The winners of the 2009 SA Rugby awards were announced at the annual banquet in Johannesburg.
Year: 2009
A 37 man (well, 36 men and Earl Rose) Springbok squad was named after the Absa Currie Cup final on Saturday to tour Europe in November.
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The Blue Bulls host the Free State Cheetahs in the final of the 2009 Absa Currie Cup.
It’s 2009 Absa Currie Cup Semifinal time. CLICK HERE for all the info.
The nominations are in for the 2009 SA Rugby Player of the Year Awards with Heinrich Brussow having been nominated in five categories. The awards take place on 2 November.
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The Springbok player ratings for the Trinations clinching game against New Zealand from around the web in one convenient table:
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The Springboks won the 2009 Trinations with victory over the All Blacks in Hamilton, NZ.
Scorers
All Blacks 29 (12)
Tries: Sitiveni Sivivatu, Richie McCaw
Conversions: Dan Carter (2)
Penalties: Dan Carter (5)
Springboks 32 (22)
Tries: Fourie du Preez, Jean de Villiers
Conversions: Morne Steyn (2)
Penalties: Frans Steyn (3), Morne Steyn (2)
Drop goal: Morne Steyn
Match details
Date: Saturday 12 September 2009
Venue: Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
Kick-off: 09.35 RSA | 19.35 NZL | 07.35 GMT
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)
Assistant refs: Wayne Barnes (Eng), Stuart Dickinson (Aus)
TMO: George Ayoub (Aus)
Teamsheets
South Africa – 15 Frans Steyn, 14 Odwa Ndungane, 13 Jaque Fourie, 12 Jean de Villiers, 11 Bryan Habana, 10 Morné Steyn, 9 Fourie du Preez, 8 Pierre Spies, 7 Juan Smith, 6 Heinrich Brüssow, 5 Victor Matfield, 4 Bakkies Botha, 3 John Smit (c), 2 Bismarck du Plessis, 1 Beast Mtawarira.
Subs: 16 Chiliboy Ralepelle, 17 Jannie du Plessis, 18 Danie Rossouw, 19 Schalk Burger, 20 Ricky Januarie, 21 Adi Jacobs, 22 Ruan Pienaar.
New Zealand – 15 Mils Muliaina, 14 Josevata Rokocoko, 13 Ma’a Nonu, 12 Stephen Donald, 11 Sitiveni Sivivatu, 10 Dan Carter, 9 Jimmy Cowan, 8 Kieran Read, 7 Richie McCaw (captain), 6 Jerome Kaino, 5 Isaac Ross, 4 Brad Thorn, 3 Owen Franks, 2 Andrew Hore, 1 Tony Woodcock.
Subs: 16 Aled de Malmanche, 17 John Afoa, 18 Adam Thomson, 19 Rodney So’oialo, 20 Brendon Leonard, 21 Isaia Toeava, 22 Cory Jane.
An article in which Bok coach Peter de Villiers criticises the IRB and its head of referees Paddy O’Brien was pulled from publication on the Supersport website and reclassified as “Inactive-do-not-reuse-might be sensitive”. Click HERE to view the article that caused Supersport to commit self-censorship. Or THIS LINK while it is still active.
The Sharks smashed Boland in Wellington, Griquas pipped The Leopards in Potch, The Cheetahs held on to beat the Lions in Bloem, and WP started slowly but beat the Bulls at Newlands.
Boland 03 – 48 Sharks
Leopards 33 – 34 Griquas
Cheetahs 20 – 16 Lions
WP 25 – 19 Bulls
Absa Currie Cup Table – Round 9
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Asad Bhorat, secretary of the Transformation and Anti-Racism Rugby Committee (TARC) has labelled Peter De Villiers the ‘ultimate traitor’.Bhorat said the coach will be summoned to appear before TARC and Parliament’s standing committee on sports and recreation on his return from Australasia for failing to transform the team after proclaiming he would never pick fewer than 10 black players in his starting line-up. De Villiers has picked only three players of colour in his starting XV during the Tri-Nations – Bryan Habana and JP Pietersen on the wings, and Zimbabwean-born Beast Mtawarira at prop. Bhorat told the Saturday Star that De Villiers had let his ‘ego be inflated by his winning streak’ and had silently become ’submissive’ to SA Rugby by fielding an almost all-white team.
‘The TARC and the sports portfolio committee have not criticised him up to now because we were giving him time and space. But no more. He will not be protected anymore,’ Bhorat added. ‘Sacrificing one’s principles is tormenting enough but betraying the trust of a nation hoping for change is another thing altogether. It is now clear De Villiers has turned his back on this support, choosing instead to chase the mirage of white rugby support. This decision will, inevitably, prove to be fatally flawed.’