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South Africa coach Peter de Villiers has played down any worries about his side despite their disappointing European Tour. The reigning World champions beat the British and Irish Lions earlier this year before storming to the Tri-Nations title. But they...
Tags: Italy, Rome, White South Africans, Victor Matfield, Bakkies Botha, Peter de Villiers, allnews, John Smit, Saracens F.C.
THE build-up to this afternoon's meeting of Ireland and South Africa in Croke Park has been Don King -esque. It has been billed as a world title bout, a hemisphere showdown between the best of the north and the southern kings with plenty of trash-talk...
Tags: South African, Ireland, slam champions, champions ireland, Springboks, grand slam, Croke Park, Victor Matfield, Dublin, allnews, White South Africans, South Africa national rugby union team, Bakkies Botha, Peter de Villiers, Ronan O'Gara, Paul O'Connell, New Zealand national rugby union team, Brian O'Driscoll, Schalk Burger, Ireland national rugby union team, mid-year rugby test series, Tommy Bowe, Six Nations Championship, Luke Fitzgerald, Botha, Jake White, Dion O'Cuinneagain, Tri Nations, Cape Coloureds, Bulls, John Smit
IT is five years since Tommy Bowe made his try-scoring debut for Ireland at Lansdowne Road against the USA . Eddie O'Sullivan 's side won the game comfortably 55-6, with Bowe's touchdown one of seven tries converted by out-half David Humphreys , who...
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De Villiers was last night given permission by Munster to replace Adi Jacobs , despite previous assertions from coach Tony McGahan that the marquee signing would be remaining with the province during November. Fourie du Preez , Bakkies Botha , Bismarck...
Tags: South Africa, Ireland, Irish Lions, Dublin, allnews, South Africa national rugby union team, Ronan O'Gara, White South Africans, Tri Nations, Ireland national rugby union team, David Wallace, Brian O'Driscoll, Fourie du Preez, British and Irish Lions tour to South Africa, Six Nations, David Humphreys, Morne Steyn, Six Nations Championship, Drop goal, Peter de Villiers, Limpopo Province, Bakkies Botha, Paul O'Connell, Jean de Villiers, Presentation Brothers College Cork, Heineken Cup, Jonathan Sexton, CJ van der Linde, Preez, Blue Bulls, Schalk Burger
World champions South Africa on Monday put off naming the team to play Six Nations Grand Slam holders Ireland this Saturday in Dublin because of an injury crisis which forced them to cancel training. The Springboks -- who grabbed their first win of the...
Tags: France, Italy, Rome, Bakkies Botha, Preez, Bismarck du Plessis, Fourie, Saracens F.C., White South Africans, South Africa national rugby union team, Fourie du Preez, allnews
That's the view of former coach Bob Dwyer after Robbie Deans' men slumped to a new low in a 9-8 loss to ninth-ranked Scotland at Murrayfield. Australia's first loss to Scotland in 27 years - ensured the Wallabies will finish 2009 with a losing record...
Tags: Scotland, United Kingdom, London, Australia national rugby union team, Tonga, Bob Dwyer, allnews, Daniel Vickerman, Bakkies Botha, New Zealand national rugby union team, Robbie Deans, Tim Horan
Roodt, an Emerging Springbok who turned 22 earlier this month, has arrived to link with his new teammates in Sydney. Like fellow South African Vickerman before him, 200cm tall, 128kg lock Roodt describes himself as "physical player". "I never saw a lot...
Tags: Hendrik Roodt, NSW Waratahs, Chris Hickey, Dan Vickerman, United Kingdom, London, Robbie Deans, Australia national rugby union team, Bakkies Botha, New South Wales Waratahs, Sport in New South Wales, Daniel Vickerman, allnews
France has shown it has nothing to fear from stronger teams after standing up to South Africa's physical might during an impressive 20-13 win over the World Cup holders. The roles were reversed as this time it was the Springboks who were dominated in...
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Players and management wore armbands that featured the word “Justice” before and during the third Test defeat in Johannesburg. Their stance opposed a suspension handed out to lock Bakkies Botha for a dangerous charge on Lions prop Adam Jones during the...
South African captain John Smit has hosed down suggestions he is at the helm of a golden generation in Springboks rugby. In the modest style Smit has made his own, he fended off all talk surrounding what will be a world record 60th test as skipper when...
Tags: All Blacks, Springboks, Stephen Donald, John Smit, Bryan Habana, Bakkies Botha, south african, Australia, Stadium Durban, New Zealand