THE International Rugby Board (IRB) has been widely criticised for failing to amend a set of laws that in effect punish teams for running the ball from their own half of the field. Only radical and even far-fetched law changes will be te remedy.
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Springbok coach Peter de Villiers says a strategy needs to be adopted urgently to ensure that the country’s top rugby players are carefully managed over the next two seasons and leading into the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand.
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I actually cannot put into words the frustration I am feeling right now … it was anger on Sunday morning, but once the hangover subsided and I had had a chance to take in the game again, it turned into just plain frustration. TANK LANNING on Sport24.
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South Africa’s player of the year Fourie du Preez has revealed that he came close to retiring this year, but that the Springbok management’s handling of the players convinced him not to throw in the towel.
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We have a Winna Whena!!!
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Gary Boshoff believes the IRB team of the year award should have gone to Ireland.
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Now it is the Springboks to accuse the Irish of eye gouging.
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When Victor Matfield realised at the second lineout of the match that Irish lock, Paul O’Connell, was counting with him in Afrikaans, he could not believe it.
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South African coach Peter de Villiers admitted that the long year finally took its toll on his team and said he may have to bring in some young blood, as the Springboks look towards defending their World Cup crown in 2011. “TOUR WAS STILL A SUCCESS.”
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World Cup and Tri-Nations champions South Africa deserved to lose against Six Nations champions Ireland on Saturday because they weren’t clinical enough, admitted their captain John Smit.
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New Zealand coach Graham Henry was effusive in his praise for his team after they spurned the kicking game to run France off the park with a 39-12 at the Stade Velodrome in Marseille on Saturday. “It’s good to see two teams wanting to play attacking football because there’s been some pretty boring stuff...
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New Zealand’s inspirational captain Richie McCaw has been named the International Rugby Board Player of the Year for 2009.
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It’s billed as the Battle of the Champions – the Champions of the North against the Champions of the South, when Ireland and South Africa meet at great Croke Park in Dublin on Saturday.
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It is the last game of the Boks on tour and also the last chance for you to win a copy of John Smit’s book, Captain in the Cauldron.
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The Springboks have suffered a setback ahead of their crunch match against Ireland in Dublin in Saturday after Bakkies Botha was ruled out with a back injury. His place in the starting line-up will be taken by Andries Bekker, with Francois Hougaard coming into the match 22.
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Writing on a website called “RugbyIQ,” the name probably chosen to suggest a greater level of rugby intelligence than exists elsewhere in the media, Gary Gold, while refreshingly candid, adopts a somewhat bleating tone in discussing the “experiment” of playing John Smit at tighthead prop.
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All Black captain Richie McCaw on Friday welcomed the apparent backtrack by the English Rugby Football Union (RFU) over experimental law changes it had lobbied not to have adopted. “Having watched the autumn internationals, the main issue is the kicking. It’s the fear factor, particularly the fear of making a mistake in your half.”
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Six Nations Grand Slam champions Ireland take on world and Tri-Nations champions South Africa on Saturday in what is essentially a mini World Cup final two years away from the real thing in New Zealand.
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Peter de Villiers does not find the call to drop Ronan O’Gara strange at all, in fact, he would have done the same thing…
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Jean de Villiers cancelled a coaching session, a TV session and a drinking session to join up with South Africa this week in Dublin – but he couldn’t be happier ahead of their clash against Ireland.
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It will be like riding a bicycle for John Smit, a unique chance for Jean de Villiers, just reward for hard work for Wynand Olivier and very little sleep for Dewald Potgieter.
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Springbok coach Peter de Villiers was forced to make a couple of changes (6 in total) for the test against Ireland which sees John Smit return to hooker, and Jean de Villiers included in a strong bench.
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Having been forced into a corner by the arbitration hearing of Springbok Jaque Fourie, the Golden Lions Rugby Union are now “sticking to the letter of the law”.
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The Sharks have re-assembled for Super 14 pre-season training after their one month break following the Currie Cup season.
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The Stormers will make their ‘debut’ at the new Green Point stadium, to be used for the 2010 Soccer World Cup, when they play a pre-season game there in February.
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Jonathan Sexton is the new golden boy of Irish rugby and it was simply a question of time before he would be picked in place of the legendary Ronan O’Gara.
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Morné Steyn is ready to wrap up a dream year with a win against Ireland at Croke Park here on Saturday.
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Flank Heinrich Brüssow has typically downplayed his role in changing the way the Springboks approach the game despite a massively successful season.
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