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Highly rated Vodacom Blue Bulls coach, Nico Serfontein, has been given permission to join the Guma group, a shareholding company of the Golden Lions Rugby Union, with immediate effect.
Having been on the losing end of two finals in 2010, Stormers coach Allister Coetzee believes his side can win the inaugural Super Rugby tournament.
With focus on the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand in September, former Springbok coach Jake White says incumbent Bok coach Peter de Villiers faces a difficult task in deciding when to rest his key players in this year’s Tri-Nations.
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London – Former Springbok coach Jake White will apply for the newly created position of Performance Director at the Rugby Football Union, a role which will see the current England coach Martin Johnson ultimately report to him.
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.
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.
Die Cheetahs sal waarskynlik vandeesweek weet of hulle die Super15-rugbyreeks met of sonder die dienste van hul Springbok-flank Heinrich Brüssow gaan begin.
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.
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
Auld Lang Syne
Should auld acquaintance be forgot
and never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot
and days of auld lang syne?
For auld lang syne, my dear,
for auld lang syne,
we’ll take a cup of kindness yet,
for auld lang syne.
Should auld acquaintance be forgot
and never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot
and days of auld lang syne?
And here’s a hand, my trusty friend
And gie’s a hand o’ thine
We’ll tak’A cup o’ kindness yet
For auld lang syne.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eG3afAIi6IQ&feature=related
Some weird, wild and wonderful snippits from 2010:
49 48 47 46 45…. Days to Go
Once again New Zealand have been the all-conquering, supremely dominant force in world rugby yet even a Tri-Nations clean sweep and a European grand slam are viewed as a mere warm-up for the ultimate validation in 2011.
2nd Test: South Africa vs India
India 205 & 228
South Africa 131 & 215
India wins the Test by 87 runs
During the Durban Test, a photo exhibition will be on display to mark 150 years of Indians in South Africa. It is a wonderful look at a history that began when the Truro, a British ship, arrived with 339 indentured migrants from Madras (as the city of Chennai was then known) on November 16, 1860.
Have a look at these two video clips. It is the highlights of the Australian backline players. If you look at them you will find that there are mostly backs in the back line.
Firm favourites they will probably be to win the second Test against India from Boxing Day, but the Proteas need to break a recent Kingsmead mini-hoodoo if they are to clinch the three-match series ahead of schedule.
It took South Africa years of humiliation to become a title contenders in Super Rugby.
During those dark days, New Zealanders and Australians even suggested South African teams should be kicked out of the Super 12 because its teams couldn’t cut it at that level.
There were some hard words spoken in the Sharks rugby camp after their defeat in the first Currie Cup match of the season against Griquas in Kimberley.
South Africa vs India
India 136 & 459 all out
South Africa 620/4d
South Africa win by an innings and 25 runs.
Australia vs England
Australia 268 & 309
England 187 & 123
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Some people are reluctant to call him the best Cricketer ever. Others swear he has no equals and is by far the best. The fact is Sachin Tendulkar is on every Cricket lovers lips now, for what he did in the last 20 years.
New Zealand wrapped up their exceptional year of rugby by adding a Grand Slam tour of Britain and Ireland to a Tri-Nations clean sweep, doubtless sending some All Blacks fans into hiding, one year from the World Cup they will host.
Rory Kockott is “coming home”.
The 24-year-old scrumhalf has signed a new contract with the Xerox Lions, and that after he, in 2006, played a great game for the Lions against the Sharks.
Thursday 16 December 2010
South Africa v India at Centurion, 1st Test
Live Broadcast on Supersport 2 & SHD – 10:00- 18:00
Thursday 16 December 2010
Australia v England at Perth, 3rd Test
Live Broadcast on Supersport 6 – 04:00- 12:00
Boosted by their No. 1 ranking, India’s cricketers embark on their fifth attempt to win a Test cricket series in South Africa.
South Africa’s opponents beware: AB de Villiers could become your worst nightmare
See the Cricket Fixtures in this article
The Cricket season is now in full swing with the Top Test sides battling each other for various reasons. The Australians fight for their pride and to regain that Urn with the Ashes. England currently third, is steadily climbing up the ladder on their way to challenge India as the top Cricket Nation. The South Africa vs India series is one of the toughest ever and will result in a battle for Top spot. India is currently ranked first and South Africa second in the World.
Can you remember what you were doing on this day 18 years ago? The chances are that if you are a cricket fan and live in the Western Cape you would have been at Sahara Park Newlands watching the first ever ODI to be played in South Africa.
Knights won the MTN 40 Final
Titans 227 (39/40 ov)
Knights 152/2 (21.4/23 ov)
Knights won by 8 wickets (with 8 balls remaining) D/L method
Sponsors, development and loyalty are all factors that may play a role when the South African Rugby Union (Saru) decides which city will host the local games of the International Rugby Board’s (IRB) World Sevens Series from next year.
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South Africa fell between chairs with their tactics in the early stages of Saturday’s defeat to the Barbarians, but that does not have to be a concern ahead of next year’s World Cup.
Now back in the less glamorous surrounds of his French club, the once wunderkind Francois Steyn will be left to reflect on a funny old November with the Springboks.