ball and a thorn in opposing jumpers’ sides. Matfield ruled the air again this season and set a secure platform for the Springbok backline.
Selected ahead of: Paul O’Connell
4. James Horwill (Australia)
Some might see Horwill’s selection as a bit of a surprise, but anyone who watched how he added beef and grunt to the Wallaby pack will understand why he gets a place in the side. Continues to improve and is now one of the finest second row forwards playing the game.
Selected ahead of: Bakkies Botha
3. Martin Castrogiovanni (Italy)
Destroyed the Springboks on two occasions in November and also monstered the All Black front row. ‘Castro’ stormed his way into the team with his scrummaging and contributions around the park.
Selected ahead of: John Smit, and Ben Alexander
2. Bismarck du Plessis (South Africa)
The Springbok hooker exposed the lack of a genuine number two in the British and Irish Lions squad and played like an extra loose-forward all season. His lineout throwing was also close to flawless.
Selected ahead of: Andrew Hore (New Zealand), Jerry Flannery (Ireland)
1. Benn Robinson (Australia)
The first time in years that a Wallaby prop is considered the best in the world. Robinson has turned the Australian scrum from a weakness into a strength this year and also puts in a tidy shift around the park.
Selected ahead of: Fabien Barcella, Tendai Mtawarira and Tony Woodcock
George – On a day where South Africa lost two players to injury in their second match, the Springboks nevertheless advanced to the quarter-finals of the IRB Sevens World Series tournament in George despite drawing 12-all against a negative Kenya side.
At least the Kenyans were this time twice punished with yellow cards for their persistent transgressions to prevent South Africa from attaining fluency and rhythm.
South Africa will play Fiji in the quarter-final on Saturday, while Kenya meet the side placed second in Pool B, Australia.
Samoa, who topped Pool C, face Argentina and New Zealand play England in the Cup quarters.
No one in the wide world here tonight.
Hope you find all the news i shared here interesting.
Good night to all the ghosts
Night all
Carol i will get you some time , dont fear.
82 – Super, T
Thanks for all the info. Just pleased our blitz bokke made it into the 1/4 final today. Never saw the game against Kenya so had no idea how we went there.
81 – Only change there would be Bakkies at 4. Would select Bakkies at 4 above anyone in world rugby at the moment.
Forget the T there. Another typo by me.. 😀
85 – ‘Goodonya’ Pumes, keep those typo’s coming……. 😉
So how do we amuse ourselves now the rugby is over?
Remember it is winter in England…..so no pool to sit by, no beach to visit….no sun to worship……no briaas to cook!!
On the bright side we do have parties, log fires, mulled wine….. 🙂
#86 – Carol, I can think of something good to do… :naughtywink:
87- The Pill 😯 😳 – Actually!!! 😉
Hahahahahah
86 – Carol,
I make many typos 😀
I think GBS will have to think of something to keep us busy here without the rugby. There is the test cricket that starts next week. So that should keep us busy. I do enjoy test cricket a lot. So hoping for good weather and no thunderstorms up on the highveld for the test next week.
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