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Rob (Ou Grote): Reds by 15 Footyforecaster (Computer): Reds by 11 Ben (The Bounce): Reds by 12 Timmy (Rugby 365): Reds Bet.coza: Reds (0.28 / 3.5) Ben (Therugbyblog): Reds by 5 Tank (FRG): Reds by 11 Ryan (Keo): Reds by 10 Jon (Keo): Reds by 12 |
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Author: Rob
Squads for the 2010 Craven Week have been announced by The Blue Bulls, Boland, Border, EP, EP CD, The Free State, Griquas, KZN, Limpopo, The Lions, Namibia, The Pumas, SWD and last year’s champions Western Province. The teams are as follows:
The Springboks trounced France at Newlands on Saturday 12 June.
Springboks 42 (25)
Tries: Pierre Spies, Gio Aplon (2),Gurthro Steenkamp, Francois Louw
Conversions: Morne Steyn (3), Ruan Pienaar
Penalties: Morne Steyn (3)
France 17 (10)
Tries: Aurelien Rougerie, Marc Andreu
Conversions: Morgan Parra, David Skrela
Penalty: Morgan Parra
Teamsheets
France – 15 Clement Poitrenaud, 14 Vincent Clerc, 13 David Marty, 12 Maxime Mermoz, 11 Aurelien Rougerie, 10 Francois Trinh-Duc, 9 Morgan Parra, 8 Julien Bonnaire, 7 Wenceslas Lauret, 6 Thierry Dusautoir (c), 5 Romain Millo-Chluski, 4 Lionel Nallet, 3 Nicolas Mas, 2 Dimitri Szarzewski, 1 Thomas Domingo.
Subs: 16 Guilhem Guirado, 17 Jean Baptiste Poux, 18 Julien Pierre, 19 Louis Picamoles, 20 Dimitri Yachvili, 21 David Skrela, 22 Marc Andreu.
Springboks – 15 Zane Kirchner, 14 Gio Aplon, 13 Jaque Fourie, 12 Wynand Olivier, 11 Bryan Habana, 10 Morne Steyn, 9 Ricky Januarie, 8 Pierre Spies, 7 Francois Louw, 6 Schalk Burger, 5 Victor Matfied, 4 Danie Rossouw, 3 BJ Botha, 2 John Smit, 1 Gurthro Steenkamp.
Subs: 16 Chiliboy Ralepelle, 17 Jannie du Plessis, 18 Flip van der Merwe, 19 Dewald Potgieter, 20 Ruan Pienaar, 21 Juan de Jongh, 22 Jean de Villiers.
09:30 New Zealand 66 vs 28 Ireland
11:45 Australia 27 vs 17 England
Wales 31 (16)
Tries (3): James Hook | Tom Prydie | Alun Wyn Jones
Conversions: Stephen Jones (2)
Penalties: Stephen Jones (3)
Drop goal: James Hook
Springboks 34 (14)
Tries (3): Odwa Ndungane | Dewald Potgieter | Juan de Jongh
Conversions: Ruan Pienaar (2)
Penalties: Ruan Pienaar (4) | Frans Steyn
GameFlow
| Wales | 31 | 34 | Springboks | ||
| 76 | TRY – Wyn Jones | 31 | 34 | ||
| 75 | 24 | 34 | Pienaar – PEN | ||
| 72 | TRY – Prydie | 24 | 31 | ||
| 60 | 19 | 31 | Pienaar – CON | ||
| 59 | 19 | 29 | De Jongh – TRY | ||
| 56 | 19 | – | 24 | Steyn – PEN | |
| 45 | PEN – Jones | 19 | – | 21 | |
| 42 | 16 | – | 21 | Pienaar – CON | |
| 41 | 16 | – | 19 | Potgieter – TRY | |
| 16 | – | 14 | |||
| 35 | 16 | – | 14 | Pienaar – PEN | |
| 30 | 16 | – | 11 | Ndungane – TRY | |
| 22 | 16 | – | 06 | Pienaar – PEN | |
| 21 | CON – Jones | 16 | – | 03 | |
| 20 | TRY – Hook | 14 | – | 03 | |
| 18 | PEN – Jones | 09 | – | 03 | |
| 16 | 06 | – | 03 | Pienaar – PEN | |
| 11 | DRP – Hook | 06 | – | 00 | |
| 09 | PEN – Jones | 03 | – | 00 |
A happy and relaxed Jake White and John Smit spoke to the press prior to the team’s departure for France about their preparations, about following Kitch Christie’s plan and the potential impact of the referees at the tournament. (more…)
Wales host a second-string Springbok side at the Millenium Stadium in Cardiff on Saturday 5 June.

Wales – 15 Lee Byrne, 14 Leigh Halfpenny, 13 James Hook, 12 Jamie Roberts, 11 Tom Prydie, 10 Stephen Jones, 9 Mike Phillips; 8 Ryan Jones (c), 7 Sam Warburton, 6 Jonathan Thomas, 5 Deiniol Jones, 4 Bradley Davies, 3 Adam Jones, 2 Matthew Rees, 1 Paul James.
Subs: 16 Huw Bennett, 17 John Yapp, 18 Alun Wyn Jones, 19 Andy Powell, 20 Richie Rees, 21 Dan Biggar, 22 Andrew Bishop.
Springboks – 15 Frans Steyn, 14 Gio Aplon, 13 Jean de Villiers, 12 Juan de Jongh, 11 Odwa Ndungane, 10 Ruan Pienaar, 9 Ricky Januarie, 8 Joe van Niekerk, 7 Dewald Potgieter, 6 Francois Louw, 5 Victor Matfield, 4 Danie Rossouw, 3 BJ Botha, 2 John Smit (c), 1 CJ van der Linde
Subs: 16 Chiliboy Ralepelle, 17 Jannie du Plessis, 18 Alistair Hargreaves, 19 Ryan Kankowski, 20 Meyer Bosman, 21 Zane Kirschner, 22 Bjorn Basson.
Check out the odds and place a bet:
Forwards
Anthony Boric, Aled de Malmanche, Tom Donnelly, Ben Franks, Owen Franks, Jerome Kaino, Richie McCaw (c), Keven Mealamu, Kieran Read, Adam Thomson, Brad Thorn, Neemia Tialata, Victor Vito, Tony Woodcock.
Backs
Daniel Carter, Jimmy Cowan, Aaron Cruden, Israel Dagg, Zac Guildford, Cory Jane, Richard Kahui, Mils Muliaina, Josevata Rokocoko, Conrad Smith, Benson Stanley, Piri Weepu.
Not considered due to injury
Mike Delany (shoulder), Stephen Donald (shoulder), Jason Eaton (knee), Andrew Hore (shoulder), Ma’a Nonu (knee), Sitiveni Sivivatu (shoulder), Isaia Toeava (hip), Ali Williams (Achilles)
The Bulls beat the Stormers 25 – 17 in Soweto on Saturday to clinch their second Super 14 title in a row.

View highlights video on OuTube
Bulls 25 (16)
Try: Francois Hougaard
Conversion: Morne Steyn
Penalties: Morne Steyn (6)
Stormers 17 (3)
Tries: Bryan Habana, Ricky Januarie
Conversions: Peter Grant (2)
Penalty: Peter Grant




