Archive for May, 2009
On Saturday the Chiefs will take on the Bulls at Loftus in Pretoria. The Bulls will be looking to claim their second Super 14 titel while the Cheifs are on the hunt for their first.
Here is a Preview video for the Super 14 Final:
Bulls:
15 Zane Kirchner, 14 Akona Ndungane, 13 Jaco Pretorius, 12 Wynand Olivier, [...]
Gerald Davies (British & Irish Lions Tour Manager) has announced the match day 22 to play the Royal XV in Phokeng on Saturday. There are 9 debutants in the match day 22.
British & Irish Lions Team versus Royal XV on Saturday 30th May
15. Lee Byrne (Ospreys/Wales)
14. Tommy Bowe (Ospreys/Wales)
13. Keith Earls (Munster/Ireland)
12. Jamie Roberts (Cardiff [...]
Here is some ads for the British and Irish Lions Tour to South Africa. They are pretty cool.
Warren Gatland has revealed that he will not be playing mind games with the South Africa players as he helps the Lions prepare for their opening tour match against a Royal XV on Saturday.
The Wales coach sparked a great deal of controversy during this year’s Six Nations tournament when he publicly admitted that his Welsh [...]
McGeechan and O’Connell have a word with the press after arriving in South Africa.
As the Lions are a mixture of 4 Nations I was under the impression that they wouldn’t perform a song however I have been told that they actually have a special Lions Anthem called “The Power of 4”.
This Song was used in their tour of New Zealand in 2005 but I am not sure [...]
On Saturday the Crusaders traveled to Loftus in Pretoria to take on the Bulls for the Super 14 09 Semi Final.
The Bulls managed to score the first try via Brian Habana and then seemed to relax. The Crusaders crossed the line twice making the score 7-20 after 30 mins of play. The next 10 mins [...]
Lions received a nice welcome at OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg. Airports Company of SA officials handed out T-shirts with “Welcome to Springbok Country” printed on them. Some lucky fans managed to get autographs from the Lions squad. The players were whisked away before the media could talk with them.
The lions begin their tour [...]
On the 29th of May the Springbok training Squad will have a warm up match against the Namibian Invitation XV in Windhoek. Five capped Springboks and Sharks number 9 Rory Kockott will be taking on the Bok training squad along with the Namibian’s and this may be the last chace for some to impress PDV [...]
This weekend is the Semi finals for the Super 14 2009.
Chiefs (home) V Hurricanes 22 May
Bulls (home) V Crusaders 23 May
We are set for a classic weekend of rugby!
Below is a promo vid for the Semi’s that i found on rugbydump.com