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Italy will be looking to end a run of four straight home defeats to Argentina when the pair meet on Saturday at the Bentegodi stadium in Verona. Match shown LIVE on Supersport 5 , from 15:45
Some of the Tests played tomorrow will be screened at the same time. For your info here is the games, time and channel where it will be screened.
The Southern Kings will play friendly matches against all five of the Super Rugby teams in 2011 as well as top English club Saracens as the latest stage in a plan by the South African Rugby Union (SARU) to prepare the team for Super Rugby entry in 2013.
The All Blacks can be hypocrites at times and the outrageous claims of injustice around the Keven Mealamu Twickenham headbutt are a further example of that.
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Saturday’s test match will be the 25th between Wales and South Africa. The Springboks were unbeaten in 12 consecutive tests in this fixture between 1906 and 1998 with 11 wins and one draw (in 1970).
Continued promotion of consistency was the key message for the world’s top referees and referee managers at the annual IRB High Performance Referees meeting in London on Monday.
With all the fuss over Zane Kirchner’s selection out of position at outside centre for last week’s opening tour match against Ireland, another quite interesting selection wasn’t really properly questioned.
Springbok coach Peter de Villiers is no stranger to controversy, but appears to be taking care not to venture into that territory.
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Connacht (16)26 v Samoa (17)22 (Final Score)
Leicester (12)15 v Australia (13)26 (Final Score)
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Read some of the questions made and answers given by Peter on the Official SA Rugby website.
Relief was clearly etched into the face of Peter de Villiers on Saturday night after his team had hung on to beat Ireland 23-21.
Why is the Wallabies’ scrum at best very average compared to most top rugby nations, and at worst ineffective and a barrier to winning the 2011 World Cup?
Wales (6) 16 / Wallabies (7) 25 (Final Score)
Wales hosted the Wallabies at the Millenium Stadium, Cardiff at 16:30 SA Time on Saturday 6 November 2010. This is the match thread for discussion of the game. The match was broadcast live on SuperSport 6 and CSN on TV in SA.
The Wallabies scored 3 tries and won the match by 25 / 16.
Early action Today. ITM Cup final from New Zealand at 08:20 – 10:45.
ITM Cup: Final – Canterbury v Waikato shown on Supersport 6 on DSTV in SA.
Dalene Steyn, wife of former Blue Bulls fullback and Pumas captain Casper Steyn, says her husband has regained consciousness.
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Deon Stegmann will make his Test debut in a much-changed Springbok line-up against Ireland in Dublin on Saturday.
The International Rugby Board is pleased with the outcome of their increased emphasis on certain aspects of law application – the tackle and offside at kicks in particular.
Lionel Mapoe has apparently been told by the South African Rugby Union not to leave for Singapore with the South African Vipers Sevens team, as he will have to join the Springbok tour group in Britain next week.
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According to Owen Kock , Mapoe will further his career in Johannesburg with the Lions next season, which was confirmed by a “trustworthy source” within the Lions Union.
South Africa must field a second string rugby team on the end of year tour each season if the Springboks are to compete at their best in major global events, renowned sports scientist Tim Noakes said on Tuesday.
Since we cover South African National Cricket we place this article and salute one of our best ever bowlers and wish him well. Thank You Makhaya you gave us lots of great memories.
Gurthrö Steenkamp was on Monday named as the Saru Player of the Year for the 2010 season. The Vodacom Blue Bulls prop captured the crown at the end of a fabulous domestic season during which he helped his side claim their third Vodacom Super 14 title.
After a long season of blood, sweat and tears, it’s time for individual brilliance to be awarded.
Broadcast is live from 8pm to 10pm on SS1 and SS1A.
Schalk Burger and Juan de Jongh have been withdrawn from the Springbok squad as a result of injuries suffered in Saturday’s Currie Cup final.
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There are a number of rugby supporters who don’t hold much hope of the Springboks winning the World Cup in New Zealand next year. The criticism of coach Peter de Villiers and several players has been harsh, to say the least, but it has also been justified: The Boks have not enjoyed a good 2010 season, losing five of their six matches in the Tri-Nations.
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Just heard that we have a new Minister of Sport , Fikile Mbalula.
He replaces Makhenkesi Stofile
This ratings was done by a well known sports writer Jan de Konning. Comment on the ratings and tell us how you would have rated the players.
The selectors on Saturday named six uncapped players in a Springbok squad of 30 for their five-match tour of Britain and Ireland next month.
WP U/21 (15)43 – Blue Bulls U/21 (13)32 (Final Score)
WP makes a clean sweep of the Junior competitions by winning their second title of the day.
South Africa’s traditional north/south rivals will be contesting the Absa Under-21 Championship Finals at The Absa Stadium Durban
WP U/19 (20)26 – Blue Bulls U/19 (6)20 (Final Score)
WP u/19 wins the game
South Africa’s traditional north/south rivals will be contesting the Absa Under-19 Championship Finals at The Absa Stadium Durban
Waikato will face Canterbury in the ITM Cup Final after snatching victory in injury time to beat Auckland 38-37 at Eden Park on Saturday.
The Wallabies will hope that the change in scenery will bring about a similar change of fortune and see them avoid a whitewash in the fourth and final Bledisloe Cup match against the All Blacks in Hong Kong on Saturday.
10:25 – 12:40 Supersport 6 Bledisloe Cup New Zealand v Australia
South Africa’s traditional north/south rivals will be contesting the Absa Under-21 Championship and Absa Under-19 Championship Finals at The Absa Stadium Durban on Saturday.
GAME OVER
80 Full-time in Christchurch and it’s Canterbury who win an epic battle to book a home final against either Auckland or Waikato, who meet at Eden Park on Saturday. Thanks for watching, it really was a cracking semi. Cheers!
There is a joke doing the rounds that when sports predictions cult figure Paul the Octopus died in a German aquarium this week his parting word was “Shaaaarks”.
We were asked to put up a “Tjarks / WP spite thread!” , wel go for it.
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The second round of matches to determine who plays in the Currie Cup Premier division next year will be played today. The Leopards play SWD Eagles at Outeniqua Park on Friday (17h05) followed by the EP Kings against the Pumas at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium at 19h10.