What a great game of rugby. Credit to the players for staging such a fantastic spectacle.
In the end, a rather disappointing result if you are a Springbok supporter. A heart-broken loss is the word that has been thrown around in the newspapers. I’ll concur with that and with that in mind I believe it is important to dissect what went wrong as that is the only way to learn from your mistakes and to move forward. The Springbok team would undoubtedly do their own dissection but for us Springbok supporters dissection and discussion of the match helps to brings closure.
I believe we showed massive improvement at the breakdowns (as compared to our previous two games against the All Blacks) for 90% of the time. However, the 10% of the time that we were not up to it -at the breakdowns- actually cost us the match. Continue reading
This was the All Blacks’ finest victory of the year
Does it get any better? The Springbok sweep is completed, but more to the point the All Blacks have shown in Soweto overnight that they are on course to go down as one of the great sides of this generation.
Mark Hinton – Stuff Continue reading
The Springboks next three matches were against North Auckland, Auckland, and a combined team of Nelson / Marlborough / Golden Bay-Motueka.
The game against North Auckland was played in Whangarei probably one of the most scenic and best small-boat cruising areas in the world. Terry McLean put it as follows:
It was a perfect flight from Hamilton to Whangarei, especially from Auckland northward along the coast, over the bounteous beaches and islands of the fairyland that is the Hauraki Gulf. I freely sold this as the greatest small-boat cruising ground in the world and the Afrikaners living a thousand miles from the seas warmly agreed with me that it probably was. As it is. Continue reading
Springbok fullback Frans Steyn’s saga with SA Rugby is finally over, and he will join the team on Sunday night in preparation for next weekend’s match against Australia at Loftus Versfeld.
Springbok captain John Smit looked a downtrodden figure as he contemplated missing the tackle that gave the All Blacks a 29-22 victory at FNB Stadium in Soweto on Saturday night.
Article written by Brenden Nel, Supersport
Fitness levels played an integral part in the All Blacks comeback to score a lat 29-22 victory and disappoint 94000 people at FNB Stadium on Saturday.
From Supersport
Sharks 27 / WP 16 (Final Score)
The Sharks host Vodacom Western Province at ABSA Stadium, Durban at 19:15 SA Time. This is the match thread for discussion of the game. The match is broadcast live on SuperSport 1 on DSTV in SA.
Springboks (16) 22 / All Blacks (14) 29 (Final Score)
The Springboks hosted the All Blacks in their last Tri-Nations match against one another of 2010 at FNB Stadium, Johannesburg at 17:05 SA Time. This was the match thread for discussion of the game. The match was bradcast live on SuperSport 1, SuperSport HD and M-Net.
The All Blacks won, scoring 2 quick tries in the last 3 minutes, to break the Bokke hearts and those of their supporters.
It must be said though that the Springboks showed moments of brilliance during the game though, with the Hougaard experiment working well and Juan Smith and Flip van der Merwe doing their part brilliantly too.
Jean de Vlliers shone at inside centre and Morne Steyn’s boot was as effective as ever.
… but well done Blacks, you came, you saw, you absorbed a shipload of pressure … and you won!
Richie McCaw says the All Blacks will have to quickly take the crowd out of the game in the clash against the Springboks in Soweto today.
In light of the abuse Peter de Villiers and SARU got on the Frans Steyn debacle and the fact that Frans Steyn played last night for his Club Racing Metro in the French Top 14 Competition, I looked at the IRB regulations on the availability of players. The problem for me, with no legal background, is to identify ALL the legal loopholes.
The Blue Bulls came from behind to edge Griquas 39-38 in an Absa Currie Cup match at Loftus courtesy of a missed conversion from the visitors’ captain Nass Olivier.
The Lions withstood a determined onslaught from the Pumas to run out 33-30 (halftime 13-10) victors in their Currie Cup Premier Division match played at the Puma Stadium in Witbank on Friday.
Match Report from Supersport
The Vodacom Free State Cheetahs crushed the Platinum Leopards 57-0 (half-time 24-0) in their Absa Currie Cup Premier Division match at Vodacom Park in Bloemfontein on Friday.
Info Courtesy of Supersport
Pumas 30 / Lions 33 (Final Score)
The Pumas host the Lions at Witbank at 19:00 SA Time. This is the match thread for discussion of the game. The game is broadcast live on SuperSport 1 on DSTV in SA.
Blue Bulls (14) 39 / Griquas (27) 38 (Final Score)
The Vodacom Blue Bulls hosted the GWK Griquas at Loftus at 19:00 SA Time. This is the match thread for discussion of the game. The game was NOT BROADCAST live on TV in SA.
The Blue Bulls won by a single point, 39 / 38, after Naas Olivier missed the last conversion to win the game for Griquas.
Bulls got out of jail….
Jaco van der Westhuizen nearly cost the Blue Bulls another game this season…..
(Despite what SuperSport and Brenden Nel says that Griquas won, they are wrong… it is official, the Blue Bulls won. Brenden Nel was not even here at the game with us, simple as that! Read What SAPA says, what JJ Harmse says, what Vata Ngobeni of Pretoria News says…. and above all believe me!)
SA 3 / NZ 55 (Final Score)
South Africa takes on New Zealand in the Womans Rugby World Cup at 17:15 SA Time at Surrey Sports Park, Guildford. This is the match thread for discussion of the game. The game is broadcast live on SS1 on DSTV in SA.
Again 4 games to be played, 3 today, Friday 20 August 2010 and 1 tomorrow, Saturday 21 August 2010.
They are:
- Blue Bulls v Griquas, 20 Aug 19:00 = 20 Aug 19:00
- Cheetahs v Leopards, 20 Aug 19:00 = 20 Aug 19:00
- Pumas v Lions, 20 Aug 19:10 = 20 Aug 19:10 (Broadcast live on SS1 on DSTV)
- Sharks v Western Province, 21 Aug 19:10 = 21 Aug 19:15 (Broadcast live on SS1 on DSTV)
It’s the day before the momentous Test, the best in the World playing one another, in the Tri-Nations.
What more could you want, 90 000 spectators at the Southern Hemisphere’s best Stadium, the All Blacks standing ont the verge of the Tri-Nations crown for 2010 and Springbok captain John Smit due to run out for his 100th Test cap?
Will the Bokke be better at home or will the All Blacks continue their dominant form of 2010?
The following rugby is LIVE on TV today:
| 17:05 – 19:00 | Rugby | IRB Women’s Rugby World Cup New Zealand v South Africa | |
| 19:00 – 21:00 | Rugby | Absa Currie Cup: Barloworld Toyota Pumas v Xerox Lions | |
| 21:00 – 23:00 | Rugby | French Top 14 Round 2 – Biarritz v Toulon |
… but that’s not all folks, we will also cover the Blue Bulls vs Griquas Currie Cup match, with a Live Game Thread, from Fortress Loftus, tonight at 19:10.
The Sharks have made very few changes to their team to face Western Province this coming Saturday evening in Durban. Continue reading
There is widespread speculation of exactly who will follow up in SASOL’s place to be the main sponsor of the Springboks from 2011. Will it be ABSA or Castle?
My first sales manager always used to tell me; ‘Don’t come to me with problems, come to me with solutions’. Continue reading
The South African Player’s Association has called on the SANZAR partners to stop their threats of dissolving the partnership. Continue reading
While the 2010 Tri-Nations could be decided this weekend, the three top-ranked teams in world rugby are scheduled to meet again in 2011 as they seek to claim southern hemisphere supremacy and quite possibly crucial momentum in the final run-up to Rugby World Cup 2011. Continue reading
After reading the article “NZ expecting Bok yellow cards” i must reiterate We should have forced a media liaison manager or whatever you call the man on Peter de Villiers back in his first year. We need a well trained media man to feed the press with the right information and propaganda.
Here are the Currie Cup Teams for the weekend, as they are announced.
Vodacom WP coach Allister Coetzee today announced his team to take on the Sharks at Absa Stadium, Durban, on Saturday 21 August 2010. Kick-off is at 19h15.
The Absa Currie Cup’s best attacking and defensive sides for 2010 goes head-to-head in Durban on Saturday evening when The Sharks host Vodacom Western Province in this top of the table clash at 19h10. Continue reading
I have just returned from collecting my Media Accreditation Card, VIP Parking Ticket and Media Documentation at FNB Stadium (Soccer City).
It is FABULOUS… it is MONSTEROUS… it is WONDERFUL!
Western Province rugby will have you believe that they are well pleased with a ‘test-like’ victory over their arch-rivals the Blue Bulls on the weekend, but the reality is that the team that took more from this game is in fact the men from Pretoria. Continue reading
This Saturday is the time for the springboks to redeem themselves, they need to set aside all the excuses of their coach, the media hype about them playing last year’s rugby, the ill feelings that SARU has for the antipodes and focus on one thing only, beat the All Blacks. Continue reading
Just found the following article in the New Zealand Herald. Written by Peter Bills.
It’s official.
The All Blacks are treated differently by referees from either of their Tri-Nations opponents. The statistics from the first five games of this year’s competition show a staggering difference in the ratio of penalties per yellow card. Suspicions are rife in South African rugby that the All Blacks get a special deal, are favoured whether subconsciously or consciously by referees.
Now, the figures seem to prove the point. South Africa are the most regularly penalised, conceding six penalties per yellow card. The Australians’ figure is remarkably similar – just seven a card. But by the same calculations, the New Zealand tally is incredible. Continue reading
Forgive me McLook i saw this on your blog and in due time you might have placed it here. I jumped the gun and did it for you. I really liked the article.
Graham Henry has announced a very strong New Zealand side to face the Boks at the FNB Stadium. Continue reading
Springboks coach Peter de Villiers has handed first Test starts to scrumhalf Francois Hougaard and lock Flip van der Merwe for the Tri-Nations match against New Zealand in Soweto on Saturday.