Archive for September, 2007
The All Blacks have had to make a late change to their starting team for Saturdays match against Romania. Dan Carter the star All Black flyhalf suffered a calf muscle strain at training.
The up and coming youngster Luke McAlister will be starting the game in the number 10 jersey this saturday as Carter’s replacement. Doug [...]
Friday night we will see the Pool A death match when Tonga and England clash. Tonga has impressed many this tournament. They beat Samoa (for the first time in 7 years) and they also gave Pool A favorites the Springbok’s a major scare. England however has not had a great world cup so far. Their [...]
Judicial Officer Terry Willis had dismissed the charges that were brought up against the young Springbok player. Terry Willis head the explanations and watch the footage from the game. There was no evidence so the charges were dropped.
The citing commission has come under heavy fire due to their inconsistencies. For instance the Lima tackle on [...]
England started the game with a point to prove and managed to score in the first 6 mins of the game. England also welcomed back Johnny Wilkinson who played a major part of their victory, contributing 24 points with 2 drop goals. Captain Martin Corry manged to score 2 of England’s 4 tries.
The final score [...]
This has been the most exciting game of the World Cup so far and been another inspirational performance from the “underdog”.
Jake White started with his second string side on Saturday against Tonga. The half time score saw the South Africans only leading with 3 points. The second half saw Tonga take the lead which prompted [...]
Ireland’s quarter final hopes were seriously damaged after their loss to the French on Friday night. The French supporters must be feeling easier after watching their team totally destroy the men in green. France 25 Ireland 3.
The French managed to run in 2 tries and slotted 5 penalties. Ireland only managed a drop goal from [...]
This Friday we will see France take on the Irish. The French had a shaky start when they went down against the Pumas. The Irish have also not had the best performances in the pool stages and have been seriously taken apart by the media.
All the past games will not matter on Friday night when [...]
Tonga today caused the biggest upset in the RWC. For seven years the Tongans have not been able to win against the Samoan rugby team. To be honest i never would have seen this coming, especially after the great first half that Samoa had against the Springboks. Tonga 19 Samoa 15
Taione was the only try [...]
This Friday was the big Pool A contest between South Africa and England. The Springboks who are seen as second favorites for this years overall winner showed everyone just why they are seen as the team that could topple the might All Blacks. This has to be the drubbing of the tournament so far. South [...]
Tonight we will witness Percy Montgomery equal the most capped Springbok of all time record. The current record holder Joost van der Westhuizen played a total of 89 test matches for South Africa. Percy told reporters that he will play his usual game tonight and stand firm as the Springboks last line of defense.
Monty has [...]