Yearly Archives: 2011
India 168/6
South Africa 147/9
India won by 21 runs
South Africa team
MN van Wyk, HM Amla, AB de Villiers†, JP Duminy, CA Ingram, DA Miller, RJ Peterson, J Botha*, WD Parnell, J Theron, M Ntini
India team
RG Sharma, M Vijay, V Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, YK Pathan, SK Raina, MS Dhoni*†, R Ashwin, P Kumar, A Nehra, MM Patel
Its now only 40 days away
The following articles comes from the Afrikaans newspapers, maybe later today or tomorrow it will appear in English. Thanks to Rapport we have a bit of Rugby news.
14 August 1976 – South Africa 9/ New Zealand 15
Test matches is about pressure; the ability to create pressure and to handle pressure. Handling and creating pressure has to do with tactics, key players, and senior players stepping up. This was in essence the difference between NZ and SA in the second test of the 1976 series. NZ had a superior game plan while South Africa’s strategic approach neither created nor alleviated pressure. Continue reading
Springboks Gurthrö Steenkamp, Pierre Spies and Jaco Pretorius are early casualties as the Vodacom Bulls started their preparations for the 2011 Super Rugby season, but there was good news for other test stars like Wynand Olivier, Fourie du Preez and Victor Matfield. Continue reading
10 August 1976 – OFS country XV 6 / All Blacks 31
Frankly, if Springs was bad, this match took the gold cup for agonizing rugby. The All Blacks played excruciating poor rugby against a bunch of terribly ordinary footballers whose only virtue was that they could tackle. Terry McLean in his book “Goodbye to Glory” writes: Continue reading
Jacques Kallis faced more adversity on the fourth day than he did in the first innings and came up trumps again, winning the mental battle against the Indians
The Bulls will play warm-up games against the EP Kings and a Premier XV as part of their 2011 Super Rugby preparations, the union announced on Wednesday.
IT IS official. The Beast will be in the black and white colours of the Sharks for the next three years after his employers at the KZN Rugby Union successfully fought off a ferocious bid for his prodigious talents from their Golden Lions counterparts.
Article thanks to Mike Greenway of the Natal Mercury.
Matt Giteau will wait to see if he needs “something fresh” before deciding where he will play beyond the end of 2011.
A national lottery organised to fund Fiji’s participation at this year’s Rugby World Cup in New Zealand could instead deepen its financial problems as it faces a fine of F$125,000 (US$82,500) for discounting tickets.
Die Cheetahs sal waarskynlik vandeesweek weet of hulle die Super15-rugbyreeks met of sonder die dienste van hul Springbok-flank Heinrich Brüssow gaan begin.
Crusaders coach Todd Blackadder has revealed that just two of his All Blacks will be on prescribed resting plans in the new Super Rugby tournament for the Rugby World cup later this year.
The Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) have said that they will not negotiate for player release with England’s Premier Rugby Limited but only with England’s Rugby Football Union. This applies to Welsh internationals playing for Premiership clubs in England.
Wallabies skipper Rocky Elsom is fearing that the start of his 2011 season could be hamstrung by injury, although there is hope that he won’t require any major surgery ahead of a busy World Cup year.
A New Zealand Herald and DigiPoll survey has revealed that precisely 70.4 percent of Kiwis believe that the All Blacks will win the Rugby World Cup on home soil in 2011.
7 August 1976 – Eastern Transvaal 12 / All Blacks 26
It was dreary, negative and mediocre; it was the 12th match of the tour, halfway anyway you look at it and the presumptions was that this All Black side was “gatvol” (had their gutsful) playing dreary, negative and mediocre rugby against a team with a knack for bringing opposition down to their own dreary, negative and mediocre way of playing. Continue reading
India tour of South Africa, 3rd Test: South Africa v India at Cape Town, Jan 2-6, 2011
South Africa 361 & 341
India 364 & 166/3 (82 ov)
Match Drawn
India won the toss and elected to field
Australia 280 & 281
England 644
England won by a Innings and 83 runs and wins the Ashes Series 3-1