Category: Tournaments

Rugby tournaments

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…)

New Zealand 36
Tries: Julian Savea (2), Blade Thomson, Rory Grice
Penalties: Tyler Bleyendaal (4)
Conversions: Tyler Bleyendaal (2)

South Africa 7
Try: Branco Du Preez
Conversion: Patrick Lambie

Baby Boks – 15 Patrick Lambie, 14 Wandile Mjekevu, 13 Jaco Taute, 12 Branco du Preez, 11 Nico Scheepers, 10 Elton Jantjies, 9 Louis Schreuder, 8 CJ Stander (c), 7 Fanie van der Walt, 6 Siyamthanda Kolisi, 5 Sebastian de Chaves, 4 Kene Okafor, 3 Marcel van der Merwe, 2 Monde Hadebe, 1 Brummer Badenhorst.
Subs – 16 Francois du Toit, 17 Ruan Dreyer, 18 Wessel du Rand, 19 Mlungisi Bali, 20 Lohan Jacobs, 21 Adri Jacobs, 22 Sampie Mastriet.

Thursday 17 June

19 18:00 Ireland vs Samoa
20 20:15 Scotland vs Tonga
21 19:00 Wales vs Argentina
22 21:25 France vs Fiji
23 SEMI 19:10 Australia vs England
24 SEMI 21:30 New Zealand vs South Africa

Monday 21 June

25 19:15 Loser Match 19 vs Loser Match 20
26 17:00 Winner Match 19 vs Winner Match 20
27 17:00 Loser Match 21 vs Loser Match 22
28 19:15 Winner Match 21 vs Winner Match 22
29 21:45 Loser Match 23 v Loser Match 24
30 FINAL 00:10 Winner Match 23 v Winner Match 24