Archive for July, 2007

Springbok Hooker Bismarck du Plessis has been recalled with immediate effect to the Springbok camp following the unavailability of Pierre Spies, who was ruled out of the Rugby World Cup due to blood clots in his lungs. Aparently Spies is even doubtful for the Super 14 Competition next year.
In terms of the IRB rules du […]

ABSA Currie Cup at it’s best

The weekend saw fierce battles in the Currie Cup competition and with all the teams having played 5 games the Cheetahs and the Sharks are the early front runners.
Friday evening saw the Lions travel to Brakpan to take on the Falcons ina hope to get their season back on track and that they did. A […]

ABSA Currie Cup results

The weekend saw all the big unions in action and there were no real surprises in the results.
Friday afternoon saw Griquas play the Falcons in Kimberley and after a clinical display Griquas won 63-10. Griquas played nearly perfect rugby, scoring eight tries to one, and sending a warning to the other teams to not discard […]

SA squad for World Cup 2007

Jake White named his 30 man squad to represent SA at the World Cup in September on Saturday and there were no real surprises.
There are injury worries but White said all players will be fit to fly to France on the 3rd of September.The biggest advantage White has with this squad is that they […]

A clinical performance by the All Blacks saw them beat the Wallabies 26-12 and thus retain the Tri-Nations trophy and the Bledisloe Cup.
The rest of the rugby world must be worried about the form the All Blacks are displaying at the moment, they are not playing the best rugby but still they manage to beat […]

The All Blacks host the Wallabies in Auckland on Saturday to determine the home of the Bledisloe Cup and who would be Tri-Nations champions.
Australia has already upset the All Blacks once this season and will give it their all on Saturday to reclaim the Bledisloe Cup for the first time since 2003.
Wallaby Squad for Saturday:15.Adam […]

Peugeot rugby social network

Peugeot is a proud sponsor of the 2007 Rugby World Cup. The online experience that we’re creating revolves around the passion of rugby, and the passion that supporters have for the sport!
We want you guys to capture you and your friends doing a South African version of the haka …
Record these moments in the form […]

The old analogy that you can not win rugby games by just defending came true again.For 70 minutes the Bok ‘B’ team was able to hold the All Blacks and frustrate them with fantastic defence. The last ten mintes saw the All Blacks run in three tries to run out victors 33-6, but the youngsters […]

The SA and All Black teams to face each other in Christchurch on Saturday were announced earlier today and both sides show changes from their last international appearance.
The SA side shows four changes to the team that played against the Wallabies and a new captain was also announced. Johann Muller was named SA’s fourth captain […]

The ABSA Currie Cup is now in full swing with all the teams in action the past weekend and there were no surprises during the weekend’s action.
Friday night saw WP take on the Sharks in Durban and neither team can feel satisfied with the quality of rugby that was played. The Sharks capitalised on WP […]