Year: 2010

Luke Watson has confirmed that he has signed a 3-year deal with Eastern Province Kings starting in 2011. His father Cheeky is currently president of the union.

“The opportunity to return home to SA and especially to my home city PE, is one that I have to grab with both hands! It’s always been my dream to see top flight rugby established within the Eastern Cape and I am very excited to be able to be a part of this.”

Barbarians 26 – Tries: Drew Mitchell (2), James O’Connor, Quintin Geldenhuys. Conversions: James O’Connor (3)

Springboks 20 – Tries: Odwa Ndungane, Bakkies Botha, Bandise Maku. Conversion: Elton Jantjies. Penalty: Elton Jantjies

Springbok Sevens team
Lubabalo Mtembu, Boom Prinsloo, Frankie Horne, Pieter Engelbrecht, Sibusiso Sithole, Kyle Brown, Renfred Dazel, Bernardo Botha, Mark Richards, Cecil Afrika, Branco du Preez, MJ Mentz.
Management: Paul Treu (coach), Vuyo Zangqa (assistant-coach), Hugh Everson (physio), Alan Temple-Jones (biokineticist), Sebastian Prim (team manager).

Day 01: Friday 03 December 2010
Fiji vs Portugal – 05:20
England vs France – 05:42
Samoa vs Wales – 06:04
Kenya vs Arabian Gulf – 06:26
New Zealand vs USA – 06:48
Argentina vs Zimbabwe – 07:10
Australia vs Scotland – 07:32
South Africa vs Russia – 07:54
Fiji vs France – 08:56
England vs Portugal – 09:18
Samoa vs Arabian Gulf – 09:40
Kenya vs Wales – 10:02
New Zealand vs Zimbabwe – 10:24
Argentina vs USA – 10:46
Australia vs Russia – 11:08
South Africa vs Scotland – 11:30
Portugal vs France – 12:32
Wales vs Arabian Gulf – 12:54
USA vs Zimbabwe – 13:16
Scotland vs Russia – 13:38
Fiji vs England – 14:30
Samoa vs Kenya – 14:52
New Zealand vs Argentina – 15:14
Australia vs South Africa – 15:36

New Zealand has claimed the top three awards at the 2010 IRB Rugby Awards. Richie McCaw was named the 2010 IRB Player of the Year, The All Blacks were named 2010 IRB Team of the Year, and Graham Henry got the 2010 IRB Coach of the Year award.
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Date: Saturday 4 December 2010
Venue: Twickenham, London
Kick-off: 14:30 GMT (16:30 SA time)
Referee: Pascal Gauzere (France)
Assistant referees: Christophe Berdos (Fr), Peter Allan (Sco)

Barbarians: 15 James O’Connor, 14 Joe Rococoko, 13 Adam Ashley-Cooper, 12 Ma’a Nonu, 11 Drew Mitchell, 10 Matt Giteau (captain), 9 Will Genia, 8 Colin Bourke, 7 Martyn Williams, 6 Rodney So’oialo, 5 Chris Jack, 4 Anton van Zyl, 3 Neemia Tialata, 2 Stephen Moore, 1 Salvatore Perugini.
Replacements: 16 Keven Mealamu, 17 John Yapp, 18 Quintin Geldenhuys, 19 Daniel Braid, 20 Andy Ellis, 21 Stephen Donald, 22 Seru Rabini
Coach: Nick Mallett

Springboks: 15 Patrick Lambie , 14 Odwa Ndungane, 13 Adi Jacobs, 12 Andries Strauss, 11 Lwazi Mvovo , 10 Elton Jantjies, 9 Francois Hougaard , 8 Ryan Kankowski, 7 Juan Smith (captain), 6 Willem Alberts, 5 Alistair Hargreaves, 4 Bakkies Botha, 3 CJ van der Linde, 2 Adriaan Strauss, 1 Coenie Oosthuizen.
Replacements: 16 Bandise Maku, 17 Tendai Mtawarira, 18 AN Other, 19 Flip van der Merwe, 20 Keegan Daniel, 21 Charl McLeod, 22 Gio Aplon.
Coach: Peter de Villiers

Previous results vs Barbarians
2007 Barbarians 22 – 05 South Africa
2000 Barbarians 31 – 41 South Africa
1994 Barbarians 23 – 15 South Africa
1970 Barbarians 12 – 21 South Africa
1961 Barbarians 06 – 00 South Africa
1952 Barbarians 03 – 17 South Africa

@VictorMatfield: On my way back to a sunny SA. So nice to get on the plane after a great performance like yesterday. The guys showed a lot of hard out there
Peter de Villiers was asked if he thought the win against England had saved his job:
“I never employed myself. It would be a lot easier if I did. I don’t care. The pressure I respond to is to deliver for the country, to give hope to South Africans. That does not mean we won’t make mistakes. You can slaughter me if I make a big mistake, I just hope you can sell the meat.”

England 11 (6)
Tries: Ben Foden. Penalties: Toby Flood (2)

Springboks 21 (6)
Tries: Willem Alberts, Lwazi Mvovo. Conversion: Morne Steyn. Penalties: Morne Steyn (3)