No players will be rested for the Springboks’ so-called Outgoing Tour at the end of the year – and the team of 37 players will be selected purely on merit. “If a guy knows he’s there for the colour of his skin, he won’t die for his country.”
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The hapless Boland Cavaliers, battling for survival in the Currie Cup, are now faced with a court case that could further rip the struggling and cash-strapped union apart.
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The Vodacom Blue Bulls Springbok wing and former IRB Player of the Year, Bryan Habana, was included by coach Frans Ludeke in his starting XV for Saturday’s Absa Currie Cup match against the Griquas at Loftus Versfeld.
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WP Rugby’s CEO, Rob Wagner, has rubbished reports that coach Rassie Erasmus is in negotiations with former Wallaby wing Lote Tuqiri.
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Former All Blacks centre Pita Alatini says he has been approached by Stormers coach Rassie Erasmus to play for Western Province and the Stormers next season.
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The Vodacom Blue Bulls’ team doctor Org Strauss confirmed on Tuesday morning that Springbok hooker Chiliboy Ralepelle has picked up a small fracture in his foot.
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The Springboks have confirmed earlier reports that they will play a second midweek match on their year-end tour, when they tackle Guinness Premiership log leaders Saracens at Wembley Stadium on Tuesday, November 17.
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They have yet to sign their contracts, but Sharks head coach John Plumtree has no doubt that the Du Plessis brothers, hooker Bismarck and prop Jannie, will be staying on in Durban.
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Tony McKeever gives us his views on SA Rugby’s bid for the 15th franchise up for grabs in the new expanded Super 15 which will launch in 2011.
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Demanding his team toughen up, Australia coach Robbie Deans will test his players’ hunger by pitching them into in-house trials with rising Super 14 stars – and grand slam tour spots are on the line.
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It’s been said it would happen, and now it’s fact. Former Springbok World Cup hooker Gary Botha has been released by London Harlequins and is on his way back home with his family.
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Still smarting from a sixth straight loss to the All Blacks, Wallabies coach Robbie Deans has delivered another rocket, saying the Australians were guilty of not taking themselves seriously. TEN NEW CAPS IN SQUAD
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The Sharks and Western Province have already booked their spots in the play-offs, with only two rounds of league fixtures remaining in the Currie Cup competition. Four teams fight for two spots
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The Vodacom Blue Bulls’ Springbok hooker Chiliboy Ralepelle has injured his foot against the Vodacom Free State Cheetahs at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday and as a result of this he is a doubtful started for next weekend’s clash against the Griquas.
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Lote Tuqiri could be back playing on Australian rugby fields sooner than expected but playing against Australian teams rather than for them.
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Now that 2009 is in the bag for the Boks winning just about every title imaginable, focus shifted to the World Cup in 2011.
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WP kept the pressure on the Currie Cup log-leaders, the Sharks, following their clinical 43-3 victory over Griquas at a wet and rainy Newlands on Saturday but skipper Luke Watson says they won’t get carried away with their current lofty position.
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Todd Louden has opened talks with the Queensland Reds about their vacant coaching position, but has warned there is no ”magic formula”that can turn the fortunes of the Super 14 cellar dwellers around.
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New Zealand coach Graham Henry says advancements in boot and ball technology hinders the natural running game of the All Blacks and Wallabies and its making rugby a less attractive spectacle.
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SA Rugby on Friday submitted a compelling case for the inclusion of the Southern Kings franchise in the planned 2011 Vodacom Super 15 competition.
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Hamilton became the first open club since 2001 to win the National Club Champs when they beat defending champions NWU-Pukke 36-34 in a nailbiting and high-quality final played at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria on Saturday.
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When these two teams met in Bloemfontein the Free State’s victory was part of their revival but now they are at Loftus Versfeld and seven Springboks are back again in the light blue jerseys of home. It is a serious clash – must-win for Griquas, victory preferable for the Blue Bulls.
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Surely the Golden Lions will win this one. They have had such a mess of a season – disgrace against the B&I Lions, coach dismissed, injuries – but even if Boland keep getting an unwanted player or two from neighbouring Western Province, surely the Golden Lions will win in Johannesburg.
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Western Province are not stronger than they were when Griquas beat them by a point in Kimberley in what was probably the best match of the 2009 Currie Cup. After all Western Province have lost Chris Jack who is back in New Zealand resting. And they are without Willem de Waal, Adriaan Fondse and...
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The Sharks are keen and consistent. They have not picked every one of their top players but they surely have men enough to cope with all the resolve and enthusiasm the Leopards will have and push their standing up by five more points. In fact, of available players, this may just be the weakest...
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John Smit’s all-conquering team has silenced many critics, having won every conceivable trophy available to them in the last two years.
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There are two rounds scheduled before the semifinals, but by the end of this coming weekend of ABSA Currie Cup rugby there is going to be at least one thing cut-and-dried, and maybe two.
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Australian Super 14 coaches have joined with Wallabies mentor Robbie Deans in a summit that could be the catalyst for a revival of Australia’s rugby fortunes.
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