The All Blacks are overwhelming favourites to beat Australia in their Tri-Nations encounter this weekend and thus retain the Bledisloe Cup.
Graham Henry has made four changes to the All Black side that beat the Springboks last weekend and John Connolly has made only one change to the Wallaby team that lost to SA.
All Black team: […]

Controversy surrounds the SA team that leaves later today for the away leg of the 2007 Tri-Nations.
Jake White and his fellow selectors decided to leave twenty first choice players behind to rest and recover from injuries. The squad picked to tour to Australia and New Zealand therefore includes a few surprises and has been met […]

On an afternoon where SA played well for 65 minutes the All Blacks snatched victory in the last 15 minutes with two converted tries that stunned all supporters into silence.All is not doom and gloom after the loss yesterday and the few kinks in the SA Rugby machine can easily be sorted out before the […]

Victor Matfield replaces an injured John Smit to become South Africa’s 52nd captain for the All Blacks Test on Saturday.
Matfield skippered the Springboks for the majority of last week’s match against Australia, as Smit was sidelined with a hamstring injury in the 11th minute. With Smit’s unavailability for the Durban Test, coach Jake White has […]

Coach Graham Henry named a very strong All Black side to take on the Boks on Saturday.
Henry picked a side that is very close to his strongest possible side.The only problem area he has at the moment is at lock where four of his top locks are injured (Ali Williams, James Ryan, Jason Eaton and […]

It was a typically hard fought test match between the Boks and the Wallabies with SA scraping home for a 22-19 victory.
The hero of the day for SA was 20 year old Francois Steyn who slotted two dropgoals in the final ten minutes to secure the victory, the first one from 40 metres out and […]

Australia yesterday fired their normal verbal assault before Saturday’s big game at Newlands.
Micael Foley, the Australian assistant coach, were quoted in newspapers saying that the tighthead prop for the Springboks, BJ Botha, is “scrummaging illegally and has been getting away with it the whole season”. Botha is highly regarded by ex-Springbok Toks van der Linde […]

The Springbok side to face Australia on Saturday at Newlands has been announced and there is no doubt that Jake White has picked his strongest available team.
The side is: 15.Percy Montgomery, 14.Ashwin Willemse, 13.Jaque Fourie, 12.Jean de Villiers, 11.JP Pietersen, 10.Butch James, 9.Ruan Pienaar, 8.Pierre Spies, 7.Juan Smith, 6.Schalk Burger, 5.Victor Matfield, 4.Bakkies Botha, 3.BJ […]

A squad of 30 players were named today to carry the SA flag for the home leg of this year’s Tri Nations.
The squad consists of 16 forwards and 14 backs and there were no major surprises. Due to Enrico Januarie’s injury, the forgotten Springbok scrumhalf, Michael Claassens (Cheetahs), has been called up to deputise for […]

The physical encounter with Samoa has left Jake White with a few injury worries leading into the Tri-Nations game this Saturday.
Enrico Januarie (knee), Luke Watson (rib), Ashwin Willemse (hand),Wayne Julies (bump on head) and John Smit (blood) all had to leave the field this past Saturday and will be undergoing medical tests today to determine […]