Paddy O’Brien, IRB referees’ chief, met with Graham Henry in London yesterday to apologise to the All Blacks for the Stuart Dickinson’s handling of the AB v Italy game last weekend.
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Saracens took on the Springboks midweek team at Wembley tonight. Saracens won 24 / 23 after trailing 18 at half time.
Breaking News! A charge of foul play for allegedly kicking an opponent has been dismissed against Springbok wing Bryan Habana.
Rugby-Talk has just enabled their Video Gallery in the section under Media, Video Clips – just under the Header Banner….. but that’s not all….
WP Senior Professional Coach, Rassie Erasmus, today released the 2010 Vodacom Stormers Management team.
The new year kicks off with some interesting pre-season friendlies that could show if the Stormers, Sharks and Force have made progress since this years Super14. Continue reading
Following the Springbok defeat at the hands of the French and the All Blacks win against the Italians, the Springboks have slumped back down to 2nd position and the All Blacks have regained 1st spot on the IRB rankings.
Tonight, the 2nd and last midweek game takes place for the touring Springboks when their midweek-team takes on a South African laden Saracens team at the Wembley Stadium
Schalk Burger and Bismarck du Plessis are injured and are doubtful for Saturday’s Tests against Italy. Continue reading
Western Province and Springboks wing Bryan Habana has been cited for dirty play.
Wikus van Heerden will captain a Saracens side containing 10 South Africans when they face the Springboks at Wembley.
Was this cited ? It was not. Continue reading
It is middle November, 3 months since we started this web site in middle August… and we have just romped past 50 000 comments.
Ireland took on Australia on a End of Year Tour Test. The game ended in a draw, 20 / 20.
SA’s Proteas take on England in the 2nd T20 International match today, after losing the 1st T20 match by 1 run due to rain and the application of the Duckworth-Lewis method, to determine the winner. This is the match thread for discussion of the game.
It has been eluded to by a lot of people in the last two years with their criticism of team selections and game plans amongst other things – but it is now time for Peter de Villiers to make his personal mark on the Springboks if he wishes to be remembered as the coach that led the most successful Springbok teams, or the coach that was just lucky enough to be there at the right time. Continue reading
Extract from ‘Captain in the Cauldron’ by John Smit.
Andre Venter was a guy who set an intimidating example. In the week before I wore the Bok No2 jersey for the first time – the 37-33 win against Argentina in November 2000 – I shared a hotel room with him in Buenos Aires. Continue reading
Not a ruck or a tackle, but what happens to the human body when subjected to excessive workloads for too long.
I read the following article by Professor Tim Noakes in which he discusses the physical and mental state of our Bok players. Continue reading
Today, Saturday 14 November 2009, we had 3 important Test matches on the End of Year Tours to the Northern Hemisphere. They were the Following games:
- Italy vs New Zealand – San Siro, Milan, Italy (k/0 at 16:00 SA Time, broadcast on SuperSport 5)
- England vs Argentina – Twickenham Stadium, London, England (k/0 at 16:30 SA Time, broadcast on SuperSport 1)
- Scotland vs Fiji – Murrayfield, Edinburgh, Scotland (k/0 at 16:30 SA Time, broadcast on SuperSport 6)
Here are some of the match stats from last night’s disaster.
All the questions that we have asked about this tour and about the planning, management and vision of the coach are now starting to be answered. Continue reading
This is a follow up on our birthday boy, Isigidi’s (hope at least YOU scored last night) Article, “The areas of concern”. Let me give you my scores/views on your concerns:
France took on the Springboks at the Stadium Municipal, Toulouse, France, in the 1st Test for the Bokke on their 2009 End of Year Tour. France won a needly match by 20 / 13.
Seeing that it’s my birthday and that I’m going to miss the game tonight, I thought I’ll give you a few of my thoughts about tonight’s game before I go out on the town with my gorgeous girlfriend.
The South African Proteas take on England in the 1st T20 International, to be held at Wanderers in Johannesburg. This is the match thread for discussion of the game.
Southern Hemisphere’s 2 elite Teams, New Zealand and South Africa are playing Italy and France respectively. Whereas it seems that even a 2nd-best All Blacks side will still be too strong for Italy, the same cannot be said about SA Vs France.
There is no doubt the book written by Bok skipper John Smit has and will cause quite a stir, but maybe its good for the truth to be told.
The article is courtecy of News24. Continue reading
Congratulations to the Australian Rugby Union – who against all odds, have managed (read carefully and meticulously choreographed) to bring the 15th Super Rugby franchise to Melbourne, especially when the ARU has 80,000 registered rugby players and SA Rugby over 500,000, over 5 times the number of players in Australia.
London – The International Rugby Board (IRB) has announced a crackdown on scrum infringements and illegal tackles ahead of this weekend’s internationals.
Springbok enforcer Bakkies Botha feels what happens on the field has nothing to do with his personal life and that people often get carried away by calling him “violent”. Continue reading
Jóhann Thormählen and Pieter Jordaan
Bloemfontein – The decision by SANZAR to award the 15th franchise to Melbourne in the expanded Super Rugby series from 2011 spells danger for the Lions and Cheetahs. Continue reading
Statement released by the Minsitry of Sport and Recreation :
It is the burning question that would seemingly answer a lot of perceptions in the game of South African rugby at the moment. Continue reading
Argentina have chosen a monster forwards pack against England for their clash at Twickenham on Saturday but have been hit hard by injuries in the backline.