General Discussions

Without doubt the game of the weekend and also a match with many side plots.
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GURTHRO GETS 8, MEERKAT ONLY 2 New Zealand scored a comprehensive 32-12 win over South Africa in Auckland on Saturday, to get their Tri-Nations campaign off to the perfect start – outplaying the Springboks in all aspects of the game.
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Rugby has a problem. It’s now more than a decade since the game went professional and there are growing signs that it isn’t sustainable, writes CHRIS LAIDLAW.
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. . . and it has nothing to do with rugby transformation. President Jacob Zuma should fire Sport and Recreation Minister Makhenkesi Stofile because he has performed “shockingly” during the World Cup, the ANCYL in eThekwini said on Wednesday.
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Hamilton – Despite wrapping up their June Test series unbeaten the All Black selectors took the axe to their squad on Sunday as they turned their sights on the Tri-Nations championship.
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Buenos Aires -Argentina achieved their best-ever win over France here Saturday, outplaying the Six Nations Grand Slam champions 41-13.
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Here is the squad children, guys, gals, drinkers, heavy drinkers, alcoholics, grumpy old men and bonobos….
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The IRB released their new world rankings a short time ago. There are 39 changes – 20 teams falling and 19 teams on the rise.
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Suid-Afrikaanse rugby staan op die drumpel van ’n reuse-verandering met die geboorte van ’n nuwe internasionale kompetisie op plaaslike bodem.
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Witbank – Italian flyhalf Craig Gower admits that they have a huge task on their hands against the Springboks on Saturday despite the return of captain Sergio Parisse.
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Flanker Schalk Burger has been withdrawn from the Springbok team to face Italy at the Puma Stadium in Witbank on Saturday. Burger had been receiving treatment for an ankle sprain sustained during last week’s Test against France.
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J.J. Harmse gets some insight to the Chili Story. Pretoria – Ke nako. It’s time. No, not to do with the World Cup, but a rugby article … Because that is how Springbok hooker Chiliboy Ralepelle feels about his debut against Italy on Saturday.
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“Crouch, touch, pause, engage!” These words are probably spoken on a daily basis by scrumming coaches all over the world, but carry a special kind of authority when they are uttered by Os du Randt.
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Springboks & France have selected their respective squads for the test at Newlands this Saturday.
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Springbok coach Peter de Villiers has taken aim at the standard of rugby in Europe, by claiming that the overseas-based Boks are lagging behind their SA-based teammates.
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Danie Rossouw and Juan de Jongh top the ratings in the Test against Wales.
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The Springbok selectors have been instructed by the South African Rugby Union not to select Tendai ‘Beast’ Mtawarira for the national team, following communication from the department of Sport and Recreation.
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The Stormers made it an all-South African Final at Soweto’s Orlando Stadium next Saturday, when they smashed the Waratahs 25-6 in their semifinal at Newlands.
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The second of this year’s Guinness Premiership semifinals pits top of the table Leicester Tigers with Bath at Welford Road on Sunday.
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The first of this year’s Guinness Premiership semifinals pits Northampton Saints against Saracens at Franklin’s Gardens on Sunday.
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UPDATE: Nine-try Cheetahs moves to #10 on the log – one point ahead of the Chiefs on points differential. Lions crown the worst ever season in Super 14. (Note: Stormers did not even make the Super 12 cut in 1997.)
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For those of you that have struggled to get onto RuggaWorld, don’t fret, the problem is with Seacom and the international links which are currently being fixed, not with your connection or this site.
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Springbok veteran Juan Smith is rushing to New Zealand in an effort to save the Cheetahs from further embarrassment, as they prepare to tackle the Chiefs in Hamilton on Friday.
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Beer will be served in cans rather than cups during next year’s Rugby World Cup, despite concerns over public safety.
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