Final Cup SAMOA 21 – 29 ENGLAND
Final Plate SOUTH AFRICA 19 – 12 AUSTRALIA
Final Bowl ARGENTINA 21 – 00 ZIMBABWE
Final Shield KENYA 26 – 00 FRANCE
Author: Rob
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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
The Springbok statistics for 2010 are as follows:
Overall Statistics
Played: 14 | Won: 8 | Lost: 6
Win percentage: 57%
Points for: 397 | Points against: 344
Average points: 28 – 25
Tries
Tries for: 38 | Tries against: 35
Tries by forwards: 21 | Tries by backs: 17
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@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)
Springbok captain Victor Matfield has been nominated for the 2010 IRB Player of the Year award.
Matfield is joined on the shortlist for the award by last year’s winner, All Blacks’ captain Richie McCaw, his teammate Mills Muliaina, France’s Imanol Harinordoquy and Australians David Pocock and Kurtley Beale.
The winner will be announced on December 1 when the awards for IRB Coach of the Year (Graham Henry) and Team of the Year (New Zealand) will also be made known.
Previous winners: Richie McCaw (2009), Shane Williams (2008), Bryan Habana (2007), Richie McCaw (2006), Dan Carter (2005), Schalk Burger (2004), Jonny Wilkinson (2003), Fabien Galthie (2002), Keith Wood (2001).
South Africa’s backs coach Dick Muir admits the Springboks management team could face the axe if they lose to England at Twickenham on Saturday. (more…)
Supersport’s senior rugby correspondent Gavin Rich joined from London for a Q&A session ahead of the clash with England at Twickenham on Saturday.
Q: Hi Gavin, what do you think the chances are of Peter de Villiers getting fired? You said before the tour that any mishap either on or off the pitch on this tour might cost him his job.
A: I think he is one 80 minute poor performance from being fired. If the Boks lose at Twickenham, I would say he is certainly gone. Even if they win, this is something they need to look at – the Boks aren’t growing their game at all and have regressed significantly not only in this past year, but from where they started after 2007.
Q: Reading the Supersport blogs, I can see that many people are very angry with PDV because of the lost to Scotland. Many want PDV to be fired. What are your comments on that. (more…)