Will this be a doom and gloom weekend for South African rugby fans? Or will results and the announcement of the Springbok training squad give us reason to smile and be happy?
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Will this be a doom and gloom weekend for South African rugby fans? Or will results and the announcement of the Springbok training squad give us reason to smile and be happy?
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Springbok coach Peter de Villiers is ‘excited’ at the prospect of tackling Six Nations winners Wales in a two-match Test series next month – mainly because he believes South Africa’s top players are hitting form at the right time.
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Current Springbok selectors Peter Jooste and Ian McIntosh will continue assist coach Peter de Villiers in selecting his training squad for the upcoming series against Wales.
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Go and make money in Europe! says Ollie le Roux. Because you’ll be stupid if you don’t . . .
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New Springbok coach Peter de Villiers is spoilt for choice ahead of the Springboks’ first Test of the year, against Six Nations champions Wales, on June 7 in Bloemfontein.
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Springbok coach Peter de Villiers wants to ensure during his first season at the helm that the much-discussed rotation system will be used at national level for the purpose it was originally designed.
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Regan Hoskins made it clear: There will be no quotas selected for the Springboks – and he has the full backing of cricketer Makhaya Ntini.
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Last week the Citizen’s Jacques van Der Westhuizen wrote a piece where he basically guessed that all the players of the Super 14 in South Africa would be Boks. DavidS decides to rather give Pieter De Villiers an idea of who is in form.
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The talkative new Bok coach has again stated that he will make some surprise selections – and it seems he will be true to his word.
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Sharks coach Dick Muir and Stormers assistant Gary Gold have been confirmed as the new Springbok assistant coaches while Peter Maimane of the Lions will serve as technical adviser in a largely new-look Springbok management team.
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Free State Rugby Union administrators had something to smile about on Wednesday when two Springboks declined offers from other unions and signed two-year contracts with their present employers.
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Former Stormers, Cats and Springbok wing Chester Williams could be the man to slip in the back door as Springbok assistant coach if Dick Muir declines the offer.
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Springbok coach Peter de Villiers is concerned about South Africa’s top rugby players having to revert to the “old” laws when they play Wales in two Test matches in June.
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European heavyweights Leicester Tigers are hoping to beat the South African Rugby Union (SARU) in the race for the signature of Durban-based Sharks coach Dick Muir.
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Bakkies Botha should not be forced to play for the Bulls and the Blue Bulls. He should be sold to the highest bidder.
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Wales players are set to be exposed to a week of training at a cryotherapy centre ahead of the Six Nations Grand Slam winners’ two Test tour of South Africa in June, coach Warren Gatland announced on Tuesday.
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New Springbok coach Peter de Villiers has virtually shut the door on a number of Europe-based World Cup winning stars ahead of this year’s international season.
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The coach of the Springboks, Peter de Villiers, didn’t hesitate to announce John Smit captain of his team.
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Don’t choke on your boerewors but new South African rugby coach Peter de Villiers believes his side can beat the All Blacks by playing like the All Blacks.
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Well the Rapport’s scribes have been at it again and chose their Springbok teams after the weekend’s action.
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Warren Gatland has promised he will select his strongest possible Wales squad when his Six Nations title-holders travel to world champions South Africa for a two-Test tour in June.
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The national selection committee will be enlarged to make room for an ethnic black says SA Rugby Union president Oregan Hoskins.
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There are three important reasons for Wales looking forward to their rugby tour of South Africa more than Welsh teams have done in previous years says Alan Phillips, manager of the Red Dragons.
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Frederick Michalak, of France, and former All Black Tony Brown, imported at great cost to play for the Sharks and the Stormers, are making it difficult for Peter de Villiers to select his Springbok flyhalf.
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The International Rugby Board has announced the match schedule for the 2008 IRB Nations Cup.
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The Springboks will open their 2008 campaign against Wales – the Six Nations champions. The Boks will have to adapt to the old laws, but will be playing at a tempo that may come as a surprise to the visitors, writes ANDY COLQUHOUN.
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New Springboks coach Peter de Villiers has been handed control of the selection of the team, SA Rugby confirmed on Friday.
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SA Rugby have moved into overdrive in their search for the next group of Springbok selectors.
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