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South Africa might currently have the World Cup and the tri-nations title and been voted the 2009 IRB Team of the Year – but there can be little doubt New Zealand have been the Team of the Decade despite missing out on two World Cups won by England (2003) and South Africa (2007) respectively.
Watch this video… well let it “buffer” well, otherwise it plays in fits and stops and starts often… oh and by now you all should have Adobe Flash Player installed on your PC’s, if not download it from: http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/?promoid=BUIGP
It’s free and perfectly safe!
The first of 4 full blown 5-day Tests between the Proteas and England at SuperSport Park, Centurion on 16 December 2009 at 10:30 SA Time. This is the match thread for the game which will have some score updates from time to time.
Rugby-Talk is going to have it’s own unique version of AWARDS for the year…. but we’re going to be radically different about it… watch this space
Day 2 of the IRB George Sevens today. There were a few surprises yesterday, with Samoa beating New Zealand and Kenia drawing 12 / 12 with the Springboks. This highlights the closeness or competative nature of Seven’s Rugby, one cannot relax for a second!
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.
Rugby 7’s is an unpredictable beast. What we do know is that the top Teams in the world, New Zealand, South Africa, England and Fiji can each win tournaments or the overall title in a specific year. This is what makes 7’s rugby so appealing.
Super Rugby finals could soon be played at neutral venues or at the southern hemisphere city which bids the most to host the final from 2011.
The web site RUGBYHEAVEN reports as follows: WALLABIES and Reds star Quade Cooper will tell authorities he can’t remember parts of the night he was arrested and charged with allegedly burgling a residence at Surfers Paradise. Cooper went to ground yesterday as the Australian and Queensland rugby unions began their own investigations into the bizarre incident, which occurred shortly before 4am on Sunday.
We, the rugby mad community, have all given our impressions, solutions and cures for the fatigue factor and player burn-out suffered by players…. but would ONE GLOBAL SEASON not alleviate all these concerns?
After the last Test of the Springbok End of Year Tour I found it necessary to get into contact with Professor Tim Noakes, SA’s leading Sports Scientist and also a blogger on this web site, raising the issues of player fatigue and knowing that he has been shouting and warning from the rooftops that SA Players will suffer burnout if not managed properly. Maybe it is best if I share the full sequence of the discussions with you lot nosy muppits….
The IRB (International Rugby Board) has disclosed the official prices for tickets for the Rugby World Cup 2011. Take into account that the New Zealand Dollar roughly equates to R 5.00 per NZ Dollar.
Good morning muppits, moepels & mopkoppe. The Final results are out for the Rugby-Talk End of Year SuperBru Competition.
The Leaderboard looks as follows for the Nedbank Golf Challange, held at Sun City.
Here follows the Schedule for Today’s Matches in Dubai. This is the Thread for discussion of the matches, as the day progresses.
Springbok World Cup winning lock Victor Matfield will captain a powerful Barbarians XV side, containing uncapped young prop WP Nel, in this weekend big clash with the All Blacks at Twickenham.
Ulster hangs on tightly to BJ Botha’s contract with them, following rumours that BJ Botha was interested in returning to SA.
Richie McCaw will lead the All Blacks for their last match of 2009 and will not get the break he so desires, when they face the Barbarians XV at Twickenham on Saturday.
The Vodacom Blue Bulls’ Springbok lock Bakkies Botha is going to be on the sideline for three months following an achilles injury.
The 7’s Springboks are ready for Dubai, says Paul Treu.
Balie Swart, a World Cup-winning Springbok in 1995, has been given an innovative new role by SA Rugby to assist coaches and referees in the proper application of scrum law.
SixNations officials have confirmed to the Irish Rugby Football Union that none of a number of referrals made by South Africa against Ireland players have been upheld by the independent citing commissioner that was present at the game between Ireland and South Africa in Croke Park on Saturday 28 November.
South Africa’s player of the year Fourie du Preez has revealed that he came close to retiring this year, but that the Springbok management’s handling of the players convinced him not to throw in the towel.
Next year’s test match between France and South Africa, scheduled initially for June 12 in Cape Town as part of a French tour, will not take place in South Africa and could be moved to Europe, an informed source said Sunday.
Springbok coach Peter de Villiers says a strategy needs to be adopted urgently to ensure that the country’s top rugby players are carefully managed over the next two seasons and leading into the 2011 Rugby World Cup.
South Africa took on England in the 4th ODI in the series at St George’s Park, Port Elizabeth. England won comfortably after the SA batsmen collapsed without much of a fight, batting first and only scoring 119 runs, all out. England reached the target with 7 wickets standing, just more than 18 overs left, ending at 121 / 3. England now lead the series 2 to 1 with just one ODI game left.
Ireland took on the Springboks at Croke Park, Dublin today. Ireland won 15 / 10.
France took on the All Blacks at Stade Vélodrome, Marseille tonight. The All Blacks (in white) won the match by 5 tries to none, 39 / 12.
Wales took on the Wallabies at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales tonight. The Wallabies won handsomely, 33 / 12.
Scotland took on Argentina at Murrayfield, Edinburgh today. Argentina won by 9 / 6.
A friend sent me an E-Mail and told me to take a look at http://overtohugh.co.za/stuff , so I did… and found this lot of tongue in cheek stuff…
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News headlines late tonight is that golfer Tiger Woods has been taken to a hospital after being injured in a car wreck near his central Florida home early Friday, officials said.
Ahhh, the match that we are all looking forward to… with a bit of reservation and a lot of excitement! The SIX NATIONS champions vs the TRI NATIONS champions.
Die Springbokke het ‘n terugslag gekry voor môre se laaste toetswedstryd dié seisoen teen Ierland op Croke Park in Dublin.
The 3rd ODI between the Proteas and England took place today at Newlands Cricket Stadium, Cape Town. The Proteas won the match by 112 runs after England was bowled out in the 42nd over.