Archive for June, 2009
Ronan O’Gara believes that Keith Earls has made the same impact in his debut season as Jonny Wilkinson did 11 years ago. The 21-year-old is vying for a place in the Lions team for the second rugby test against South Africa on Saturday and O’Gara’s comments will be a welcome boost for him.
O’Gara said that [...]
So here we have the first test Match day 22 of the 3 match test series for the Lions of 2009. The Lions will take on the Springboks in Durban This Saturday
15. Lee Byrne (Wales)
14. Tommy Bowe (Ireland)
13. Brian O’Driscoll (Ireland)
12. Jamie Roberts (Wales)
11. Ugo Monye (England)
10. Stephen Jones (Wales)
9. Mike Phillips (Wales)
8. Jamie Heaslip [...]
PDV has released the Match day 22 for the first test against the British and Irish Lions in Durban.
Frans Steyn will be the starting fullback after the Springbok selectors did not choose a specialist for this position. No doubt that Fans will make good use of his massive boot and get the Springboks on to [...]
Donncha O’Callaghan will be the British and Irish Captain against the Southern Kings this Tuesday at Nelson Mandela Bay. Shane Williams has been named in the starting lineup and many believe this is a sign that he has not made his way into the test team. ‘
The Southern Kings are not a regular team and [...]
Weak defense lead to France beating the All Blacks in their own back yard on the weekend. The French forwards were also very aware of the fact that the All Blacks had not dealt with rolling mauls during the Super 14 and used this to get their backs going on the front foot. The [...]
The Lions have once again come away with win. This time they took on W.P. at Newlands in Cape Town. W.P. were missing their Springboks as have the rest of the Provincial teams in South Africa. However that did not stop W.P. putting up a fight. With only a few minutes to go both teams [...]
Phil Vickery has been handed the Captain responsibility for the 5th match against Western Province (Stormers) this Saturday as Paul O’Connell and Brian OI’Driscoll are not in the Match day 22.
W.P have named a strong squad however they will be without they will be without their two Super star players Schalk Burger and Jean [...]
One of my favorite memories of both Rugby and for my Country is of course the Rugby World Cup 1995. It was a very special time in South Africa and this great sporting even helped unite a Nation for the first time behind their Springboks or Ama-boko-boko (Zulu). I recall this world cup well even [...]
As the First Lions test gets closer and closer, Jamie Roberts has
revealed that the fight for a place in the team is intensifying every
single day. The Lions take on South Africa on 20th June and every
single man in the squad will be doing all they can to get themselves
in the starting fifteen.
Roberts is set to [...]
The Sharks have now announced the their match day 22 for Wednesday against the British and Irish Lions. Deon Carstens has been released from the Springbok training camp and has been named at No 1 for the Sharks. Rory Kockott will team up with Monty Dumond who had little game time in the Super 14. [...]