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Author: Rob
The Bok dirt-trackers managed to eke out a win in a woeful display of rugby against Irish club side Connacht. The South Africans led 3-0 at half time. (more…)
 In Schools Rugby action, SACS blew away an outclassed Rondebosch Boys High School. SACS led 36-0 at the interval before running out eventual 48-19 winners.
 Nick Mallett has “agreed in principle” to become the next Italian national coach. “I am seriously considering it. I find the idea of coaching them very attractive,” said the former Springbok coach.
In the fifth edition of Bokwatch, John Smit talks about the Springboks’ upcoming World Cup campaign, Wallaby coach John ‘Knuckles’ Connolly reveals that he’d rather face the Boks than England in the RWC quarter-finals, Bok centre Jean De Villiers talks about the injury he sustained against Namibia last week and Jake White reviews the warm-up game between Samoa and English club Harlequins. (more…)
 Tana Umaga oversaw his first training session as General Manager at French Second Division side Toulon on Tuesday. The players had already resumed training in July with the aim of making it back to Division One.
In Round 8 Currie Cup action, the Blue Bulls thrashed the hapless Valke in Brakpan, the Sharks downed a spirited Griquas in Kimberley, the Free State Cheetahs scored a narrow win over Boland in Wellington and the Golden Lions beat Western Province at Ellis Park. (more…)

The Springboks take on Irish club side Connacht in the second of their three Rugby World Cup warm-up games on Tuesday 21 August. (more…)
Download the Ou Grote Rugby World Cup Outlook Calendar to automatically add all the World Cup fixtures to your Microsoft Office Outlook calendar. (more…)
Springbok backline coach Allister Coetzee has rubbished the idea that Eddie Jones is calling all the shots in the Bok backline coaching department. (more…)
