tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73060912024-03-13T11:05:00.729+00:00South African RugbyLatest news on South Africa RugbyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger115125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7306091.post-91793300392489235452009-11-29T16:53:00.004+00:002009-11-29T16:59:23.277+00:00Ireland 15-10 South Africa<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSDqs4mxYOH7i7_grxMZ-c9HDsNLpS20RrTIOpb78UqR5KkgG47GgCUhDgZSo1Pz7qWGbFBhgrdnDnLc_Kdg_H2mWE_WdGXo6W8xMYBqSS3kSawJcEfEPpvUq2Jbbx3F8eo7O_7A/s1600/JonathanSexton_Ireland_generalview.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409570314586976258" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSDqs4mxYOH7i7_grxMZ-c9HDsNLpS20RrTIOpb78UqR5KkgG47GgCUhDgZSo1Pz7qWGbFBhgrdnDnLc_Kdg_H2mWE_WdGXo6W8xMYBqSS3kSawJcEfEPpvUq2Jbbx3F8eo7O_7A/s400/JonathanSexton_Ireland_generalview.jpg" /></a><br /><div>Ireland completed their November internationals games with a 15-10 triumph over South Africa played against a weird backdrop of heavy fog that added to the intensity of the game. </div><br /><div><br />Apart from a brisk Schalk Burger's 16th-minute try and a late assault by prop Tendai Mtawarira, South Africa offered little in attack and made plenty of poor discipline which allowed for sexton to punish each time.The result completed an unbeaten year for Ireland, a sequence spanning 10 matches that has landed Declan Kidney the international Rugby Board coach of the year award. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div>This was a game that Ireland made less mistakes in helping them add penalty points to the scoreboard but not a try. Well played Ireland.<br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="http://southafricanrugby.blogspot.com/">South Africa Rugby homepage</a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7306091.post-8771746820406821422009-07-04T20:00:00.001+01:002010-11-17T20:19:38.327+00:00Boks VS Lions Results<strong>South Africa 9-28 Lions 04/07/09 3rd Match</strong><br /><br />South Africa (6) 9Pens: M Steyn 3<br />Lions (15) 28Tries S Williams 2, Monye Cons: S Jones 2 Pens: S Jones 3<br /><br /><strong>Second Test Score RSA 28 Lions 25 Full Time</strong><br /><br />South Africa (5) 28Tries: Pietersen, Habana, Fourie Con: M Steyn 2 Pens: F Steyn, M Steyn 2<br />Lions (10) 25Tries Kearney Con: S Jones Pens: S Jones 5 Drop-goal: S Jones<br /><br /><strong>Emerging Springboks 13-13 Lions 23/06/09</strong><br /><br />Emerging Springboks (3) 13Try: Demas Con: De Waal Pens: Rose 2 Lions (10) 13Try: Earls Con: O'Gara Pens: O'Gara, Hook<br /><br /><strong>South Africa 26-21 Lions 20/06/2009</strong><br /><br />South Africa (19) 26Tries:<br />Smit, Brussow Cons: Pienaar 2 Pens: Pienaar 3, Steyn<br />Lions (7) 21<br />Tries: Croft 2, Phillips Cons: Jones 3<br /><br /><strong>Southern Kings 8-20 Lions 16/06/09</strong><br /><br />Kings (3) 8Tries: Mbiyozo Pens: Van der Westhuyzen<br />Lions (3) 20Tries: Monye, penalty Cons: O'Gara 2Pens: O'Gara 2<br /><br /><strong>Western Province 23-26 British Lions 13/06/09</strong><br /><br />Western Province (12) 23Try: Pietersen Pens: De Waal 4 Drops: De Waal, Pietersen<br />British and Irish Lions (18) 26 Tries: Bowe, Monye, M Williams Con: Jones Pens: Jones 2, Hook<br /><br /><strong>Sharks 3-39 British Lions 10/06/2009</strong><br /><br />Sharks (3) 3Pen: Kockott<br />British and Irish Lions (7) 39 Tries: Mears, Phillips, Fitzgerald, Byrne, Heaslip Cons: O'Gara 3, Hook Pens: O'Gara 2<br /><br /><strong>Free State Cheetahs 24-26 British Lions 06/06/09</strong><br /><br />Cheetahs (14) 24Tries: Dumas, Du Preez, Uys Cons: Potgieter 2, Strydom Pen: Potgieter<br />British and Irish Lions (23) 26 Tries: Ferris, Earls Cons: Hook 2 Pens: Hook 3<br /><br /><strong>Golden Lions 10-74 British Lions 03/06/09</strong><br /><br />Golden Lions (10) 10Tries: Frolick Cons: Pretorius Pens: PretoriusBritish and Irish Lions (39) 74 Tries: Roberts 2, O'Driscoll, Monye 2, Croft, Bowe 2, Hook, Ferris Cons: Jones 6, Hook 3 Pens: Jones 2<br /><br /><strong>Royal XV 25-37 Lions 30/05/2009</strong><br /><br />Royal XV (18) 25Tries: Koch, Barnes, Roux Cons: Olivier, Viljoen Pens: Olivier 2Lions (10) 37 Tries: Bowe, Byrne, Wyn Jones, O'Gara Cons: O'Gara 4Pens: O'Gara 3<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://southafricanrugby.blogspot.com/">South Africa Rugby homepage</a><br /><br />Hear about my Issue with <a href="http://skyinstallations.wordpress.com/">Sky customer services </a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7306091.post-43748415978611216662008-11-15T17:27:00.000+00:002008-11-15T17:34:16.112+00:00SA 14 -10 Scotland<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8KUBQc-xTp8T46_Ct0Zjh4MROVWixQjuB_5Mm5RMIpQWDY-fL1R-VJeI4mmGsYiARUpRdRTymHMKpMaRbqUzxGTexg_pND5r68RLAURVsKPPjKBgzQELNhQfQ9bEuIFhz-6hLFw/s1600-h/south-africa-rugby-john-smit.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 108px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 108px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268938922511438994" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8KUBQc-xTp8T46_Ct0Zjh4MROVWixQjuB_5Mm5RMIpQWDY-fL1R-VJeI4mmGsYiARUpRdRTymHMKpMaRbqUzxGTexg_pND5r68RLAURVsKPPjKBgzQELNhQfQ9bEuIFhz-6hLFw/s400/south-africa-rugby-john-smit.jpg" /></a><br /><div>The Boks came back from 10-0 down at half-time to a 14-10 victory over Scotland in a game where South Africa was asleep in the first half.</div><br /><div><br />Nathan Hines scored the Scotland’s first try at Murrayfield for 14 months to before the Springboks hit back with nine points from Ruan Pienaar and a try from Jaque Fourie.</div><br /><div><br />South Africa started the match well pushing for the line from kick-off and were on the five metre line within two minutes before the first of many sloppy penalty’s, for diving over the top of the maul, allowed Scotland to clear their line.</div><br /><div><br />The Boks also suffered a bit of bad luck early on as hooker Bismark du Plessis limped off after just 5 minutes with what looked like a hamstring injury.</div><br /><div><br />Persistent bad discipline from the Springboks gifted Scotland another chance to take the lead in the 27th minute, when JP Pietersen was penalised for coming in from the side.</div><br /><div><br />With Phil Godman back on the field after a blood bin absence, Parks relinquished the kicking duties and it was a case of third time lucky for the Scots as Godman thumped the ball between the posts to give them the lead.</div><br /><div><br />The second half was a much tougher affair for Scotland thank god ,and for the first twenty minutes the boks had seventy five percent ball possession .</div><br /><div><br />Jean De Villiers was denied only by a try-saving tackle from Hugo Southwell within minutes of the re-start and the Scotland defence was called into action again just seconds later when Conrad Jantjes pushed for the line on the right wing.<br /></div><br /><div>Jantjes ended up knocking the ball on but South Africa were already playing the advantage and Pienaar finally got his side off the mark in the 47th minute with his second kick of the afternoon.<br />Pienaar reduced the deficit further 10 minutes later when Hines failed to roll away from a tackle on Pietersen and the signs were beginning to look worrying for Scotland.</div><br /><div><br />Fourie, Bryan Habana's replacement, received the ball from De Villiers on the left wing and had enough pace to dive over the line. Pienaar missed the conversion though to leave South Africa just the one point in front.</div><br /><div><br />Godman missed another kick at the posts moments later and Pienaar extended the Springboks' lead with his third penalty of the afternoon.</div><br /><div><br />Scotland came back near the closing stages of the game to have a couple of good breaks but we managed to close them down.</div><br /><div><br />South Africa won but it was not a great game ,Scotland went from they are going to get a hiding to managing to hold their own against the Boks.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="http://southafricanrugby.blogspot.com/">South Africa Rugby homepage</a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7306091.post-21399908544343294712008-11-08T20:03:00.000+00:002008-11-08T20:20:49.842+00:0020 -15 South Africa Wales<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTsN67nbkfPslhjObvQON9gLbWqrHHbWnC8hLHyi3nIKwCzdogvxmVleCnswwSRBfy8hyphenhyphenZhwbhmhjDvplge7j82dYpJ9aMVjcKWji7OjLsHQnZ1ed3ZOfGv6E8OAj67AFutrTSmA/s1600-h/south-africa-rugby-john-smit.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 108px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 108px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266384201239375554" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTsN67nbkfPslhjObvQON9gLbWqrHHbWnC8hLHyi3nIKwCzdogvxmVleCnswwSRBfy8hyphenhyphenZhwbhmhjDvplge7j82dYpJ9aMVjcKWji7OjLsHQnZ1ed3ZOfGv6E8OAj67AFutrTSmA/s400/south-africa-rugby-john-smit.jpg" /></a><br /><div>South Africa manged to withstand a late onslaught to beat Wales 20-15 in their opening end of year tour at the Millennium Stadium on Saturday.</div><br /><div><br />The Boks with eight of the 2007 World Cup final winning team, scored two tries through Adrian Jacobs and Jean de Villiers, with the excellent Ruan Pienaar hitting two penalties and two conversions for a result that was ultimately far more comfortable than the 20-15 scoreline indicated.</div><br /><div><br />Wales initially struggled to get past the rock solid South African defence and dominance in loose play , failed to cross the Springbok line, Wales did notch up five penalties through debutant Leigh Halfpenny and James Hook.</div><br /><div><br />John Smit said that while it was good to get a win, that their overall performance had not been the one he had looked for ,which it is a bit of understatement they went to sleep in the second half.</div><br /><div><br />"It is always good to get a win on the board. However, we made a mistake in falling back into defensive mode.</div><br /><div><br />"We paid for that. We waited for the game to finish with 15 minutes remaining and it was very frustrating," said Smit.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="http://southafricanrugby.blogspot.com/">South Africa Rugby homepage</a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7306091.post-20972321286890085652008-08-24T22:18:00.000+01:002008-08-24T22:20:21.860+01:00Aus:27 SA :15What a cock up least we did score some points a bit better than last week’s kiwi game.<br />Now that we are out and the team was booed of the field we need to ask what is wrong with this World Cup winning team.<br /><br /> “I believe we’re on the right track and the players believe it, too. They just have to get used to it and we will get there.” A great quote from our coach Peter De Villiers.<br /><br />In the first half , the springboks had four clear point scoring chances, but Juan Smith, Jean de Villiers, Fourie du Preez and JP Pietersenall took turns squandering possession, throwing stray passes and making the wrong calls.<br /><br />What is frustrating is the Boks got part of the first half right they kicked for corners, defended well the Aussies could not believe their luck that they were ten nil up going into half time. This is where South Africa panicked and played some ridiculous plays making it easier for the Aussies to extend their lead.<br /><br />They were panic-stricken and again sought to run the ball from ridiculous positions, making things easy for one of the better defenses in the game.<br /><br />“We’re the Springboks and the world champions. The players are as disappointed as the crowd because this is our job and our passion. That performance was not acceptable.” From Victor Matfield.<br /><br />Let’s see what happens at Ellis Park<br /><br /><a href="http://southafricanrugby.blogspot.com/">South Africa Rugby homepage</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7306091.post-31309503408185550502008-08-15T11:15:00.000+01:002008-08-15T11:18:22.850+01:00South Africa ,New Zealand to meet in Durban<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqBtjCMiiuQkjq6K_Oi6ohu_GmQUJl21gC8T_OsGkQy9R-Pdy0KOFIxHly1y_Sb2xiQ7EyEgfBhAO_hHF7WLoanuh70hJDhCmfLhDKhyphenhyphenL9azTiMpf9DslFBlJnZyjc5tuBk7drYA/s1600-h/South-Africa-Tri-nations.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234686578733031506" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqBtjCMiiuQkjq6K_Oi6ohu_GmQUJl21gC8T_OsGkQy9R-Pdy0KOFIxHly1y_Sb2xiQ7EyEgfBhAO_hHF7WLoanuh70hJDhCmfLhDKhyphenhyphenL9azTiMpf9DslFBlJnZyjc5tuBk7drYA/s400/South-Africa-Tri-nations.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>The Boks go in search of back-to-back wins against the kiwis when the sides meet in a huge game in Durban. </div><br /><div><br />The Boks have seldom registered two wins on the trot against the kiwis, but will go into Saturday's match as the favorites following their 30-28 victory in Dunedin on July 12.</div><br /><div><br />While the springboks have won just one in three games in this year's competition, they have all three home matches to come, starting with New Zealand at Newlands.</div><br /><div><br />Peter de Villiers' men have five points from their three outings, while New Zealand head the summit with 10 points, but from four games.<br />While the springboks will be banking on their home support in the coming three weeks, they will also go into Saturday's contest on a high following the thrashing of Argentina.</div><br /><div><br />The only problem is that the Kiwis destroyed the Aussies in their last game and seem to have got the team selection spot on.<br />So satisfied was New Zealand coach Graham Henry with that performance he has retained the same side for Saturday's match except for some minor changes on the bench.</div><br /><div><br />We will have to do without Bakkies Botha, who was injured in the Argentina game ,Andries Bekker has taken his place and hopefully he can step up to the challenge.</div><br /><div><br />Another player who is back of the bench is Percy Montgomery who will become the first South African to reach the 100 Test mark as he replaces Conrad Jantjes. There have been some issues with this from our rugby administrators saying Conrad Jantjies should be playing.<br /><br />South Africa: 15 Percy Montgomery, 14 JP Pietersen, 13 Adrian Jacobs, 12 Jean de Villiers, 11 Bryan Habana, 10 Butch James, 9 Fourie du Preez, 8 Pierre Spies, 7 Juan Smith, 6 Schalk Burger, 5 Victor Matfield, 4 Andries Bekker, 3 CJ van der Linde, 2 Bismarck du Plessis, 1 Tendai Mtawarira.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Replacements: 16 Adriaan Strauss, 17 Brian Mujati, 18 Danie Rossouw, 19 Luke Watson, 20 Enrico Januarie, 21 Francois Steyn, 22 Conrad Jantjes. </div><br /><div><br />New Zealand: 15 Mils Muliaina, 14 Richard Kahui, 13 Conrad Smith, 12 Ma'a Nonu, 11 Sitiveni Sivivatu, 10 Dan Carter, 9 Jimmy Cowan, 8 Rodney So'oialo, 7 Richie McCaw (c), 6 Jerome Kaino, 5 Ali Willliams, 4 Brad Thorn, 3 Greg Somerville, 2 Andrew Hore, 1 Tony Woodcock.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Replacements: 16 Keven Mealamu, 17 John Afoa, 18 Anthony Boric, 19 Adam Thomson, 20 Piri Weepu, 21 Stephen Donald, 22 Isaia Toeava.<br /></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="http://southafricanrugby.blogspot.com/">South Africa Rugby homepage</a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7306091.post-28440831599569731922008-08-09T14:02:00.001+01:002008-08-09T14:06:44.693+01:00South Africa ,Argentina PreviewSouth Africa and Argentina meet again at the Coca-Cola Park as the boks focus on the upcoming home section of the Tri-Nations clash with New Zealand next weekend.<br /><br />Todays clash has been billed as a rematch between the two 2007 World Cup semi-finalists as the Pumas attempt to gain revenge following the 37-13 defeat.<br /><br />Argentina coach Santiago Phelan is rebuilding his squad, and is preparing for just his fourth game at the helm since taking over from Marcelo Loffreda.<br /><br />The Pumas have lost all previous 12 Tests against the Boks ,the biggest area of concern for Phelan is at scrum-half after a recent failure to fill the void left by the retirement of Augustin Pichot last year.<br /><br />The nation ranked fourth in the IRB world rankings are also without star man Juan Martin Hernandez due to injury - Felipe Contepomi taking up fly-half duties.<br /><br />Contepomi said: "I believe the Springboks are the best team in the world at the moment, they are the world champions and they have started well in the Tri-Nations”.<br /><br />"It is an away game for us and you wouldn't choose to play the best team in the world, when most of your players are in the middle of their pre-season, as your first outing under the new rules.<br /><br />Springbok coach Peter de Villiers has resisted the temptation to make changes as his men look to play their way into form ahead of their Tri-Nations battle with the All Blacks on August 16 ,lets hope there an no injuries the pumas play a physical game.<br /><br />With Schalk Burger failing to prove his fitness De Villiers has been forced to field a new-look back row unit of Luke Watson, Pierre Spies and Juan Smith.<br /><br />Conrad Jantjes and Jean de Villiers are included in a Bok’s back-line as Victor Matfield continues captaincy duties amongst a strong South Africa pack.<br /><br />South Africa:<br /><br />15 Conrad Jantjes,14 JP Pietersen, 13 Adrian Jacobs, 12 Jean de Villiers, 11 Jongi Nokwe, 10 Butch James; 1 Tendai Mtawarira, 2 Bismarck du Plessis, 3 CJ van der Linde, 4 Bakkies Botha, 5 Victor Matfield (c), 6 Luke Watson, 7 Juan Smith, 8 Pierre Spies, 9 Enrico Januarie.<br /><br />Replacements: 16 Adriaan Strauss, 17 Brian Mujati, 18 Andries Bekker, 19 Joe van Niekerk, 20 Fourie du Preez, 21 Jaque Fourie, 22 Percy Montgomery.<br /><br />Argentina: 15 Bernardo Stortoni, 14 José María Núñez Piossek, 13 Federico Martín Aramburu, 12 Miguel Avramovic, 11 Horacio Agulla, 10 Felipe Contepomi (c); 1 Rodrigo Roncero, 2 Mario Ledesma, 3 Pedro Ledesma, 4 Rimas Álvarez Kairelis, 5 Patricio Albacete, 6 Martín Durand, 7 Juan Martín Fernández Lobbe, 8 Juan Manuel Leguizamón, 9 Nicolás Vergallo.<br /><br />Replacements: 16 Alberto Vernet Basualdo, 17 Marcos Ayerza, 18 Esteban Lozada, 19 Álvaro Galindo, 20 Alfredo Lalanne, 21 Benjamín Urdapilleta, 22 Rafael Carballo.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://southafricanrugby.blogspot.com/">South Africa Rugby homepage</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7306091.post-70893045077094656872008-07-20T17:31:00.000+01:002008-07-20T17:33:40.815+01:0016 -9 to the aussiesAustralia had a great start to their Tri-Nations campaign with a 16-9 win over South Africa in Perth on Saturday.<br /><br />Tries in each half from Lote Tuqiri and captain Stirling Mortlock secured victory for the Wallabies who have won fourth straight under new coach Robbie Deans. They thumped the French last month.<br /><br />The boks who have played three bruising away matches, were going down to their second defeat of the tournament, coming down to earth after the historic 30-28 win over New Zealand in Dunedin last weekend.<br /><br />We started well with Francois Steyn kicking a long-range penalty in the sixth minute to put the Boks 3-0 ahead, but proceeded to miss a drop goal and further penalty chance.<br />Tuqiri's try came against the run of play as he finished off a sweeping move following quick passes from Nathan Sharpe and Matt Giteau.<br /><br />Australia took a further grip in the opening minutes of the second half as Mortlock powered over.<br />Giteau missed the conversion but extended the lead to 13-3 with a 51st minute penalty.<br />But only two minutes later, Mortlock left the field with a suspected concussion after butting heads with Schalk Burger and after Australia gave away a penalty in the scrum, Springboks flyhalf Butch James closed the gap to 13-6.<br /><br />A further Steyn penalty with just over 10 minutes remaining led to a painful finish, but a Berrick Barnes drop goal in the last bloody minute made sure the Aussies were going to win.<br /><br />The Boks play their three remaining Tri-Nations matches in South Africa -- the All Blacks in Cape Town on August 16 and then back-to back-matches against the Wallabies on August 23 in Durban and August 30 in Johannesburg.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://southafricanrugby.blogspot.com/">South Africa Rugby homepage</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7306091.post-70469597175799436802008-07-13T14:58:00.001+01:002008-07-13T15:04:52.465+01:00New Zealand 28 South Africa 30<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAMAJ2riXEm7vGBBIP8ZRMz3U3ytPQ9DDdPEGA2Q-70s3oEpfXoWQcIe4QPsfAloI59PfCXJNQyIRP8V6IdNCbc3MVjo4W1_XNSmnwCz33Rcsg1rIQBpWsq7Kvxi_w-31jAOl5kQ/s1600-h/Ricky-Januarie-south-africa-rugby.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222499037305229202" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAMAJ2riXEm7vGBBIP8ZRMz3U3ytPQ9DDdPEGA2Q-70s3oEpfXoWQcIe4QPsfAloI59PfCXJNQyIRP8V6IdNCbc3MVjo4W1_XNSmnwCz33Rcsg1rIQBpWsq7Kvxi_w-31jAOl5kQ/s400/Ricky-Januarie-south-africa-rugby.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>This was a brilliant Tri-Nations match even if you were a neutral supporter this would have been a great game to watch and with the South African win made the game all the better to watch. The Boks had not won at Carisbrook since 1921 and they had gone ten years without a victory on New Zealand soil. </div><br /><div><br />Carter kicked the Kiwis into an early lead before Percy replied. A try on the half-hour from JP Pietersen, following a pick-up off the base of a five-metre scrum by the No 8, Joe van Niekerk, edged South Africa ahead. Butch James dropped a goal before Carter kicked two more penalties to trim South Africa's lead to 17-15.</div><br /><div><br />The All Blacks, although still not as fast in getting numbers to the breakdown and constantly surprised by the huge improvement in the Springboks' scrum from the previous week, scored a try after 55 minutes from Sione Lauaki and Carter converted to make it 22-17.</div><br /><div><br />Two Butch James penalties brought the South Africa back into the game but Matfield's trip to the sin-bin, for a high tackle which the referee had previously warned both teams he would penalize the faulty party ,a sixth penalty </div><br /><div><br />When Carter kicked the Kiwis into a 28-23 lead with just 7 minutes remaining and the Springbok captain, Victor Matfield, in the sin-bin for the rest of the game, it looked like we were screwed. But the Ricky Januarie did his brilliant chip and lucky bounce to give us a much needed second try we were back in the game.</div><br /><div><br />It was a game that had the crowd on the edge of their seats. The Kiwis coach, Graham Henry, not a man to give out compliments, called it "a fabulous game of rugby". </div><br /><div><br />De Villiers said: "I always believed in the players and they put it together today and showed great belief in themselves. They knew they had to up their game and they did that. I was a bit worried when we went down to 14 men but the guys stuck to their guns for a great win. The difference with last week was that we had the ball on the front foot most of the time here."</div><br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="http://southafricanrugby.blogspot.com/">South Africa Rugby homepage</a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7306091.post-54414303562150005632008-07-04T18:06:00.000+01:002008-07-04T18:12:16.153+01:00Tri Nations Kick Off<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2efwr1Ln52t2EQK26zCEi8Qbv7m89oNYG2yMUqz6Wwtm0BudrNQqis8P6VQh9vyW0QiqIZXaVzY9RqwhRdNWsJ60WhxiBZLpwHFXxCEgnGEV2kCckEZgOlALI3Z2axjnmqITTaA/s1600-h/South-Africa-Tri-nations.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219207780308679282" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2efwr1Ln52t2EQK26zCEi8Qbv7m89oNYG2yMUqz6Wwtm0BudrNQqis8P6VQh9vyW0QiqIZXaVzY9RqwhRdNWsJ60WhxiBZLpwHFXxCEgnGEV2kCckEZgOlALI3Z2axjnmqITTaA/s400/South-Africa-Tri-nations.jpg" border="0" /></a> Joe van Niekerk will be playing instead of Pierre Spies or Ryan Kankowski for the No.8 position for the Tri Nations opening game against the Kiwis in Wellington.<br /><div><br />Coach Peter de Villiers said: "Joe came back into the Springbok camp after having a brilliant Super 14 and he showed to all of us that he means business. The kiwis have been surprised at our new coach’s selection.</div><br /><div><br />How The Boks Compare </div><br /><div><br />In the front, the All Blacks boast a strong scrum, props Tony Woodcock and Greg Somerville and the Super 14’s hooker Andrew Hore. But the Boks reign supreme in the air, with combination of locks Victor Matfield and Bakkies Botha and captain John Smit’s throws that was under the old rules and with the new rules in (No restrictions on players in the lineout) and the kiwis used to playing them our locks need to get up to speed. The good news is Richie McCaw is out.</div><br /><div><br />In the backline Butch James had an outstanding World Cup year and has been working his magic with Bath, but is up against the famous Dan Carter.</div><br /><div><br />While Jean de Villiers is the form inside centre of world rugby, he will be matched by the menace of Ma’a Nonu, while Conrad Smith has more street smarts and combination than rookie Adrian Jacobs. </div><br /><div><br />The last time we beat the Kiwis in Wellington was in 1998 and I sure they are gunning for us to try make up for the World cup, it is going to be a hard game with crappy weather let’s hope our boys pull it off.<br /><br />New Zealand: 15 Mils Muliaina, 14 Sitiveni Sivivatu, 13 Conrad Smith, 12 Ma'a Nonu, 11 Rudi Wulf, 10 Dan Carter, 9 Andy Ellis; 1 Tony Woodcock, 2 Andrew Hore, 3 Greg Somerville, 4 Brad Thorn, 5 Ali Williams, 6 Adam Thomson, 7 Rodney So'oialo (capt), 8 Jerome Kaino.Replacements: 16 Keven Mealamu, 17 Neemia Tialata, 18 Anthony Boric, 19 Sione Lauaki, 20 Jimmy Cowan, 21 Stephen Donald, 22 Leon MacDonald. </div><br /><div><br />South Africa: 15 Conrad Jantjes, 14 Odwa Ndungane, 13 Adrian Jacobs, 12 Jean de Villiers, 11 Bryan Habana, 10 Butch James, 9 Ricky Januarie; 1 Gurthro Steenkamp, 2 John Smit (capt) , 3 CJ van der Linde, 4 Bakkies Botha, 5 Victor Matfield, 6 Schalk Burger, 7 Juan Smith, 8 Joe van Niekerk.Replacements: 16 Bismarck du Plessis, 17 Brian Mujati, 18 Andries Bekker, 19 Luke Watson, 20 Bolla Conradie, 21 Francois Steyn, 22 Percy Montgomery</div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="http://southafricanrugby.blogspot.com/">South Africa Rugby homepage</a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7306091.post-25146124891648555232008-06-06T22:56:00.000+01:002008-06-06T22:58:19.708+01:00Wales want a physical game ,bring it on<span class="zemanta-img" style="DISPLAY: block; FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 1em"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Wru_logo.png"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; DISPLAY: block; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none" alt="Wales national rugby union team (sevens)" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6d/Wru_logo.png/202px-Wru_logo.png" /></a><span class="zemanta-img-attribution" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 1em 0px 0px">Image via <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Wru_logo.png" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a></span></span> <a class="zem_slink" title="Wales national rugby union team" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wales_national_rugby_union_team" rel="wikipedia">Wales</a> captain <a class="zem_slink" title="Ryan Jones" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Jones" rel="wikipedia">Ryan Jones</a> believes the welsh team "have a chance to make a statement" when they take on the Boks in the first <a class="zem_slink" title="Test cricket" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Test_cricket" rel="wikipedia">Test</a> in <a class="zem_slink" title="Bloemfontein" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=-29.1,26.2166666667&spn=0.1,0.1&q=-29.1,26.2166666667&t=h" rel="geolocation">Bloemfontein</a> on tomorrow."<br /><br />We did well in the <a class="zem_slink" title="2008 Six Nations Championship" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Six_Nations_Championship" rel="wikipedia">Six Nations</a>, but we drew a line under it pretty quickly. We set some pretty good standards there, but we still have to make sure we have good execution of the simple things, so that we have a platform to play from," he said.<br /><br />"But we are still in transition. We will certainly find out where we are in two weeks' time. It is as simple as that. It is a chance for us to make a statement on Saturday, individually and collectively. "There is no tougher place in the world to play Test <a class="zem_slink" title="Welsh Rugby Union" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh_Rugby_Union" rel="wikipedia">rugby</a> than here.<br /><br />We will go out and give everything, and play as if it is our last game. We will have to overcome things like the hard fields and altitude."Ryan Jones said they were prepared and look forward too a physical battle, he believed that his pack could match the home side's grunt yeah right .<br /><br />"I believe we are as good as anything out there. And we will have to be this weekend. We all know that it will be a pretty tough day at the office."<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://southafricanrugby.blogspot.com/">South Africa Rugby homepage</a><br /><div class="zemanta-pixie" style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px; HEIGHT: 15px"><a class="zemanta-pixie-a" title="Zemified by Zemanta" href="http://reblog.zemanta.com/zemified/261517a3-61ac-427c-91e9-e88d2db661eb/"><img class="zemanta-pixie-img" style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; FLOAT: right; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none" alt="Zemanta Pixie" src="http://img.zemanta.com/reblog_a.png?x-id=261517a3-61ac-427c-91e9-e88d2db661eb" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7306091.post-517222675152745802008-01-18T09:00:00.000+00:002008-01-18T09:08:27.375+00:00Show me the money<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF-3QHOpVE2W-qvjMhiAnNJstWtoYqjtZPZFKqHCfllbRxcuvvkGJvRuV0oihINYaa-RG5KcBNiTHmcvI0tedhfPanoMeQdrJSrXdzM9qxa27zVRBSk8k3YUFJb6lRAMIVQD0l9A/s1600-h/eiffel-tower-french-rugby-bryan-habana.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5156740654051512354" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF-3QHOpVE2W-qvjMhiAnNJstWtoYqjtZPZFKqHCfllbRxcuvvkGJvRuV0oihINYaa-RG5KcBNiTHmcvI0tedhfPanoMeQdrJSrXdzM9qxa27zVRBSk8k3YUFJb6lRAMIVQD0l9A/s400/eiffel-tower-french-rugby-bryan-habana.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Bryan Habana has been made a offer from French club Bayonne for 400,000 Euros a year this has been the largest offer for a player even by French standards who do seem to have the cash to throw around at the moment.</div><br /><div><br />Other clubs that are in interested is another French club called Toulouse; Bryan is looking at his options nice problem for him to have considering his salary would be tax free.</div><br /><div><br />This will screw up Peter De Villiers hard line attitude to foreign based players playing for the boks, our rugby administrators need to stop living in their ivory tower and face reality that our top players will be poached by clubs with very deep pockets.</div><br /><div><br />South African players who are based overseas are John Smit ,Victor Matfield, Percy Montgomery and Butch James.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="http://southafricanrugby.blogspot.com/">South Africa Rugby homepage</a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7306091.post-23091383685856360992008-01-13T19:30:00.000+00:002008-01-13T19:40:22.039+00:00Peter De Villiers our new coach<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUKmeesyYXGkpANNC_PMTqzPl6kYjwHsoJkhzqigGETkSh9fFrpcOcRwqUbyR1N62OEwBk0OOMpdabWEmb2PcwQuUpu7Yyz3JXCAejAUaM_hvdZrL5z9Qutqm54ocoVAx_TqHyoQ/s1600-h/Peter-de-villiers-south-africa-rugby.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5155047144151732242" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUKmeesyYXGkpANNC_PMTqzPl6kYjwHsoJkhzqigGETkSh9fFrpcOcRwqUbyR1N62OEwBk0OOMpdabWEmb2PcwQuUpu7Yyz3JXCAejAUaM_hvdZrL5z9Qutqm54ocoVAx_TqHyoQ/s400/Peter-de-villiers-south-africa-rugby.jpg" border="0" /></a>Peter De Villiers made history by being named the first black coach of the Springbok rugby team what he made perfectly clear was that he would pick a south African team based on merit not colour.<br /><br /><br /><div><br />De Villiers was the surprise choice of the rugby administrators to succeed Jake White this decision by SARU top dogs was to make sure the future SA rugby team moved away from their current white racial profile.</div><div><br />"The fact that I am the first black coach must end now," peter said to end questions about his colour of skin.</div><div><br />"Players out there must understand they will all stand an equal chance ... If they are good enough, talented enough and work hard enough they will be part of the squad."</div><div><br />Peter De Villiers has been given an initial two-year contract; He led the under-21 South African rugby side to the World Championship final last year (not winning it though) after winning the title in 2005. </div><br /><div>Peter has also coached the Emerging Bok team, winning an IRB tournament held in Romania last year.</div><br /><div>Wish you luck peter, you will need it ,you just need to beat the Kiwis at home this year and please remember your quote about picking players on merit not colour.</div><br /><br /><object height="355" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/P06s1jSrR9Y&rel=1"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/P06s1jSrR9Y&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div><a href="http://southafricanrugby.blogspot.com/">South Africa Rugby homepage</a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7306091.post-66779732990432988822007-12-01T21:58:00.000+00:002007-12-01T22:03:42.682+00:0022-5 to the Barbarians !The <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">boks</span> lost on Saturday with a 22-5 defeat to the Barbarians .The Springboks fielded several top players against the invitational side at <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Twickenham</span>, including Francois <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Steyn</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Schalk</span> Burger and Bryan <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Habana</span> but maybe the thought they had already won the game before they got on the field.<br /><br />The barbarians played one of the better games I have seen for the last couple of years.<br />Australia's Matt <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Giteau</span> and retired Wales’s flanker Martyn Williams scored in the first half, with Rocky <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Elsom</span> adding a third score in the second. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Barend</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Pieterse</span> got South Africa's try in the 35<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">th</span> minute, and his team was denied another touchdown by some amazing defence late in the second half.<br /><br />The Barbarians fielded a really strong side, starting with six past and present All Blacks and Jason Robinson who was playing his last game<br /><br />"I didn't know at the start if I'd be able to play," Robinson said "I'm feeling a bit stiff. In the second half, I got a bit of cramp, but who cares now?<br /><br />We were never in the game,the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Barbarians</span> played some amazing running rugby and made sure we did not come back at the end.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://southafricanrugby.blogspot.com/">South Africa Rugby homepage</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7306091.post-44475071700268406752007-11-30T19:08:00.000+00:002007-11-30T19:25:21.579+00:00SA Line up for the Barbarians<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd5U3trDSY_NLKvrCY4ZlO4qhHTTC99mdzyLqdryYkeNSa-_Ywvn1zpIoC2BArvRhNghlTky5oE4BE3hRutDcq2RasVGkybgqOk548aGt8C16tNkaVr61oR6yVrg6wN5ORAOPyMQ/s1600-r/sarugby-.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5138716506562811394" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHRoJgVcztcMw5n88vkuZk0ZOs8ZTExFLKaX6u395RtjEMmZASDy8Bgg9x7f_NFnQpZTb6wQslM4NQHOsbZR4aXiqK_TRYgZaKNYNTztmPDRP9GVOq4mJA9YNYI2xUuSJMILrNvA/s400/sarugby-.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpWv6Cj6fNjB6HUtajRDC0czPQJR9YrI4sR0GhTNP18aK-X7Stu5CM_56cM7IsmSMSbQIfKkKjz3ME8vszAliZPJbGe5E1U6ezzc-eb4t4gN-dkPF-X7BaXnqNhkMHKX42AT1iPg/s1600-r/barbs-sarugby.jpg"></a>Bismarck Du Plessis will be replacing John Smit in the bok’s line-up against the Barbarians on Saturday after his French club Clermont Auvergne refused to let him play,Johann Muller will be the captain for the game<br />England hooker Mark Regan is confirmed as captain of the Barbarians there has been a bit of a spat with his English club Bristol over them wanting him to rest for their upcoming games. </div><br /><div><br />Johan Ackermann replaces Bakkies Botha, he injured his ankle against the welsh , JP Pietersen makes way for Akona Ndungane. </div><br /><div><br /></div><div></div><div></div><div>South Africa: </div><br /><div><br />15-Ruan Pienaar<br />14-Akona Ndungane<br />13-Jaque Fourie<br />12-Francois Steyn<br />11-Bryan Habana<br />10-Andre Pretorius<br />9-Enrico Januarie<br />8-Ryan Kankowski<br />7-Juan Smith<br />6-Schalk Burger<br />5-Johan Ackermann<br />4-Johann Muller<br />3-Jannie Du Plessis<br />2-Bismarck Du Plessis<br />1-CJ Van der Linde.<br /><br /></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><br /></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><br /></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><br /></div><br /><div><a href="http://southafricanrugby.blogspot.com/">South Africa Rugby homepage</a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7306091.post-11541295798720520122007-11-22T20:22:00.000+00:002007-11-22T20:36:29.413+00:00SA Lineup for Wales<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkVgamlHTsAkGBEGCWmIaBUgc3cEwI3XTGXuECjM7posKSc7JCH0DbKzqedG53XqUoBOAjLqx9D7nAvC9BXPaW08hchZt6iyZh2R67asbEo1MvzrwvDk5uCE46D7KFAE9JRtGU0w/s1600-h/South-Africa-wales-rugby.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5135766186153006562" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkVgamlHTsAkGBEGCWmIaBUgc3cEwI3XTGXuECjM7posKSc7JCH0DbKzqedG53XqUoBOAjLqx9D7nAvC9BXPaW08hchZt6iyZh2R67asbEo1MvzrwvDk5uCE46D7KFAE9JRtGU0w/s400/South-Africa-wales-rugby.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Bok captain John Smit and Bryan Habana are among nine members of the Boks' victorious World Cup final to face Wales in Saturday's game here at the Millennium Stadium.<br />Although several players are missing from the two game tour South Africa play the Barbarians next Saturday.</div><br /><div><br />JP Pietersen, Jaque Fourie, and Francois Steyn are in the backs and upfront is Schalk Burger and Juan Smith together with Bakkies Botha and prop CJ van der Linde.</div><br /><div><br />In all the team shows six changes and a positional switch from the one that beat the English. Among those missing against Wales will be goal kicking full-back Percy Montgomery, duo Butch James and Fourie du Preez, No 8 Danie Rossouw and Victor Matfield. </div><br /><div><br />Ruan Pieenar takes the injured Montgomery's place with Andre Pretorius and Ricky Januarie providing the new half-back pairing.</div><br /><div><br />Saturday's game will be Jake White's final game in charge of the Boks after four years in charge where he has come under political pressure from the muppet gang.</div><br /><div><br />"I'm not unhappy about it. I'm very content with where we are as a group. The brief was when I took over we wanted to be number one in the world, we wanted to be world champions and I've been lucky enough and privileged enough to be part of that.</div><br /><div><br />Sharks Ryan Kankowski, in line to make his debut on Saturday, is the only player from outside the World Cup squad.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="http://southafricanrugby.blogspot.com/">South Africa Rugby homepage</a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7306091.post-35806315185137112142007-11-20T20:05:00.000+00:002007-11-20T20:06:14.718+00:00Fourie is out of the welsh gameFourie du Preez became the latest South Africa player to drop out of the tour of Wales due to a persistent shoulder injury.<br />Du Preez will now miss Saturday's match against Wales at the Millennium Stadium and the December 1st international against the Barbarians at Twickenham.<br />Team will be announced tomorrow<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://southafricanrugby.blogspot.com/">South Africa Rugby homepage</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7306091.post-89430469241706633802007-10-21T14:00:00.000+01:002007-10-21T14:06:13.345+01:00We WonSouth Africa punished England's slack ill-discipline for a tight 15-6 win over the 2003 defending champions in the rugby World Cup final on Saturday.<br /><br />Percy Montgomery kicked four penalties and 20-year-old centre Francois Steyn stepped up and kicked a great long distance kick to punish the English.<br /><br />England did hold their own especially in the second half but could not keep the cup thanks god if they had won this game they would have been entitled to keep the cup permanently. They played some brilliant games against Australia and France.<br /><br />Percy “the hair” Montgomery started his game by kicking his first penalty in the seventh minute when England centre Mathew Tait slipped on the pitch and held on.<br /><br />Bryan Habana put in a bone-crunching tackle on Paul Sackey on the right wing but did not roll away allowing Wilkinson to kick a tough penalty<br /><br />Thanks to Lewis Moody he must be feeling sick after a stupid and cynical kick to trip up Butch James, Montgomery levelled the score.<br /><br />The Boks came close to scoring a try in the closing stages of the first half. The forwards had their drives repelled by England's defensive before the referee awarded the Springboks a penalty, which Montgomery kicked.<br /><br />A big bone of contention came two minutes after the halftime interval. England's Mark Cueto looked to have touched down in the corner as he was tackled by Danie Rossouw, only for officials to rule that part of his leg, knee was out of play before he grounded the ball, and if you watch the video you can see clearly that his leg was over the line the poms are having a hard time getting used to it but when Martin Johnson said the video referee was right you have to accept the result.<br /><br />Rather than the try, the referee awarded a penalty, which Wilkinson slotted between the posts<br />England captain Phil Vickery and fullback Jason Robinson both wobbled off in the second half and Wilkinson missed another drop goal attempt after 71 minutes thank god.<br /><br />We beat the English at their own game we made less mistakes them and punished them when their bad discipline plays from Moody and Corry.<br /><br />We clinically took England apart to be World champions for the next four years which is bloody brilliant.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://southafricanrugby.blogspot.com/">South Africa Rugby homepage</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7306091.post-89328669972965494842007-10-19T22:12:00.000+01:002007-10-19T22:13:06.458+01:00Bryan in action<object height="350" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Kw8y7j8edpA"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Kw8y7j8edpA" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><br /><br /><a href="http://southafricanrugby.blogspot.com/">South Africa Rugby homepage</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7306091.post-4420748344839216092007-10-19T21:57:00.000+01:002007-10-19T21:59:21.031+01:00Here we goSouth Africa’s roadmap has gone to plan so far. Through the side there are settled combinations in virtually every area from one to fifteen, with the selection Francois Steyn at inside centre providing unpredictability and hopefully keep a couple of the English players preoccupied<br /><br />The Bokkie strengths are well documented: kicking: lineout: tough back row: defence around the fringes and panic inducing blitz defence as they start going through the phases.<br /><br />England has had a dire couple of years but their belief has been restored ,they don’t know how but enjoying being the underdog what has happened though is Jonny Wilkinson is back to calm the ship plus their new find Andrew Sheridan who took out the Australia pack.<br /><br />There is talk of Sheridan's illegal method of scrummaging – something about him 'boring in' South Africa need to have a cunning plan for the scrum ,CJ van der Linde who is in the firing line on Saturday.<br /><br />Our scrums against Argentina were not great but we have the line outs with best in the world Victor Matfield and Bakkies Botha to work their magic.<br /><br />Fourie Du Preez has made his mark on this tournament for me when he took England apart let’s hope for some surprises this Saturday will just leave you with this quote which made me feel better.<br /><br />“WALLABY Chris Latham is tipping a 30-point triumph for South Africa in the World Cup final, with "backline speed and skill" rendering Jonny Wilkinson irrelevant.”<br /><br />South Africa team for Saturday.<br /><br />· 15 Percy Montgomery<br />· 14 JP Pietersen<br />· 13 Jaque Fourie<br />· 12 Francois Steyn<br />· 11 Bryan Habana<br />· 10 Butch James<br />· 9 Fourie du Preez<br />· 8 Danie Rossouw<br />· 7 Juan Smith<br />· 6 Schalk Burger<br />· 5 Victor Matfield<br />· 4 Bakkies Botha<br />· 3 CJ van der Linde<br />· 2 John Smit<br />· 1 Os du Randt<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://southafricanrugby.blogspot.com/">South Africa Rugby homepage</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7306091.post-84470320374971835772007-10-19T21:10:00.000+01:002007-10-19T21:19:50.533+01:00A South African Handshake<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYlfPXnQ2UfvbK9STzLcKl8HRblybXAldleFmH78jpBvzqOCu84qD9r8u2P0lHbMuMEJ8UX8My6csxC1g91mWoXwP4JAxqFTa2k1fTL7u8Ys-AfDbHjsuQpc9XUOZS7-64wue_vw/s1600-h/south-africa-england-rugby.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5123144757442388626" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYlfPXnQ2UfvbK9STzLcKl8HRblybXAldleFmH78jpBvzqOCu84qD9r8u2P0lHbMuMEJ8UX8My6csxC1g91mWoXwP4JAxqFTa2k1fTL7u8Ys-AfDbHjsuQpc9XUOZS7-64wue_vw/s400/south-africa-england-rugby.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="http://southafricanrugby.blogspot.com/">South Africa Rugby homepage</a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7306091.post-85450978446263549152007-10-19T21:07:00.000+01:002007-10-19T21:10:43.525+01:00Can Steyn step up the pace?Steyn has been one of Springboks' coach Jake White's young lions ,he has played in all of the Springboks' matches at the tournament so far, after replacing the injured Jean de Villiers, and has scored a try and a penalty, admits that sometimes he tries White's patience.<br /><br />"He doesn't come down on me, but I think he wishes he could give me a hiding - but it has been good," said Steyn, who will win his 16th cap on Saturday.<br />"I like Jake a lot and he gave me a good opportunity and I just hope I can take it with both hands.<br /><br />As for whether he can outdo England's master of the drop goal Jonny Wilkinson, Steyn, who landed two monster drops in the Tri Nations win over Australia earlier this year, is a bit coy ,he has been fluffing the last couple of games and panicked in the Kiwi Tri-Nations game.<br /><br />Maybe Steyn will be our surprise for England this Saturday.<br /><br /><object height="350" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/xvYUnUeAbsY"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/xvYUnUeAbsY" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://southafricanrugby.blogspot.com/">South Africa Rugby homepage</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7306091.post-71066896867056628092007-10-14T22:26:00.000+01:002007-10-14T22:32:07.853+01:00Jannie in action<p><object height="350" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/JcJkrcCPZ1M"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/JcJkrcCPZ1M" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><br /><br />Do you remember <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">jannie</span> destroying England in the 1999 World Cup ,Looks like the final will be on on drop goals.</p><p>Which player do you think will have the highest tally of drop goals for this final?<br /><br /><a href="http://southafricanrugby.blogspot.com/">South Africa Rugby homepage</a><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7306091.post-12245191779887747432007-10-14T21:48:00.000+01:002007-10-14T22:33:35.615+01:00We are in the Final<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhzlUIwOcO-PrGttBtsdXHDbob79noSX36eqNvxug7bjEnPh9d1PAmYdqAC2CVnUu21RsdnTHtz74Q6Ko40kXCvN2S9O69hzzsWD0wwwWkMt1YgRTJaTpx4f6AHw1MMUm7SFzRNg/s1600-h/Bryan-habana-SA-rugby.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5121306245296612306" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhzlUIwOcO-PrGttBtsdXHDbob79noSX36eqNvxug7bjEnPh9d1PAmYdqAC2CVnUu21RsdnTHtz74Q6Ko40kXCvN2S9O69hzzsWD0wwwWkMt1YgRTJaTpx4f6AHw1MMUm7SFzRNg/s400/Bryan-habana-SA-rugby.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div> </div><div> </div><div>The Boks overpowered Argentina 37-13. We led 24-6 at halftime but it was only late in the second half that we came back into the game and made sure there were no surprises.<br /><br /><br />Two tries in the last 10 minutes of the first half had seemingly put South Africa in control but the Pumas scored just four minutes after restart when Manuel Contepomi crashed over.<br /><br />The boks scored three first half tries, to halfback Fourie Du Preez, Habana and Danie Roussow.<br />Du Preeze scored in the seventh minute, intercepting an attacking pass.<br /><br />Two of these tries came from mistakes from the pumas allowing Habana and Roussow to score, the Pumas have had an amazing world cup tournament but did seem to choke or lose their composure today.<br /><br />The Argies scored early in the second half going to 24-13 and pressured the bookies favourite on a number of occasions, threatening to get even closer.<br /><br />However, two Percy Montgomery penalties who the argies were supposed to pressure and disrupt and an classic intercept try to winger Bryan Habana - South Africa's second of the match did the dirty on the Pumas.<br /><br />Game over Bring on the Poms<br /><br /></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="http://southafricanrugby.blogspot.com/">South Africa Rugby homepage</a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7306091.post-40063083362526344862007-10-13T13:58:00.000+01:002007-10-14T16:35:34.423+01:00"Vamos Vamos" The Bokkie<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV-RdzURQfnfgy1lL52oJ4cvUCvW8WYn79IdVCXMt6IEnmyrenbhIxc4B5j20NtuND2rDmbizQs5SOuQNkymlq6HrN6GbQPq3lHNZd5CaHBd9s0zW1lOjK7TL1BWotxWdbmVGfUg/s1600-h/Argentina-south-africa-rugby.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5120807694082827202" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV-RdzURQfnfgy1lL52oJ4cvUCvW8WYn79IdVCXMt6IEnmyrenbhIxc4B5j20NtuND2rDmbizQs5SOuQNkymlq6HrN6GbQPq3lHNZd5CaHBd9s0zW1lOjK7TL1BWotxWdbmVGfUg/s400/Argentina-south-africa-rugby.jpg" border="0" /></a> Times have changed Argentina is rated as a genuine world class team lately and the side is packed with quality players such as Juan Martin Hernandez who been labelled "the best player in the world" by Butch James. <div><br /><br /><div><br />We do have Bryan Habana though who hopefully will put in some nice tries even if he does not the argies will have two to three players marking him for the game allowing our boys to play some nice running rugby.</div><br /><br /><div><br />If South Africa plays to the form they showed against England, especially up front they will beat argentine and maybe win the World Cup but if we go into the game thinking it is only Argentina we will be in for a nasty surprise.</div><br /><br /><div><br />This world cup has been great for all the surprises in this tournament what with the first game Argentina, the kiwis and the Aussies out nobody saw that coming especially the bookies.</div><br /><br /><div><br />"You have to respect Argentina. They have done wonders with what they have been given. They are a unique team and do things differently," Jake White thoughts on Argentina he has made just one change, recalling CJ van der Linde, who missed last week's game against Fiji.</div><br /><br /><div><br />Just look at the stats Argentina have never beaten the Boks ,They have been the minows star of the tournamnent and should have a place in either the Tri Nations or the Six Nation's, If the argies were playing any other team I wish them good luck .I am sure is will be a great physical game.</div><div><br /><br /></div><div></div><br /><br /><div><a href="http://southafricanrugby.blogspot.com/">South Africa Rugby homepage</a></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3