The inclusion of three newcomers, and seven uncapped players overall, highlights the Qantas Wallabies squad of 40 that has been released today for this year’s Castrol Edge Rugby Test against Samoa, and for the 2011 Castrol Edge Tri Nations series.
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All Blacks Coach Graham Henry and his Assistant Coaches Steve Hansen and Wayne Smith have today announced the squad for the 2011 Investec Tri Nations and the All Blacks Test against Fiji For Canterbury, with the selection of new All Black Jarrad Hoeata and the return of several All Blacks the key features of...
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The ARU has called on SANZAR officials to seek assurances from the Springboks that they will field their best available team during this year’s Tri Nations tournament.
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A total of 21 players have been ruled out of the away leg of the Tri-Nations due to injury.
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The South African Rugby Union (SARU) on Wednesday unveiled Castle Lager as the new title sponsor of the Tri-Nations series, as well as of home Springbok Tests and overseas tours.
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The newly-established SANZAR (South Africa, New Zealand, Australia Rugby) organisation based in Sydney has appointed former international referee Lyndon Bray to the new role of Game Manager.
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If Currie Cup is your thing, then I have some bad news for you. You are about to witness the long, and painful death of the world’s oldest and most fierce domestic rugby competition.
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New Zealand continue their march towards a world record, when they recorded their 10th consecutive win (23-22) over Australia in Sydney on Saturday.
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New Zealand and Australia have both dismissed the notion that their final Tri-Nations match, in Sydney on Saturday, is a dead rubber.
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Nine in a row and counting? All Black assistant coach Wayne Smith is taking nothing for granted ahead of Saturday’s meeting with the Wallabies.
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Has there ever been a more sensational finish in the history of test rugby? But has there ever been so much hanging on the result? PETER BILLS reports.
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The Wallabies have finally broken a 47-year hoodoo on the Highveld with a last-gasp 41-39 win over the Springboks at Vodacom Park in Bloemfontein — but boy, did they try hard to lose it.
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The Wallabies and the Springboks have a choice of trophies this weekend – the Mandela Plate or the Wooden Spoon.
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Wallaby No 8 Ben McCalman is not at all intimidated about the prospect of facing Pierre Spies in Saturday’s Tri-Nations Test in Bloemfontein.
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Winger Drew Mitchell and hooker Stephen Moore will make their 50th Test appearances after being named today in the Qantas Wallabies side for Saturday’s Mandela Plate Test against South Africa at Bloemfontein.
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Adam Ashley-Cooper balmes himself for Australia’s loss last weekend at Loftus.
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The Springbok team to face the Wallabies in the Nelson Mandela Challenge Shield decider in Bloemfontein shows two changes to the one that beat Australia in Pretoria last weekend.
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VIEW FROM DOWN UNDER South Africa and Australia came close to producing a new version of rugby this morning in Pretoria. It was essentially rugby sevens played with 15 men a side – an interesting hybrid model which, alas, I don’t think has a future.
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VIEW FROM DOWN UNDER The Wallabies, the masters of ruining green and golden opportunities, uncovered another way to lose the unlosable Test on the highveld on Saturday night.
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On the day the two defences appeared to have joined the SA civil servants’ strike by granting the ball-carrier the freedom of Loftus Versfeld, the Springbok finally won a Vodacom Tri-Nations at the fifth time of asking this season.
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That’s right folks, there are two more games in which you can stake a claim and walk away with the spoils in our Tri-Nations prediction competition.
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The return of Quade Cooper to the flyhalf position represents the only change to the Wallabies starting XV for Saturday night’s Tri Nations Series match against South Africa in Pretoria, from that which appeared against New Zealand earlier in the month.
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Australia will have a Springbok ace up their sleeve when they tackle South Africa in their Tri-Nations Test in Pretoria on Saturday.
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John Smit believes the key to his Springbok team’s chances of beating Australia in their fifth Vodacom Tri-Nations encounter at Loftus on Saturday will be the level of intensity they can bring to the game – and he is 100% on the money.
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Wallabies coach Robbie Deans has warned his players of the dangers of confronting the wounded South African beast after the Springboks lost in the final minutes to the All Blacks in Soweto on Saturday.
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To win a test match 29-22 from 17-22 down with less than three minutes to go is certainly a feat to be proud of but the rest of the world, and the Springboks, must hope the All Blacks continue to glory in their own omnipotence. DAN RETIEF reviews the test.
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South African captain John Smit was left ruing a missed tackle which saw New Zealand grab a last-minute victory in their Tri-Nations encounter in Soweto on Saturday.
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It’s going to be a great occasion, even greater than a rugby Test between South Africa and New Zealand always is, even more exciting, even a bigger occasion.
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