World Cup 2007

Samoa bosses treated Cup like holiday

October 26, 2011
Posted by Boertjie

The captain of Samoa’s rugby team has blown the whistle on his side’s World Cup campaign, claiming some officials and team managers treated it as a “massive holiday” involving alcohol and mates.
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Think back: Weird stats and RWC 2007

May 20, 2008
Posted by DavidS

This month’s SASI contains some weird stats for that final.
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Cup obsession cost the game

April 21, 2008
Posted by Deon

An obsession with winning the World Cup caused the NZRU to lose sight of the best interests of rugby in New Zealand.
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Henry accepts RWC criticism

April 18, 2008
Posted by Deon

All Blacks coach Graham Henry has accepted that his controversial conditioning programme was a factor in the team’s quarter-final loss at the 2007 Rugby World Cup.
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What happened to Rassies’ creative side?

March 5, 2008
Posted by Deon

Stormers’ coach Rassie Erasmus has a reputation of being one of the more intelligent coaches in the South African game. Yet there is very little evidence of his creative thinking in the play of the Stormers at the moment.
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Reborn Boks face task to stay on top

January 22, 2008
Posted by Rasputin

Two thoughts occur on reaching the end of former South Africa coach Jake White’s autobiography: how on earth did the Springboks manage to win The Webb Ellis Cup and how can they possibly hope to stay on top?
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White “might have had a heart attack” if he’d continued

January 22, 2008
Posted by Rasputin

The chief medical consultant of the World Cup winning South African side has rubbished the science behind the now famous cryotherapy facility in Spala — visited by the Irish squad on a pre-tournament trip.
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Another All Black choke

December 29, 2007
Posted by Rasputin

Year in Review – All Blacks: Another classic choke, referee sabotage or just a coach’s master plan gone awry – whatever way you look at it 80 lousy minutes at a seething Millennium Stadium in Cardiff on October 7 defined the All Blacks’ test season in 2007.
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SA rugby is like vomit on the Mona Lisa

December 19, 2007
Posted by Rasputin

rugby365′s decorated and respected writer Paul Dobson tells us exactly how ugly an animal South African rugby has become, despite the glory of winning a second World Cup!
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Wallabies reject RWC change

November 23, 2007
Posted by KSA Shark ©

A radical proposal to play the World Cup every two years instead of four should be resisted because it threatens to damage the game’s showpiece event, the Australian Rugby Union (ARU) said on Friday.
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White’s recipe to retain RWC

November 21, 2007
Posted by KSA Shark ©

Springbok coach Jake White has told SA Rugby’s board members to immediately adopt guidelines to keep everyone happy about transformation.
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NZRU confusion or corporate ass-covering?

November 16, 2007
Posted by Rasputin

New Zealand rugby has developed a remarkable ability to complicate simple issues.
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Dicky sleeps happy at night

November 15, 2007
Posted by Rasputin

He may not have delighted British royalty, but Australian referee Stuart Dickinson says he sleeps well at night and can live with his much discussed decision to deny a try to England winger Mark Cueto in the recent rugby World Cup final.
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John Smit scrums down with Sunday Times readers

November 11, 2007
Posted by Rasputin

You and Victor Matfield were born in Polokwane. Did you miss parading the Webb Ellis trophy there? — Tumelo Moila, Muwaweni
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Boks not to visit Xhosa king

November 10, 2007
Posted by KSA Shark ©

The Springboks will not be visiting Xhosa King Zwelonke Sigcawu next week, their manager Zola Yeye said on Friday.
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So who ate all the croissants?

November 1, 2007
Posted by Rasputin

Man of the tournament: Agustin Pichot (Argentina). Statesmanlike. If only there was a Nobel prize for rugby, writes Stephen Jones for the Times.
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World Cup in review

October 30, 2007
Posted by Morné

Hindsight is obviously easy – but interesting nonetheless when you look back and try and assess where certain teams failed, and others succeeded.
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The day the world’s best player remembered Foo and Son

October 29, 2007
Posted by Rasputin

Dennis Foo and his son, Gordon, are close and have a lot of things in common – especially a passion of certain sports. For example, they both like football and are diehard Manchester United fans. And they both love rugby.
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Huge welcome for Boks

October 29, 2007
Posted by Rasputin

Port Elizabeth came to a standstill yesterday when the world champion Springboks made a whistle-stop visit to celebrate South Africa‘s success in the 2007 World Cup, reports The Herald Online.
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All Blacks furore hits new record

October 29, 2007
Posted by Rasputin

The Herald website has just reached an amazing threshold in debate in this country . In the biggest forum thread ever in NZ’s online history, our online Your Views debate about why the All Blacks failed in their 2007 World Cup rugby bid today passed 1000 pages in length – probably the biggest...
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Miracle men suffer dose of reality

October 27, 2007
Posted by Rasputin

It seemed as if the summer holidays would never end and then, overnight, without a moment to prepare, you are back at school and your favourite teacher has left and your best friend has a new best friend and the teacher you hated is in charge of your form and it’s raining and it’s...
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Wales expect rampant Bok team

October 27, 2007
Posted by KSA Shark ©

The Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) said on Friday that world champions South Africa would be almost at full strength for next month’s test match against Wales in Cardiff.
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Boks stunned by cheering crowds & Soweto details

October 27, 2007
Posted by KSA Shark ©

The Springboks said during their victory parade, which started at the Union Buildings in Pretoria on Friday, that they never thought thousands of people would line the streets to celebrate their Rugby World Cup success.
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Red Carpet Boks will swing by Soweto

October 26, 2007
Posted by KSA Shark ©

To the tune of “We are the Champions” the Springbok rugby team have walked down the red carpet at the Union Buildings on Friday.
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The mental aspect of the Springbok World Cup victory

October 25, 2007
Posted by KSA Shark ©

Ruggaworld member, although we should probably start calling him a Ruggaworld Columnist soon, TG has kindly given us his views on the mental aspect of the Springboks’ Rugby World Cup victory.
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BOK Tour schedule.

October 25, 2007
Posted by KSA Shark ©

The route directions and times for the Springbok World Champions “SA tour” to thank their fans have been released by Saru
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Bok party: Country must join!

October 24, 2007
Posted by KSA Shark ©

SA Rugby has confirmed details of the Springboks winning parade to honour the team’s World Cup winning performance at the IRB Rugby World Cup in France.
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Slaughter invite for Springboks

October 24, 2007
Posted by KSA Shark ©

Prop forward Os du Randt, whose adopted first name means ‘Ox’, has been invited along with his fellow Springboks to the ritual slaughter of one of his namesakes to mark South Africa’s World Cup win.
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