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It appears that Robbie Deans wants to call a meeting with the Referee for Saturday’s match, Bryce Lawrence, to nullify certain aspects of the Bokke game. They are very concerned about SA’s kick, charge and bash tactics and the fact that the Bokke are the No 1 ranked team in the world.

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In a truly magnanimous gesture, John Allan, chief executive of the Legends (former Springbok and Scottland hooker), confirmed that the South African Rugby Legends Association are dissatisfied with the manner in which the IRB acted against the Boks and will therefore pay the fines imposed on the Springboks by the International Rugby Board.

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Western Province’s Currie Cup season has reached a potential breaking point as the team have been stripped of three flyhalves ahead of their clash against log-leaders Sharks in Durban  on Saturday.

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Durban – The Sharks received an important boost on Tuesday when their young tighthead Wiehahn Herbst was cleared of dangerous play at a disciplinary hearing in Cape Town. Continue reading

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9:25AM Wednesday Aug 19, 2009
By Mark Geenty

SYDNEY – The Graham Henry “rark-up” of last week has been and gone for the underperforming All Blacks. Now captain Richie McCaw will cast a steely glance at his teammates and hope each takes responsibility for a rare downturn in their rugby fortunes against the Wallabies here on Saturday.

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Dan Carter has been recalled to the All Blacks squad for the remainder of their Tri-Nations campaign. The first five-eighth has played a club game and two rounds of the Air NZ Cup since returning to rugby following his Achilles injury, and All Blacks coach Graham Henry said Carter was keen to rejoin the national side.

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From Jan de Koning on rugby365.com

Veteran Wallaby loose forward George Smith, one of a handful of celebrated players with 100 Test caps, believes the set pieces will be the key when Australia tackle South Africa in a Tri-Nations crunch match in Cape Town on Saturday.

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Teams:

Springboks – 15 Frans Steyn, 14 JP Pietersen, 13 Jaque Fourie, 12 Jean de Villiers, 11 Bryan Habana, 10 Morne Steyn, 9 Fourie du Preez, 8 Pierre Spies, 7 Juan Smith, 6 Heinrich Brussow, 5 Victor Matfield, 4 Bakkies Botha, 3 John Smit (c), 2 Bismarck du Plessis, 1 Beast Mtawarira.
Subs: 16 Chiliboy Ralepelle, 17 Jannie du Plessis, 18 Danie Rossouw, 19 Andries Bekker, 20 Ricky Januarie, 21 Adi Jacobs, 22 Wynand Olivier.

All Blacks — 15 Mils Muliaina, 14 Joe Rokocoko, 13 Conrad Smith, 12 Ma’a Nonu, 11 Sitiveni Sivivatu, 10 Stephen Donald, 9 Jimmy Cowan, 8 Rodney So’oialo, 7 Richie McCaw, 6 Jerome Kaino, 5 Isaac Ross, 4 Brad Thorn, 3 Owen Franks, 2 Andrew Hore, 1 Tony Woodcock.
Subs: 16 Keven Mealamu, 17 John Afoa, 18 Jason Eaton, 19 Kieran Read, 20 Piri Weepu, 21 Luke McAlister, 22 Cory Jane.

ABSA Currie Cup Premier Division

Pos Team P W D L PF PA PD TF TA BPts Pts
1 GWK Griquas 4 4 0 0 167 55 112 22 5 3 19
2 Vodacom Blue Bulls 4 3 0 1 112 72 40 13 5 2 14
3 Vodacom Western Province 4 3 0 1 118 65 53 11 5 1 13
4 Sharks 4 3 0 1 101 64 37 8 4 1 13
5 Xerox Lions 4 2 0 2 103 83 20 10 6 3 11
6 Boland 4 1 0 3 61 194 -133 6 29 0 4
7 Vodacom Free State Cheetahs 4 0 0 4 65 99 -34 4 8 1 1
8 Platinum Leopards 4 0 0 4 55 150 -95 6 18 0 0

Score: 

Cheetahs 12(9) / Sharks 21(9)  – Full Time (score in brackets shows Halftime score)

Cheetahs Points:

Penalties (3) and Dropgoal – J L Potgieter

Sharks Points:

Penalties (5) and Dropgoal – Rory Kokkerot, Penalty Monty Dumond

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Teams:

Cheetahs– 15 Hennie Daniller, 14 Danwel Demas, 13 Corné Uys, 12 Robert Ebersohn, 11 Jongi Nokwe, 10 Jacques-Louis Potgieter, 9 Tertius Carse, 8 Francois Uys, 7 Hendro Scholtz (c), 6 Frans Viljoen, 5 David de Villiers, 4 Nico Breedt, 3 WP Nel, 2 Adriaan Strauss, 1 Wian du Preez.
Subs: 16 Richardt Strauss, 17 Coenie Oosthuizen, 18 Izak van der Westhuizen, 19 Kabamba Floors, 20 JP Joubert, 21 Louis Strydom, 22 JW Jonker.

Sharks –Stefan Terblanche (c), Odwa Ndungane/Luzuko Vulindlu, Andries Strauss, Riaan Swanepoel, Lwazi Mvovo, Guy Cronje, Rory Kockott, Ryan Kankowski, Jean Deysel, Jacques Botes, Albert van den Berg, Steven Sykes, Patric Cilliers/Wiehahn Herbst, Craig Burden, Deon Carstens/Patric Cilliers.
Subs: Skipper Badenhorst, Wiehahn Herbst/Dale Chadwick, Michael Rhodes/Nikolai Blignaut, Keegan Daniel, Charl McLeod, Monty Dumond, Waylon Murray.

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An Article from Gavin Rich as seen on superrugby.co.za

Springbok coach Peter de Villiers and South African fans were not the only people on Tuesday doffing their caps in appreciation of John Smit — so were the All Blacks.

Smit was selected for his record-breaking 60th cap as an international captain — he has played 85 games for the Boks in all — and although the Bok skipper tried to play it down, the coach’s of both his own team and his immediate opponents were quite happy to make a big deal about it.

“We have huge respect for John Smit and from an All Black side I would like to acknowledge what a massive achievement it is to play 60 matches as your country’s captain,” said All Black coach Graham Henry.

“John has been a very successful captain for South Africa. We all know about what he did in leading the team to a World Cup victory in 2007, something we in New Zealand are still aggrieved about,” he laughed.

“On top of all of that, he is a really good bloke, a real top man, and I can completely understand why the Springbok players follow him like they do. I would like to congratulate him on his achievement on behalf of the All Black camp.”

De Villiers pointed to the same attributes that saw Jake White annoint Smit as the team leader not long after he took over the Bok squad in early 2004.

“When you ask the question about what qualities he has you should really be asking what qualities he does not have, for he has so many,” said De Villiers.

“He plays such a massive role for us, and above all I think it is something that you don’t see a lot of, he is a real ambassador for his country, and a guy who makes everyone feel at home. Breaking this record could not have happened to a nicer person, John is a real legend.”

Smit said that he would prefer to talk about the achievement after Saturday.

“I haven’t broken any records until I run out of the tunnel in front of the team at Absa Stadium on Saturday,” he said.

“But yes, it has been a huge honour and privilege to be involved with the Boks, and I have thoroughly enjoyed being part of it all. We have the task of beating the All Blacks on Saturday though and that is what we are focusing on.”

Smit said his men were expecting the All Blacks to be a much tougher proposition than they were last week, when the Boks won 28-19 in Bloemfontein.

“As hard as last week’s game was, we have always believed that this one will be a lot tougher,” he said.

“They do not have to contend this time with the debilitating aspects of their short turnaround between Auckland and Bloemfontein. They have had two extra days to prepare this week and that means they will be much better prepared, and they have also had a better chance to analyse us and more time to work out what they need to do.”

The coaching staff off the All Blacks made two changes for the test in Durban.

15 Mils Muliaina, 14 Joe Rokocoko, 13 Conrad Smith, 12 Ma’a Nonu, 11 Sitiveni Sivivatu, 10 Stephen Donald, 9 Jimmy Cowan, 8 Rodney So’oialo, 7 Richie McCaw, 6 Jerome Kaino, 5 Isaac Ross, 4 Brad Thorn, 3 Owen Franks, 2 Andrew Hore, 1 Tony Woodcock.
Subs: 16 Keven Mealamu, 17 John Afoa, 18 Jason Eaton, 19 Kieran Read, 20 Piri Weepu, 21 Luke McAlister, 22 Cory Jane.

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