Earls  take central role ahead of Munster’s star recruit

MUNSTER could spring a major selection surprise today by leaving South African centre Jean de Villiers out of their team to face Perpignan in tomorrow night’s critical Heineken Cup clash at Thomond Park.

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Rugby 7’s is an unpredictable beast. What we do know is that the top Teams in the world, New Zealand, South Africa, England and Fiji can each win tournaments or the overall title in a specific year. This is what makes 7’s rugby so appealing.

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The web site RUGBYHEAVEN reports as follows: WALLABIES and Reds star Quade Cooper will tell authorities he can’t remember parts of the night he was arrested and charged with allegedly burgling a residence at Surfers Paradise. Cooper went to ground yesterday as the Australian and Queensland rugby unions began their own investigations into the bizarre incident, which occurred shortly before 4am on Sunday.

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After the last Test of the Springbok End of Year Tour I found it necessary to get into contact with Professor Tim Noakes, SA’s leading Sports Scientist and also a blogger on this web site, raising the issues of player fatigue and knowing that he has been shouting and warning from the rooftops that SA Players will suffer burnout if not managed properly. Maybe it is best if I share the full sequence of the discussions with you lot nosy muppits….

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Springbok wing Bryan Habana is South Africa’s favourite sports star, beating the likes of Makhaya Ntini, Teko Modise, Graeme Smith and Morné Steyn to the number one spot in 2009.

And rugby continues to outpace both soccer and cricket in terms of growing interest for a fifth year running.

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While the limelight was on other Springboks like Fourie du Preez, undoubtedly the planets best rugby player in 2009 (IRB panel sucks), John Smit breaking the World Record as captain, Bryan Habana, Morne Steyn and Heinrich Brussow, Victor Matfield quietly achieved the Big double as captain, winning the Super14 and Currie Cup as Captain. This weekends match against the All Blacks was the cherry on top of it all for our unsung hero.

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The Barbarians XV (containing a host of Springboks) take on the All Blacks in a festival match at Twickenham, London. This is the match thread for discussion of the game.

Points:

Barbarians: 25 (Try – Bryan Habana, Conversion – Matt Giteau, Try 2 – Bryan Habana, Conversion 2 – Matt Giteau, Penalty – Matt Giteau, Try 3 – Bryan Habana, Penalty – Morné Steyn)

 

All Blacks: 18 (Penalty – Stephen Donald, Try – Ben Smith, Conversion – Stephen Donald, Try – Anthony Boric, Penalty – Mike Delany)

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Article from the “RugbyIQ Coaching Blog with Gary Gold

Facing the real problems

Good day to you, rugbyiq.com friends! What a year we’ve had… Unfortunately, it didn’t end too well for us with a defeat to Ireland, and there seem to be a few question marks over our side – in particular our scrum. This week, as promised, I will attempt to show you just where the Springbok scrum stands in relation to our opposition from 2009. Continue reading

Springbok World Cup winning lock Victor Matfield will captain a powerful Barbarians XV side, containing uncapped young prop WP Nel, in this weekend big clash with the All Blacks at Twickenham.

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SixNations officials have confirmed to the Irish Rugby Football Union that none of a number of referrals made by South Africa against Ireland players have been upheld by the independent citing commissioner that was present at the game between Ireland and South Africa in Croke Park on Saturday 28 November.

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When even the staid Brits have decided that the safety-first, kick, and whistle-dominated style of test rugby has become just too boring, clearly we have a problem.

By MARC HINTON in London

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