Gilbert Rugby BallNine International Test matches as well as the cross-hemisphere club / provincial match between Saracens and DHL Western Province, took place this weekend.

Well, it was not a good weekend for South African interests in these games, as both the Springboks and Western Province were compprehensively beaten in the space of 2 days.

In addition South African neighbours, Namibia, probably put up the best fight amongst the Southern African sides, but still going down to Canada, by 17 / 13.

On Saturday the Springboks came tumbling down to earth after a few weeks ago beating the New Zealand All Blacks, when they fell havily against Ireland, by 29 / 15 and on Sunday the Currie Cup champions, DHL Western Province was outplayed and put to the sword by Saracens in Londen, badly beaten by 6 tries to 3 and a total score of 46 / 22.

It appears that the Northern Hemisphere rugby countries have all crept closer to the Southern Hemisphere rivals, as the Wallabies barely won against Wales and the All Blacks only scraped home against England by a measly 3 points.

Scotland beat Argentina and France romped over Fiji, whilst Italy beat Samoa.

 

The results of the weekend are as follows:

 

Results

9 Saracens 46 – 22 DHL Western Province Allianz Park, North London, England
8 Scotland 41 – 31 Argentina Murrayfield, Edinburgh, Scotland
8 Ireland 29 – 15 South Africa Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Ireland
8 France 40 – 15 Fiji Stade Vélodrome, Marseille, France
8 Romania 17 – 27 USA Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest, Romania
8 Wales 28 – 33 Australia Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales
8 England 21 – 24 New Zealand Twickenham Stadium, London, England
8 Italy 24 – 13 Samoa Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca, Ascoli Piceno, Italy
8 Georgia 9 – 23 Tonga Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tblisi, Georgia
8 Japan 18 – 20 Maori All Blacks Prince Chichibu Memorial Satadium, Tokyo, Japan
7 Canada 17 – 13 Namibia Eirias Park, Colwyn Bay, Wales

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