Second Test, August 8, 1970

Subtle, yet intense the pressure mounted in the All Black camp. Winston McCarthy – a former New Zealand rugby commentator- forced the pressure right into the AB camp with his weekly newspaper report, published in New Zealand; his information was that were dissatisfaction in the AB camp with coach Ivan Vodanovich. The players “Were getting on top of their coach” he wrote in classical New-Zealand cut-down-the-tall-poppy style.

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News from the sharks is that a full strength team for saturday is possible bar 4 players that that are still on the injury list.

The Players being Keegan Daniel, Adriaan Jacobs Louis Ludick  and Ryan kankowski, Good news is that Johann Muller will return with other news being that Lambie will be available for selection even though he was named in the Springbok Under 20 squad.

As for players like Murray and Mvovo who played Vodacom cup last week, one waits to see if they played well enough to return to the Super 14 squad. Continue reading

Wellington – A New Zealand Maori rugby team was instructed by a government minister to throw a game against South Africa in 1956 to prevent All Blacks sides from being banned from touring the country, a former player has said. Continue reading

This weekend we had two good South African teams and two not so good ones. Make your picks for our own Rugby-Talk team of the week.

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Lions (5) 26 / Reds (24) 41 (Final Score)

The Lions hosted the Reds at Coca-Cola Park, Johannesburg at 19:10 SA Time. This is the match thread for discussion of the game. The match was broadcast live on SuperSport 1 on DSTV in SA. The Reds won comfortably by 41 / 26, after already securing their bonus point for four tries scored after only 17 minutes of play in the first half. They then took the foot off the pedal and allowed the Lions to come back at them… and when the lions were too close, they just stepped up a gear again to put the result out of doubt.

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10 Apr Border v Boland Kavaliers 33-13
10 Apr Western Province v SWD 29-23

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Brumbies (21) 61 / Cheetahs (3) 15 (Final Score)

The Brumbies hosted the Cheetahs at Canberra Stadium, Canberra at 11:40 SA Time. This is the match thread for discussion of the game. The match was broadcast live on SuperSport 1 on DSTV in SA. The Brumbies demolished the Cheetahs by 61 / 15, scoring 9 tries in the process against 2 tries.

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Crusaders (6) 20 / Waratahs (6) 13 (Final Score)

The Crusaders hosted the Waratahs at Christchurch at 09:35 SA Time. This is the match thread for discussion of the game. The match was broadcast live on SuperSport 1 on DSTV in SA. The Crusaders won 20 / 13 with Dan Carter missing a last penalty to deny the Waratahs a losing bonus point.

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Blues (7) 21 / Stormers (20) 33 (Final Score)

The Blues hosted the Stormers at Eden Park, Auckland at 07:30 SA Time. This is the match thread for discussion of the game. The match was broadcast live on SuperSport 1 on DSTV in SA. The Stormers won this match by 33 / 21, mostly due to their excellent efforts in the first 25 minutes of the match where they were leading 20 / 0 at one stage.

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Highlanders (6) 27 / Western Force (10) 41 (Final Score)

The Highlanders hosted the Force at Lakes Leisure Events Centre, Queenstown at 4:30 SA Time. This is the match thread for discussion of the game. The game was broadcast live on SuperSport 1 on DSTV in SA. The Force bagged a full 5 Log points by beating the Highlanders by 41 / 27.

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Results in round 9 can hand aspiring teams a hefty blow if they slip up. Falling from 2nd to 8th in only 2 weeks for example are problems some teams realisticly look at this weekend… And thats the case for most the teams.So round 9 will indeed start to seperate pretenders from contenders… Continue reading

Chiefs (13) 19 / Bulls (15) 33 (Final Score)

The Chiefs hosted the Bulls at the Waikato Stadium, Hamilton at 09:35 SA Time. This is the match thread for discussion of the game. The match was broadcast live on SuperSport 1 on DSTV in SA. The Bulls won 33 / 19 but for most of the match the Bulls supporters had their hearts in their mouths. The Bulls managed to score 4 tries for an added bonus point and are back at the top of the Log on 33 Log points after their 8 games.

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Once again we see 6 Super 14 games this weekend, be careful though as a South African supporter, you must prepare for some really early broadcast times this weekend! The Games are the following:

9 Chiefs v Vodacom Bulls Hamilton 09:35
10 Highlanders v Western Force Queenstown 04:30
10 Blues v Vodacom Stormers Auckland 07:30
10 Crusaders v Waratahs Christchurch 09:35
10 Brumbies v Vodacom Cheetahs Canberra 11:40
10 Auto & General Lions v Reds Coca-Cola Park, Johannesburg 19:10

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