Category: Tournaments

Rugby tournaments

Super 15

Sharks 31 – 16 Bulls
Cheetahs 20 – 21 Lions

French Top 14

Brive 28 Р12 Stade Fran̤ais
Racing Metro 18 – 8 Bayonne
Montpellier 50 – 19 Perpignan
Biarritz 6 – 16 Toulouse
Toulon 19 – 13 Castres
Grenoble 16 – 13 Clermont Auvergne

Pro 12

Munster 36 – 8 Zebre
Cardiff Blues 20 – 27 Glasgow
Connacht 11 – 7 Edinburgh
Leinster 31 – 19 Dragons

Aviva Premiership

Exeter Chiefs 23 – 27 Bath
Northampton Saints 30 – 14 Worcester Warriors
London Wasps 20 – 23 London Irish
Harlequins 18 – 14 Newcastle Falcons
Sale Sharks 10 – 15 Saracens

Italy National Competition of Excellence

Rugby San Dona 3 – 35 Calvisano
Fiamme Oro Roma 18 – 33 Rovigo
Capitolina 3 – 43 Mogliano
Arix Viadana 24 – 0 Rugby Reggio

The Boks ran out comfortable 56-23 victors over Samoa. Pierre Spies was again the worst player for the home side – the efforts of Francois Louw and Willem Alberts to pick up the slack earned them the highest ratings for the Boks. Louw was a deserved Man of the Match.

Springboks in order of ratings from 3 sources:

Francois Louw 8.5 / 8 / 8.5
Willem Alberts 8 / 8 / 8
Bryan Habana 8 / 7 / 8
JJ Engelbrecht 7.5 / 7.5 / 7.5
Willie le Roux 7.5 / 7.5 / 7.5
Jean de Villiers 7.5 / 7 / 7.5
Eben Etzebeth 7 / 7.5 / 7.5
Jannie du Plessis 7.5 / 7 / 7.5
Morné Steyn 7 / 7 / 7
Adriaan Strauss 7 / 7 / 7
Tendai Mtawarira 7 / 7 / 7
Siya Kolisi 7 / 6 / 7
Bjorn Basson 7 / 6.5 / 6.5
Ruan Pienaar 6.5 / 6.5 / 6.5
Flip van der Merwe 6 / 7 / 6
Pierre Spies 4 / 5.5 / 4.5

Springboks

15 Willie le Roux (GWK Griquas), 2 caps
14 Bryan Habana (DHL Western Province), 85
13 JJ Engelbrecht (Vodacom Blue Bulls), 3
12 Jean de Villiers (captain, DHL Western Province), 86 / Jan Serfontein (Bulls), 2
11 Bjorn Basson (Vodacom Blue Bulls), 8
10 Morné Steyn (Vodacom Blue Bulls), 44
09 Ruan Pienaar (Ulster, N-Ireland), 65
08 Pierre Spies (Vodacom Blue Bulls), 52
07 Willem Alberts (The Sharks), 20 / Siya Kolisi (DHL Western Province), 1
06 Francois Louw (Bath, England), 18
05 Flip van der Merwe (Vodacom Blue Bulls), 25
04 Eben Etzebeth (DHL Western Province), 13
03 Jannie du Plessis (The Sharks), 44
02 Adriaan Strauss (Toyota FS Cheetahs), 23
01 Tendai Mtawarira (The Sharks), 43

Replacements

16 Bismarck du Plessis (The Sharks), 47
17 Trevor Nyakane (Toyota FS Cheetahs), 2
18 Coenie Oosthuizen (Toyota FS Cheetahs), 3
19 Juandré Kruger (Vodacom Blue Bulls), 10
20 Siya Kolisi (DHL Western Province), 1 / Marcell Coetzee (The Sharks), 14
21 Piet van Zyl (Toyota FS Cheetahs), 1
22 Pat Lambie (The Sharks), 22
23 Jan Serfontein (Bulls), 2 / Juan de Jongh (DHL Western Province), 14

The Boks made hard work of beating Scotland 30 – 17 on Saturday. Here are the Bok players ranked according to ratings from 3 sources:

Siya Kolisi: 7.5 / 8 / 8
Eben Etzebeth: 7 / 6 / 7
Bjorn Basson: 6.5 / 6.5 / 6
Bryan Habana: 6 / 6.5 / 6
Willie le Roux: 6 / 6 / 6
Marcell Coetzee: 5.5 / 6.5 / 6
JJ Engelbrecht: 5.5 / 6 / 6
Jean de Villiers: 6 / 5 / 5.5
Adriaan Strauss: 5.5 / 5 / 5.5
Jannie du Plessis: 5.5 / 4 / 5.5
Tendai Mtawarira: 5 / 5 / 5
Morne Steyn: 5.5 / 4 / 5
Ruan Pienaar: 5.5 / 4 / 5
Juandre Kruger: 5.5 / 4 / 5
Pierre Spies: 5 / 4 / 4


The popular Castle Cape Town Tens rugby event, brainchild of Bob Skinstad and Rob Fleck, is just around the corner! It takes place on Friday and Saturday, 3 and 4 February, and will be hosted at the Hamilton Rugby Club for the fourth consecutive year. This year’s Tens promises to be a highlight of the year with an exciting music line-up, appearances from local and international rugby legends, competitions and giveaways, and a new addition, an exciting rugby expo. (more…)