Auckland – Dan Carter doesn’t normally give too much away in the leadup to a Test, so it was interesting to hear the All Blacks playmaker practically paint a target on the back of his Springbok opposite this week.
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The Sharks have selected a team to play the Griquas this coming Saturday in Kimberly that was pretty much expected” this taking into account injuries etc”
Since seeing the AB team a few days ago I have been breaking my head trying to figure Graeme Henry: what is Graeme Henry’s game plan? Here are the teams for Saturday’s match at Eden Park. Continue reading
Injury-troubled forwards Bakkies Botha and Danie Rossouw have been passed fit to play for the Springboks in the Tri-Nations rugby opener against the All Blacks in Auckland on Saturday.
Legendary retired Springbok Percy Montgomery took a leap of faith ahead of Saturday’s Tri-Nations Test against the All Blacks, by jumping off Auckland’s SkyTower on Wednesday.
The match officials for the 2010 TriNations have been released by SANZAR with Alan Lewis of Ire blowing the whistle for the opening match.
The 2010 TriNations match officials are as follows.
The Springboks have delayed naming their match 22 for the opening Tri Nations Test against the All Blacks in Auckland on Saturday until Thursday.
Vodacom WP coach Allister Coetzee today announced his team to take on the Vodacom Cheetahs in the opening round of the 2010 Absa Currie Cup at Vodacom Park in Bloemfontein on Saturday. Continue reading
As a South African living in New Zealand with a great appreciation of the Springbok history against New Zealand it has always irked me that the younger generation Kiwi’s don’t understand or remember the Springbok/All Black rivalry. Continue reading
Semi final-Uruguay vs Netherlands
DURING last year’s Currie Cup, Sharks veteran Stefan Terblanche took over the leadership reins from the injured Johann Muller and led a largely new-look team to 12 wins out of 12 as captain and a top-of-the-table finish in the pool stages.
Compliments to the Daily News for the article.
The All Blacks and Springboks played each other for the first time in 1921. In the second test of that series the two teams met –for what was the first ever test on Eden Park- on what has now become a fortress for New Zealand rugby. The All Blacks have won 20 straight test matches at the ground, with their last non-victory being an 18-18 draw with Francois Pienaar’s Springboks in 1994 (thanks to six Shane Howarth penalty goals). Continue reading
This weekend the Springboks play the All Blacks on Eden park which was where that infamous flour bomb test took place in 1981.
Sorry folks, just a quick insert from GBS… I do not want to spoil McLook’s Article but I thought it wise to insert some video footage here, before McLook’s actual Article… as an appetiser.
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The Springboks face a tough task in Auckland this coming weekend, but the truth of the matter is that the biggest enemy they face is themselves.
Die Springbok-flank Juan Smith sal Saterdag hier die Vrystaat se Curriebeker-aanslag in 2010 van voor af lei. Continue reading
Reading on some web sites and in the press, there seems to be some confusion regarding the possible move of the Test on 21 August 2010 between the Springboks and All Blacks, from Coca-Cola Park (Ellis Park) to the National Stadium (Soccer City).
Some pundits believe the move is a forced move under presssure from SARU, forcing the GLRU (Gauteng Lions Rugby Union) to move the game in an attempt to recover the outstanding British and Irish Lions debt owing by the GLRU to SARU, some believe it is a new and exciting initiative by the GLRU to revive rugby in their region and a possible pre-curser to moving the home base of the GLRU permanently to the National Stadium.
Whatever the case, here is an insight from someone high up in the Club Scene in the GLRU structures.
This Tri-Nations will see one of its closest finishes where amazingly, all three teams will be looking to get something different out of the game as we start looking to the Rugby World Cup in 2011. Continue reading
There is a valid reason why the Currie Cup is divided into a Premier Division and a First Division, with the top sides this past weekend showing in no uncertain terms their differences in strength.
In the six compulsory fixtures – including the one between the Natal Sharks and the Valke a week ago – the Premier Division teams scored 273 points to 67 by the First Division sides, an average score of 47-11.
Springbok rugby coach Peter de Villiers says that he has had enough of the football world cup which is taking place in his country and wants to get on with the TriNations.
De Villiers’ Springboks wants his South African team to to focus on the defense of the Tri-Nations title they won last year and he says the world cup is a distraction.
Graham Henry loved the analogy. That the All Blacks are no longer the hunted but the hunter. That rugby’s international landscape has changed. The Springboks roll into Auckland today as the beast with the target on its back.
South Africa are no longer in awe of the New Zealand All Blacks, Springboks coach Peter de Villiers said on Sunday.
Springboks coach Peter de Villiers says he and his All Blacks opposite Graham Henry have one thing in common – they both have big mouths.
Richie McCaw admits he has to step up his game against the Springboks.
The Boks have been a persistent problem for All Blacks captain McCaw, touted as the world’s best No7.
If you had to pick one person in sport to live the rest of their life in a compression chamber it would be Robbie Deans. As he says, he is “used to pressure”.
Against all odds Uruguay has reached the last four, with Forlan looking ominous, can Tabarez take his team to the top? Only the Netherlands stand in their way.
Tuesday’s Semi-Final
Netherlands vs Uruguay
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“I’m certain all rugby fans would send Brendan Cannon their support and best wishes at such a difficult time. An terrible accident, exactly the same as that which Phil Kearns experienced five years ago” – Old Griqua
Western Province and the Blue Bulls produced the least impressive performance of the big guns as the teams finished off their pre-season Currie Cup build-up with a series of friendly matches at the weekend.
ONE of the many hallmarks of Richie McCaw’s All Blacks captaincy has been an aversion to saying anything even mildly contentious.
Yesterday, McCaw the diplomat, holding fort at Camp All Black, stayed to script. He gave the Springboks, who arrive in Auckland tonight, not the smallest crumb to feed off, with one tiny but significant exception.
Argentina 0-4 Germany, Paraguay 0-1 Spain
Netherlands 2 – 0 Brazil, Uruguay 1 – 1 Ghana
Uruguay won penalty shootout 4-2
Superbu Updated
The South African Schools Association on Saturday announced the SA Schools team for 2010 after the Free State Cheetahs defeated Western Province 42-21in the final game at the Coca-Cola Under-18 Craven Week in Welkom.
Free State Cheetahs and Western Province will once again play compete in the finale at the Coca-Cola Under-18 Craven Week following their 30-20 victory over Kwazulu Natal in Welkom on Thursday.
WP defeated the Bloemfontein side 19-17 during last year’s Coca-Cola Under-18 Craven Week in East London.
Flank Pieter Louw scored a hat-trick for Western Province against the Griffons in their Currie Cup compulsory friendly in Welkom.
The Springboks most valuable players will undertake a phased conditioning programme after the Tri-Nations campaign as part of the South African Rugby Union’s long-term planning for 2011, it was confirmed on Friday.
Twenty contracted Springboks will be placed on tailored programmes for a four-week period to manage their workload in the middle of a busy 2010 season and in preparation for the Rugby World Cup campaign.