Archive for June, 2007
The All Blacks have announced their team to face Australia at the MCG,Melbourne for the Bledisloe Cup match this Saturday. Graham Henry has stateed that it is his best side he is starting. Isaia Toeava and Sitiveni Sivivatu will not be playing in Saturdays game due to the Physical nature of their last test against [...]
Springbok coach Jake white has come under fire this week when it was announced that he would be sending a “B side” squad to the away games for the Tri Nations. Both the Australian and New Zealand Rugby unions have not been happy with this. The Australian Rugby Union has gone as far as to [...]
Durban was the setting for a classic Springbok vs All Blacks test match.
The Springboks managed a 21-12 lead and it all seemed as though the South Africans were going to beat the worlds number one team. The absence of John Smith was obvious in the scrums as the All Blacks totally dominated.
Pedrie Wannenburg was given [...]
This weekend we will be treated to a preview of the “Dream Final” in my point of view. South Africa will be hosting the world’s number one rugby team New Zealand this weekend in Absa Stadium Durban. The All Blacks will be starting their defense of the Tri Nations this weekend. Victor Matfield has been [...]
After last weekend test match between the Springboks and the Wallabies, South Africa has fought its way to the second spot. The French moved down to third position leaving the Australians the number 4 spot. South Africa are just under ten points away from the All Blacks who still hold the number 1 IRB World [...]
After the last few weeks of rather unexciting rugby I was happy to watch a game between two great Rugby Nations. South Africa was by far the favorites for the day with their mighty forwards and the home ground advantage. South Africa showed their dominance in the first half, however they just didn’t manage to [...]
Spring Boks starting team:
15 Percy Montgomery
14 Ashwin Willemse
13 Jaque Fourie
12 Jean de Villiers
11 JP Pietersen
10 Butch James
9 Ruan Pienaar
8 Pierre Spies
7 Juan Smith
6 Schalk Burger
5 Victor Matfield
4 Bakkies Botha
3 BJ Botha
2 John Smit (c)
1 Gurthrö Steenkamp.
Side lines: 16 Gary Botha, 17 CJ van der Linde, 18 Johann Muller, 19 Danie Rossouw, 20 Michael Claassens, 21 [...]
This Saturday the Tri nations rugby tournament will kick off in Cape Town. Here is a quick preview of how the teams are looking at this stage.
New Zealand:
Coach: Graham Henry
Capitain: Richie McCaw
The Kiwis are rated the number one Rugby team in the world at this stage. Only South Africa has managed to beat The All Blacks [...]
Well it is that time of year again where the Southern Hemisphere battles it out to see who is on top!
This year South Africa and Australia will kick things off in Cape Town next Saturday.
The Springboks will be without Bob Skinstad and the try scoring machine Bryan Habana. Skinstad has strained his shoulder which makes [...]
Jake White Springbok coach will meet with the South African president about an incident that happened at a Bar in South Africa this week. The South African Rugby Union decided that they will investigate this matter internally. Allegedly white and a journalist had a argument about an article on the Springboks and later an acquaintance [...]