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What counted on the score board was a victory to the home team, with the Crusaders beating a tenacious Highlanders side 32-17, but that was not all that went on in Christchurch at the weekend.
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Munster announced today that Jean de Villiers will return to South Africa at the end of the current season. Continue reading
Samoa wins Final 33 – 12 against New Zealand
SA lost to New Zealand 12-5 in the quarter finals
South Africa wins the plate against , can you believe it. At last a win against Fiji. 12 – 7
Sevens maestros Fiji continued their dominance over the Springboks when they won a highly-charged match at the Las Vegas Sevens 12-5 to win Pool B.
Italy hosted England in Rome today, in their Six Nations match of the series. This is the match thread for discussion of the game.
Stress and anxiety attacks made Meyer quit rugby Continue reading
Johannesburg – Oregan Hoskins, president of the South African Rugby Union (SARU), will be opposed by his deputy Mark Alexander at the Saru elections next month. Continue reading
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Sharks recruit Meyer retires
Durban – Steve Meyer, recruited mere weeks ago to fill the flyhalf hole at the Sharks, has announced his retirement from rugby with immediate effect.
Due to personal reasons, Meyer has requested that the Sharks release him from his contract and will not be available this weekend against the Chiefs.
Sharks CEO Brian van Zyl added, “Whilst this has come at an inopportune time, we respect his decision and have agreed to release him. It is fortunate that we have a number of players who can fill this position until such time as alternative arrangements can be made.”
Dudes and dudesses, muppits, moepels & mopkoppe… the frustration of waiting for proper Southern Hemisphere rugby to start has quite a few of us panting with frustration! So, here’s what we do.. we have a Thread where it is the goal to insult each other…. but there are rules…
IT HAS NOW ALSO COME TO LIGHT THAT THE SHARKS WILL KEEP ALBERTS IN THE TEAM UNLESS THE COURT DECIDES OTHERWISE ON FRIDAY,
Sharks v Lions: Case heading to court , again South African rugby is not able to resolve issues that makes it show itself more spineless and useless every day.
Centre of controversy is the Loose forward, Willem Alberts, and Fullback, Louis Ludik, who’s contractual issues are not new and surely today’s outcome could have been said a month ago and planned accordingly.
Article below thanks to rugby365
In an interesting turn of events referees will finally be publicly accountable for their decisions at Post Game Press Conferences of Super 14 rugby matches this season, a result of the refereeing hierarchy’s efforts to add transparency & accountability to the game’s whistlers and their decisions.
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Johannesburg – The South African Rugby Union on Monday confirmed that a hearing into a complaint against the KwaZulu-Natal Rugby Union and players Louis Ludik and Willem Alberts would be heard on Wednesday.
The South African Rugby Union on Sunday confirmed the names of players contracted to be team’s core group over the next two season. Continue reading
Scotland and France went head to head at Murrayfield, Edinburgh, Scotland today at 17:00. The match was broadcast on SuperSport 1 in SA. This is the match thread for discussion of the game. France won convincingly yet it was a scrappy affair, specially in the 2nd half.
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England and Wales went head to head at Twickers tonight in their 1st Six Nations match. This is the match thread for discussion of the game. The game was broadcast on TV in SA, on SuperSport 1. England won the encounter 30 / 17 with some surprisingly enterprising rugby against a Wales team who simply made too many handling mistakes.
The Stormers, albeit a very “Dirt Tracker” rendition of them, takes on Boland at the new Cape Town Stadium today and a crowd in excess of 40000 is expected. Our man on the spot, Isigidi will be in the Press Box giving us the low down as things unfold. Not only is this a warm-up match for the Sormers in preparation for the Super 14 but this is also a test in terms of the new stadium’s readyness for rugby. This is the match thread for discussion of the game. This match is also broadcast on Tv on SuperSport 1.
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The newe Cape Town Stadium is being tested for rugby action today and firstly we have the SA 10’s Legends playing the International 10’s Legends in this abreviated form of the game. The match is broadcast on SuperSport 1 from 15:00. This is the Game Thread for discussion of the game.
Loftus Versfeld, home to the Currie Cup and Super 14 champions, home to Wynie Strydom and last but not least, home to probably the greatest mass of copyright infringement agents in South Africa, also doubling as ‘the fans’, and please, if you own a cap that says BULL’S and you don’t know what I am talking about, and you don’t understand what is wrong with a cap saying BULL’S, stop reading now (because you probably already missed the thread of the story), and hand yourself over to the nearest police officer.
Richie McCaw’s work at the breakdown is the text book studied by aspiring flankers, now the teacher is going back to school.
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New Zealand come up against International Rugby Board (IRB) sevens champions South Africa on the opening night of the Wellington tournament starting tomorrow. A tournament that has NZ coach Gordon Tietjens on edge but also looking to his team to make it three tournament wins a row.
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The flanker was one of the big stars in the Bulls pre-season performance in Polokwane over the weekend and is focused on getting his career very much back on track after a few wayward years.
Sanzar referees and assistant referees will be focusing on freeing up the ball and creating clarity around rulings at the tackle area and at scrum-time in this year’s Super 14 competition.
The Springboks will play all four of the ‘Home Unions’ in November as part of their end-of-year tour, the South African Rugby Union (Saru) announced on Friday following confirmation of the fixture programme by the International Rugby Board (IRB).
I brought this article back for discussion after the first week of warm up games. Did the refereeing change your minds? Give us your opinions. I know we did not see all the games but from reports you can form a good idea how the Referees are blowing this year.
Ireland’s Grand Slam winning captain Brian O’Driscoll insists that last years great success has only added to his sides ambition ahead of the upcoming Six Nations campaign. Continue reading
Former referee Freek Burger was appointed as South African Rugby Union (SARU) only citing officer in this year’s Super14.
The sharks have named their side to meet the stormers fpr Friday night’s match.
This team again is a good one yet begs for many questions to be asked, forwards to me would seem fine but again the backline leaves a lot of scary questions and could cost the Sharks dearly.
One would have hoped for the best possible lineup to be starting as the Super 14 is just around the corner, It does however seem that the heavier pack is chosen with more mobile reserves in waiting as the game could open upa loy as is probably expected.
The article below is thanks to Jan De koning of Rugby365 site
Ruben Kruger passed away after a long fight with brain cancer. More details will follow. Ruben Kruger was only 39 years old.
South African rugby referees now have a “glass eye” to keep them at the forefront of their profession.
The Sharks are going into a game with may questions to which I am sure they will find some answers after the following to matches being played at Newlands in Cape Town.
Hi there friends, muppits, moepels and mopkoppe… and fellow rugby mad freaks,
We have updated a number of things here on the Blog this weekend, namely…..
See what the referees watch, who watches the referees and what happens when they have been watched. It may help to understand refereeing and its systems.
According to Die Beeld Newspaper the brothers DuP are looking to move to a team where they would actually be in the starting 15. Continue reading
Habana gave an interview to Supersport’s Gavin Rich. This is the man, Habana, I know. You took one of our best in his prime, WP. Good luck with your health Habs. Let us see what difference you can make there. Respect for not badmouthing your old team. What a difference to the whole argy bargy way the Lion players left their old team. The dirty washing where one name is the common denominator , Lions.
Over the last few weeks i followed SARugby.com articles where they anounced a player every day. They had a panel who picked their top 50 Springboks since readmission. We debated some of them earlier. Tomorrow they will announce their number 1 player.