Shane Williams will play his last international test when Wales host Australia at the Millennium Stadium.
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Shane Williams will play his last international test when Wales host Australia at the Millennium Stadium.
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Given the frosty reception, literally, the two teams will receive at Twickenham on Saturday, don’t expect anything other than a brutal arm wrestle between England and South Africa.
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As the well-versed idiom goes: ‘Talk is cheap.’ And there has certainly been a lot of talk in the Scotland camp this week as they await the arrival of South Africa.
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Here is a list of the test matches to be played on Saturday.
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Coach Peter de Villiers on Tuesday made three changes to the Springbok starting XV and one positional switch for Saturday’s Test against Scotland at Murrayfield in Edinburgh.
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Sharks back row forward Willem Alberts was confirmed as the replacement loose forward in the Springbok team to meet Wales at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff on Saturday.
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Wales have made four changes, one positional, to their starting line-up for the visit of the world champions South African, to the Millennium Stadium on Saturday following defeat to Australia in the Invesco Perpetual Series opener last weekend.
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A few years ago… okay more’n 20 (i.e. the 80′s) Tony Greig famously questioned Merv Hughes’ inclusion in the Aussie ODI squad to face Sri Lanka. Fat Merv opened the bowling, Fat Merv ripped Lanka to pieces… and Bill Lawrie similarly gloated on air “Stick thadup yer arse Tony Greig!”… I have a similar...
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The naming of the side to take on Ireland confirms the muddled thinking that has beset Springbok rugby. DAN RETIEF spells it out.
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70% chance of rain in Dublin Thank goodness for those reassuring 243 Test caps, plus the benefit of renowned provincial combinations, among the Springbok front five.
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Baby-faced assassin Patrick Lambie has dismissed fears that he is not ready for the rigours of Test rugby when South Africa tour Britain and Ireland this month.
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South Africa centre Jean de Villiers and forward Willem Alberts missed the squad’s final training session before their tour of Europe through injury on Wednesday.
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No place left to hide for Snor and Co. We need to be successful on this tour. There is only one way to measure that and it’s with results.”
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The feeling of quiet confidence when the Springbok squad for the End of Year Tour was initially announced is fast turning into a feeling of slight concern.
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The Ireland team to play South Africa shows the return of several players who missed the summer tour to New Zealand and Australia.
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Perhaps the only comfort for a South African squad in some disarray ahead of their opening crack at the Grand Slam against Ireland on Saturday is that their opponents ought to be reasonably rusty themselves.
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The Ireland management expect Brian O’Driscoll to be fit for Saturday’s test against South Africa. A 30-man squad has gathered in Dublin ahead of Tuesday’s team announcement.
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The Springbok props will have to prove themselves again in their Tests against Ireland, Scotland, Wales and England following their struggles in European conditions in 2009.
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Schalk Burger and Juan de Jongh have been withdrawn from the Springbok squad as a result of injuries suffered in Saturday’s Absa Currie Cup final.
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Experienced Test centre Adi Jacobs has been drafted into the Springbok camp as a precaution because of injury concerns over the Western Province pair of Jean de Villiers and Juan de Jongh.
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LATEST: Januarie injured, withdrawn The Springbok squad for the End of Year Tour will be announced straight after the Currie Cup final, we will update this thread as the annoucments are made.
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For southern hemisphere teams, there are two clear blocks of international rugby matches to be played before the World Cup champions are crowned next year: the November tour ahead and next year’s Tri Nations.
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Gert Smal’s aura in Irish rugby will be a threat to the Springboks on their Grand Slam tour.
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It may yet prove to be an irrational thought, but I have a strangely buoyant feeling about South Africa’s prospects on their Grand Slam quest in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
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The likely absence of Butch James could open the door to a Springbok return for Peter Grant at flyhalf on the Grand Slam tour at the end of the year.
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GRAND SLAM COMPLICATION The Springbok management have not yet decided about the resting of players on the year-end tour and are likely to discuss the issue within the next fortnight.
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Now that the Springboks can do absolutely nothing to stop the All Blacks from winning back the Tri-Nations title, it is time rather to turn our attentions to restoring pride in the national jersey and creating some momentum ahead of next year’s World Cup.
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Wales host South Africa at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff on Saturday, June 5, in a Test made strange by issues around the team calling itself the Springboks.
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