Year: 2011
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Friday 09 September 2011
09:00SA Rugby World Cup Opening Ceremony
10:30SA 09:30UK 18:30AU 20:30NZ | New Zealand v Tonga (A)
Saturday 10 September 2011
03:00SA 02:00UK 11:00AU 13:00NZ | Scotland v Romania (B)
05:30SA 04:30UK 13:30AU 15:30NZ | Fiji v Namibia (D)
08:00SA 07:00UK 16:00AU 18:00NZ | France v Japan (A)
10:30SA 09:30UK 18:30AU 20:30NZ | Argentina v England (B)
Sunday 11 September 2011
05:30SA 04:30UK 13:30AU 20:30NZ | Australia v Italy (C)
08:00SA 07:00UK 16:00AU 18:00NZ | Ireland v USA (C)
10:30SA 09:30UK 18:30AU 20:30NZ | South Africa v Wales (D)
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by Rob Cowie | While Springbok supporters have renewed hope that their team can retain the Rugby World Cup, any number of potential pitfalls – some avoidable and some not – could derail the campaign. The top ten:
1. Playing John Smit at prop
If Gary Gold persists with this folly, expect the Bok scrum to be back-pedalling all the way home to South Africa without any silverware.
by Rob Cowie | Allister Coetzee believes the Springboks are stronger than they were in 2007, when they won the World Cup in France. ‘There are a lot of guys in that side that know how to play winning rugby, that know how to get to a final. And there are more than enough leaders. Back then we had to develop leaders, whom are now hardened players. As long as all of them play in New Zealand, we should do well.’
While 18 of the 2007 World Cup winners have been retained in the 2011 team, are they as good as they were in 2007? Age seems to have caught up with a lot of them, but in a short once-off tournament surely they can lift themselves for one last hurrah? The biggest difference in class and skill is clearly to be found in the management staff where the 2007 team had a clear advantage, especially in the coaching, psych, space and attack departments. I have a feeling that this is the area where the 2011 tournamnet will be won and lost.
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