Coach Peter de Villiers may have lost an opportunity to win some of his lost favour back from the public when he refused on Saturday night to acknowledge the role that a return to the traditional Springbok structured approach played in the big win over Australia.
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“After 10 Tests in charge, it’s easy to see that De Villiers’s biggest error was to try and move away from the time-honoured nature of Springbok rugby.”
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Springbok coach Peter de Villiers was a happy man on Saturday after his Springbok team had beaten Australia 53-8 in their Tri-Nations match at Coca-Cola Park.
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South African Victor Matfield lead his side to a massive 53-8 Tri-Nations victory over Australia in Johannesburg on Saturday, and lauded his teams’ character in securing the record win.
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A relieved Peter de Villiers had the pleasure of watching his Springboks run in eight tries to one, in their emphatic 53-8 Tri-Nations victory over Australia in Johannesburg on Saturday.
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What a difference a week can make! South Africa bounced back from a month of Tri-Nations misery to secure a record 53-8 victory over Australia in Johannesburg on Saturday, with the Springboks outscoring the Wallabies by eight tries to one.
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A bewildered Stirling Mortlock reflected on his side’s record 8-53 Tri-Nations slump to a rampant Springbok outfit in Johannesburg on Saturday, but admitted all is not lost.
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South African rugby’s first centurion and most-capped Test player Percy Montgomery announced his retirement from international rugby after the Springboks’ 53-8 Tri-Nations win over Australia at Coca-Cola Park on Saturday.
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If nothing else, the Springboks confirmed on Saturday that the ground previously known as Ellis Park is, indeed, their Twickenham in terms of being a hallowed, generally highly productive place for them.
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For the first time the Australians will go up to the Witwatersrand brimming with confidence and in fact sitting pretty.
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The Blue Bulls clawed to the top of the Currie Cup log with a 37-6 victory over Western Province at Loftus Versfeld on Friday.
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Springboks captain Victor Matfield has thrown the Ellis Park fear factor at the Wallabies ahead of Saturday’s Tri-Nations Test at the Johannesburg graveyard.
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With the spectre of a raft of new laws being foisted upon the game, Ed Morrison, the head of England’s referees, warned that coaches in the Premiership were hostile to the initiative.
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The fact that George Smith is not in Australia’s starting lineup for Saturday’s Tri-nations Test against South Africa at Coca-Cola Park in Johannesburg will not make them a lesser threat at the breakdowns.
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A special shareholder’s meeting of SA Rugby (Pty) Ltd on Friday mandated its three representatives on the board to hold discussions with the chairperson Mpumelelo Tshume and the managing director, Jonathan Stones, over a parting of the ways with the organisation.
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The South African Rugby Union Presidents Council on Friday confirmed the Unions interest in bidding to host either the 2015 or 2019 IRB Rugby World Cup.
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I guess this will not be the first time that the Goats pay for airline tickets to go and have their arses whipped at Loftus. It is not going to be pretty. So lets start off and say “Well done Cows” already.
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The Guppies travel to Wellington to play, or is that swim, against the Papsakke. It is definately going to be wet, but I doubt it if it will be wild.
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Victory in the Tri-Nations match against Australia here on Saturday is important for South African rugby, the Springboks and their coaches, says Victor Matfield.
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The possible dismissal of the chair and the managing director of SA Rugby and a R30m advance payment received from SuperSport will bring about differences of opinion at the organisation’s president’s council meeting on Friday.
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Australian flanker Rocky Elsom who had his appeal against a one-match suspension for pulling down Victor Matfield at a lineout upheld, has been included in the Wallaby side to play the Springboks in Johannesburg.
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With South Africa’s local provincial tournament taking a back behind the national team’s Tri-Nations endeavors for the last time, this weekend will host the second half of the round nine encounters.
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…… I’LL BUY YOU A JAGUAR ONE DAY!!!
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Pat Montini, 1956 Springbok, died in Stellenbosch on Tuesday after a long illness. He was 79.
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Springbok coach Peter de Villiers has resisted the temptation to make panic selections, making minimal changes to the team to face the Wallabies in South Africa’s final Tri-Nations Test of the year – in Johannesburg on Saturday.
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Which came first – the chicken or the egg? What to order on the plane – beef or chicken? How to coach the national side – pick players that can play the style you want to play, or play the style that best suits the players available to you?
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Wallaby coach Robbie Deans has shown how highly he rates Rocky Elsom by delaying until Thursday the announcement of his team to play South Africa in the Tri-Nations rugby Test here on Saturday.
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The Springboks can turn the tide of criticism against them by beating Australia in the Tri-Nations rugby match in Johannesburg on Saturday, says Peter Grant.
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