The trademark of South African teams, in years gone by, has been their bruising forwards and structured game plan. However, it is the pace with which they play the game that “scares” Samoa most writes Jan de Koning for Rugby365. (more…)
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According to Waylon Murray, Derick Hougaard has not talked much, if at all, about the last time he played against the Samoans writes Kevin McCallum for Pretoria News. (more…)
New Zealand will be looking to make an emphatic statement in the second of the Iveco Series Test matches against France in Wellington on Saturday and while France has promised stern resistance, it will face a tougher contest than in the first Test. (more…)
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An advance party of Wallabies travelling to Cape Town tonight have been warned to be on their best behaviour in the wake of previous controversies involving Australian rugby tourists in the same city, including one player being sent home writes Greg Growden for Rugbyheaven. (more…)
There they were, sharing the limelight: the outspoken toughie and the quiet former model who were selected on Wednesday to play rugby for South Africa writes Liam Del Carme for Beeld. (more…)
Good news for the Sharks is that influential flank AJ Venter has re-signed with the Sharks until the conclusion of the 2008 Vodacom Super 14. (more…)
A whopping R890 000 was raised at the tenth annual Chris Burger Petro Jackson Players’ Fund fundraising banquet dinner, “The Bell’s Night of the Stars”, which was staged at the Theatre on the Track, Kyalami, on Wednesday evening. (more…)
Bob Skinstad’s inclusion in South Africa’s team to play Samoa on Saturday shows that he is very much part of coach Jake White’s rugby World Cup plans writes Michael Green for SuperRugby. (more…)
South African internationals Percy Montgomery and Gerrie Britz have signed for Perpignan, the club said on Wednesday. (more…)