Former Wales wing Shane Williams has been drafted into the British and Irish Lions team for Tuesday’s final warm-up game against the Brumbies in Canberra.
Pumas (12) 26 / 51 (25) England (Final Score)
Argentina and England did battle in the June Internationals at Velez Sarsfield Stadium, Buenos Aires at 21:10 SA Time (16:10 ARG Time, 19:10 GMT, 20:10 BST).
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1 & SH2 on TV in SA.
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Springboks (6) 30 / 17 (10) Scotland (Final Score)
The South African Springboks and Scotland did battle in the Castle Lager Incoming Series at Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit at 17:15 SA Time (15:15 GMT, 16:15 BST).
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1, SHD & M-Net on TV in SA.
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Samoa (10) 39 / 10 (3) Italy (Final Score)
Samoa and Italy did battle in the Castle Lager Incoming Series at Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit at 14:15 SA Time (12:15 GMT).
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1, SHD & M-Net on TV in SA.
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Waratahs (10) 17 / 47 (23) Lions (Final Score)
The Waratahs and British & Irish Lions of 2013 did battle in the British & Irish Lions tour of 2013 at Allianz Stadium, Sydney at
11:30 SA Time (19:30 Sydney Time, 10:30 BST, 09:30 GMT).
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1 & SHD on TV in SA.
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All Blacks (10) 30 / 0 (0) France (Final Score)
The New Zealand All Blacks and France did battle in the June Internationals at AMI Stadium, Christchurch at 09:35 SA Time (19:35 NZ Time, 07:35 GMT).
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1, SHD & CSN on TV in SA.
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West Indies captain Dwayne Bravo says the pressure will be on “chokers” South Africa in their decisive Champions Trophy game. The winners of the Group B match in Cardiff on Friday will secure a place in the semi-finals alongside India.
Former Springbok coach Nick Mallett has been appointed to the International Rugby Board (IRB) rugby committee.
The IRB said on Friday Mallett would fill the position of coaches’ representative on the committee, with immediate effect.
Lions (28) 42 / 12 (5) WP (Final Score)
The MTN Lions and a weakened Western Province side did battle in the Lions Challenge at Ellis Park, Johannesburg at 19:00 SA Time.
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1 & SHD on TV in SA.
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Injury forced the The All Blacks into a late reshuffle on Friday as they prepared to mark their 500th Test, with coach Steve Hansen warning his side to lift their game against a rejuvenated France.
Lock Brodie Retallick was ruled out of Saturday’s second Test in Christchurch with a hamstring strain, meaning a call up for seasoned middlerower Sam Whitelock, who had sat out the first match because of a fractured finger.
Italian coach Jacques Brunel made seven changes to his team for their second Test in the four-nations tournament, when they meet Samoa in Nelspruit on Saturday.
The Waratahs have named four Wallabies in their team that will play the British and Irish Lions on Saturday in Sydney including regular captain Dave Dennis.
Marlan Yarde will win his first England cap as Stuart Lancaster aim to secure a clean sweep against Argentina on Saturday. The 21 year-old London Irish flyer comes into the side on the left wing replacing David Strettle while Bath’s Kyle Eastmond will make his first Test start in the No.12 shirt vacated by Lions-bound Billy Twelvetrees.
Cardiff Blues flanker Josh Navidi will make his Wales debut in a side showing four changes for Saturday’s second Test against Japan in Tokyo. Navidi starts at open-side in place of James King, who replaces Andrew Coombs at blind-side flanker, while Andries Pretorius comes in for Rob McCusker at number eight.
South African-born flanker Bernard Le Roux has been named to make debut, at number eight, as one of four changes to the France line up that will play the All Blacks in Christchurch on Saturday.
France (7) 19 / 26 (8) Bokkies (Final Score)
France Under 20 and South Africa Under 20 did battle in the IRB Junior World Championship of 2013 Stade Henri Desgrange, La Roche-sur-Yon at 20:45 SA Time (18:45 GMT).
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1, SHD & CSN on TV in SA.
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Baby Blacks (14) 31 / 26 (11) Ireland (Final Score)
New Zealand Under 20 and Ireland Under 20 did battle in the IRB Junior World Championship of 2013 at Stade de la Rabine, Vannes at 18:45 SA Time (16:45 GMT).
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 6 & SHD3 on TV in SA.
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Wales (16) 25 / 20 (0) Argentina (Final Score)
Wales Under 20 and Argentina Under 20 did battle in the IRB Junior World Championship of 2013 at Stade Henri Desgrange at 16:45 SA Time (14:45 GMT).
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1, SHD & CSN on TV in SA.
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Springboks and Sharks back Meyer Bosman has agreed to leave the Durban based Super Rugby franchise and join Stade Francais in the Top14.
After fielding six debutants in last weekend’s Test against Samoa, Scotland have named three more new caps in their team to play South Africa at Nelspruit on Saturday.
South Africa Under-20 coach, Dawie Theron, has shuffled his team for their vital Pool A match at the IRB Junior World Championship against hosts France on Thursday evening at La Roche-sur-Yon.
The match kicks off at 20:45 and will be televised live on SuperSport and of course we will have our Live Game Article here on Rugby-Talk.
Eighthman Kieran Read will reach 50 Test caps when he leads the All Blacks out in their 500th Test against France in Christchurch on Saturday.
All Black head coach Steve Hansen has named the same starting XV that played in last week’s 23-13 first up victory over the French at Eden Park for the milestone match.
The Waratahs and Brumbies have been given a boost for their clashes against the British and Irish Lions as four player from the Wallabies squad have been released back to their Super Rugby teams.
The Springbok team to face Scotland in Nelspruit on Saturday shows five changes, three of them on the bench, from the match-23 which beat Italy in the opening round of the Castle Lager Incoming Series last weekend.
The two new players in the starting line-up are scrumhalf Ruan Pienaar, who comes in for the injured Jano Vermaak, and loose forward Marcell Coetzee, who replaces Francois Louw.
Stade Francais prop Sakaria Taulafo is the only change to the Samoa starting line-up to face Italy in Saturday’s test in Nelspruit, Samoa Rugby Union said on Wednesday.
Ireland wing Simon Zebo will make his British and Irish Lions debut against New South Wales Waratahs on Saturday. Zebo joined the squad as cover on Tuesday and goes straight into a strong side containing up to a dozen likely Test contenders.
With Scotland due to play against the Springboks in the second round of matches in the Castle Lager Incoming Series at Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit on Saturday it seemed like a good time to bring a view from within the Scotland camp. This is part two of Scotland lock Allistair Kellock’s tour blog written as his contribution as RBS Ambassador.
England centre Billy Twelvetrees is joining the British and Irish Lions’ tour of Australia as cover for the tourists’ injury-affected backline. Twelvetrees, 24, has been on England duty in Argentina, scoring a try in the 32-3 win over the Pumas at the weekend.
I was engaged through my Rugby-Talk E-Mail Address by a gentleman who sent me this very interesting piece on The Psychology of the Internet Troll.
Full credit for what follows goes to the following website and link: http://academicearth.org/electives/psychology-internet-troll
We’ve all been subjected to these Trolls and Rugby-Talk has it’s existence largely to thank due to these “Keyboard Warriors”, because we broke away as a group from a website where that was all too common, vowing not to let it happen here at Rugby-Talk.
I have had the displeasure to expel a few of these creatures, who have attempted their stunts here, but luckily we set the ground rules for participation here strongly from the outset and have controlled things well, so as not to allow these idiots to ruin our enjoyment of the game of rugby here at Rugby-Talk.
To keep them out, pre-suposes an online presense of a strict set of controls and a no-nonsense approach from the webmaster, something I do not do out of choice, but rather because I have to.
Have a good read and watch the video below:
June is a busy time for rugby, and therefore a busy time here on Rugby-Talk. Of course, like has become custom, Rugby-Talk (the premier LIVE GAME RUGBY website) will broadcast and update live scores and up to date commentary on almost all the games, except where some of the Junior World Championship games overlap in their respective time slots and of course on Saturday morning at sparrow-fart (06:50) I will take the indulgence of sleeping through the bore between a Wales “B” side and Japan. Rugby-Talk will have 3 Live Games on Thursday afternoon and evening, 1 on Friday evening and 5 Tests throughout Saturday. This will bring the week’s Live Game Articles on Rugby-Talk to an impressive 11 matches (including the 2 matches already done this past Tuesday).
Here’s the Rugby you can look forward to the rest of this week, till and including the weekend. Rugby starts tomorrow late afternoon when there is a series of IRB Junior World Championship 2013 matches, including a late game between hosts France and South Africa’s Under 20 teams.
World Cup winning captain Richie McCaw will return to rugby in early-to-mid July by playing for his local club in Christchurch, though was unsure as to whether he would play Super Rugby for the Canterbury Crusaders.
WP coach John Dobson has named his team to take on the Lions in a friendly at Ellis Park in Johannesburg on Friday. Kick-off is at 19:00.
One of 2 things must happen as a result of the Western Cape deciding not so send their Super Rugby side, but rather a WP “No-Namers Side” consisting of a mix of Vodacom Cup and Under 21 players, to face the Golden Lions. Either the Golden Lions must go on and man-shame WP for daring to disrespect the Lions so much and at the same time proving that the Lions are indeed still a team with Super Rugby quality. Alternatively, if the Lions do not manage to win against this mottley crew, they must lose and lose well, so that it is clear for all and sundry to see that the final demise of the Lions is imminent.
Although the Springbok side will officially be announced later today, Wednesday 12 June, it appears from the way the team is training that the likelyhood is that Heyneke Meyer will only change players in the positions where injury and absense due to other duties are forcing his hand.
News from the Springbok camp in Hazyview is that Francois Louw has been released early this week, to concentrate on his wedding, which takes place on Sunday. He will rejoin the Springbok camp again on Monday.
Meanwhile Francois Hougaard, who was sent to Pretoria to see a specialist following a knee cartlidge injury flare-up, and told to sit out for 2 weeks till re-evaluation, will be replaced by Louis Screuder, the Stormers scrumhalf.
Former Saracens boss Brendan Venter will take up the position as Director of Rugby at the Sharks from the beginning of the Currie Cup season.