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THE Barbarians defeated New Zealand for the first time in 36 years with Bryan Habana's hat trick of tries setting up a 25-18 victory at Twickenham on Saturday. It was only the second time in 11 clashes that the invitation side came out on top, the other...
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The faces, dozens of them, peer down from the walls of the Recreation Ground's public bar: Stuart Barnes and Richard Hill, Jeremy Guscott and Tony Swift, John Hall and Andy Robinson, Gareth Chilcott and Graham Dawe – part seraphic host, part rogues' gallery....
Tags: Michael Claassens, Springboks, South Africa, Northampton, Luke Watson, John Smit, Fourie, Blue Bulls, Cape Town, White South Africans, South Africa national rugby union team, Fourie du Preez, Guinness Premiership, allnews, Saracens F.C.
Imagine the fantasy of being the most successful sports person in the world. Because you have been so good and because there were no national boundaries in this fantasy world where only talent counted, you represented the Crème de la crème of world sport:...
Tags: Dr. Sherylle Calder, England, Bryan Habana, world cups, South Africa, Springboks, Springbok, Rugby World Cup Final, Football, South Africa national rugby union team, Ball games, New Zealand national rugby union team, Rugby World Cup, allnews, Rugby union in South Africa
The role has defeated actors as varied as Danny Glover (the 1987 TV film “Mandela” ), Sidney Poitier ( “Mandela and de Klerk,” 1997, also for TV) and Dennis Haysbert ( “Goodbye Bafana,” 2007), in vehicles that were reverential and mostly forgettable.
Tags: Mr. Mandela, Mr. Freeman, South Africa, Springboks, south african, Johannesburg
Peter de Villiers is concerned by the growing workload of his players and will hold talks with the country's rugby top brass to plot the way forward in the face of a tough 2010 season ahead of the 2011 World Cup. The Springboks' defeat by Ireland last...
Tags: Springboks, world cup, Peter de Villiers, South Africa, Cape Town, White South Africans, Tri Nations, South Africa national rugby union team, New Zealand national rugby union team, Luke Watson, Jean de Villiers, allnews, John Smit
The game of sevens is on track to overtake the 15-man code in terms of global popularity, according to Springbok coach Paul Treu...Although their autumn campaign was poor, John Smit and Co are reigning world champions and Tri-Nations holders, while the...
Tags: Springboks, world series, South Africa, Cape Town, IRB Sevens World Series, allnews, 2008¬タモ09 IRB Sevens World Series, Rugby sevens
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
A glorious Springbok season limps to its conclusion in Dublin on Saturday. Three defeats and a win against Italy are the antecedents to the Test against the reigning Six Nations champions. Ireland have won their last two Tests against the Boks in Dublin...
Tags: Ireland, Du Preez, British Lions, Australia, Springbok Tri-Nations, Springboks, New Zealand, Sydney, White South Africans, Tri Nations, South Africa national rugby union team, Fourie du Preez, Ronan O'Gara, Os du Randt, Jake White, Percy Montgomery, allnews
Brian O'Driscoll has scoffed at suggestions South Africa are a team in decline as Ireland target the prized scalp of the world champions at Croke Park on Saturday. The Springboks' outstanding season is in danger of ending with a whimper having slumped...
Tags: South Africans, Springboks, South Africa, Springbok, White South Africans, South Africa national rugby union team, Brian O'Driscoll, allnews
If Winston Churchill defined Russia as a riddle, wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma, what are we to make of South Africa's volatile rugby coach, Peter de Villiers? The man elected controversially two years ago to guide the Springboks in succession...
Tags: South Africa, Springboks, Springbok, White South Africans, South Africa national rugby union team, Luke Watson, Ruan Pienaar, Peter de Villiers, Butch James, allnews