Jake White will be a very happy and relieved man after the Springbok performance against Scotland at Murrayfield.
The Scots started the game well, applying the early pressure and getting a penalty to take a 3-0 lead. The first time SA got into Scotland’s 22-metre area Percy Montgomery levelled the score. Then followed a dream […]

Jake White picked his strongest available squad to face Scotland in a World Cup warm up match on Saturday.
SA fans will be happy to see Bryan Habana return to the starting XV, but there are still injury concerns for White. John Smit, Jean de Villiers and Wynand Olivier are all still struggling with injuries. […]

The Springboks got a timely wake up call in their World Cup warm up match against Connacht, an Irish club team.
In cold and windy conditions the Boks struggled to dominate and made way to many errors. A brisk start saw the Boks take a 3-0 lead after just two minutes but this was the […]

The Lions kept their semi-final dreams alive by defeating WP at Ellispark on Saturday.
Both teams played highly entertaining rugby, displaying a willingness to run the ball from anywhere on the field. Solid defence by both teams, and bad finishing, lead to only two tries being scored. The Lions started the better of the two […]

The Natal Sharks came away with the maximum 5 points after taking on Griquas in Kimberley.
Griquas opened the scoring with a converted try after they had to defend for most of the opening 30 minutes. The Sharks struck back just before half time with an Adrian Jacobs try, and when Jacobs scored again just after […]

The Cheetahs can count themselves very lucky after struggling against Boland in Wellington on Saturday.
After the Boland lost their first game against the Cheetahs by 91-3, nobody gave them much of a chance againt the unbeaten team from Bloemfontein and for the majority of the first half it looked like the Cheetahs were on their […]

Pote Human, Bulls coach, was very happy with his team’s performance on Friday night against the Valke in Brakpan.
The Bulls needed to start the second half of the ABSA Currie Cup competition with a victory if they wanted to stay in the race for a home semi-final and they did just that. The Bulls […]

Jake White picked his strongest available combination for the World Cup warmup match taking place on Wednesday evening at Newlands in Cape Town. This will also be the first official test between SA and Namibia.
SA is expected to beat Namibia convincingly, so White can only hope that his players come through the game injury […]

The Cheetahs are still unbeaten in this years Currie Cup after a record 44-18 victory over the Bulls in Bloemfontein on Saturday aftrenoon.
The Cheetahs started well and scored two quick tries but then lost momentum as the Bulls forwards started to dominate. Fantastic defence by the Cheetahs kept the Bulls out for 50 minutes before […]

The Lions struggled to subdue Boland in Wellington on Saturday.
Both teams struggled in extremely wet and cold conditions that made running rugby almost impossible. Boland did impress with their handling skills in the wet and can feel satisfied with their performance. The Lions will not be happy with their performance but they did secure 4 […]