Australia scored 24 unanswered points in 20 minutes after the break to ease to a comfortable 34-13 win over a third-string French side at the ANZ Stadium in Sydney on Saturday.
Leading just 10-6 at half-time, the Wallabies stepped up the pace after the break to easily brushed aside the mediocre French outfit. France managed […]

Two late tries earned Vodacom Western Province a 26-17 come-from-behind Absa Currie Cup victory over archrivals the Vodacom Blue Bulls at Newlands in Cape Town, on Saturday evening.Despite trailing in possession stakes for most of the first 40 minutes, first-half tries from JP Joubert and Pedrie Wannenburg – with flyhalf Morné Steyn converting – helped […]

Backs:
Bolla Conradie, Jean  de Villiers, Peter Grant, Butch James, Conrad Jantjes, Adrian Jacobs, Ricky Januarie, Bryan Habana, Percy Montgomery, Odwa Ndungane, JP Pietersen, Ruan Pienaar, Frans Steyn.
Forwards:
Andries Bekker, Bakkies Botha, Schalk Burger, Bismarck du Plessis, Ryan Kankowski, Tendai Mtawarira, Brian Mujati, Victor Matfield, Pierre Spies, Juan Smith, John Smit (c), Gurthro Steenkamp, CJ van der […]

Friday - 27 June:
19:00 - Currie Cup: Sharks vs Boland

Saturday - 28 June:
11:45 - Australia vs France
15:00 - Currie Cup: Cheetahs vs Lions
17:00 - Currie Cup: Western Province vs Bulls
19:50 - Argentina vs Italy
20:30 - French Top 14 Final

John Mametsa scored a hat-trick of tries in his 100th game to help the Vodacom Blue Bulls to a 21-7 (half-time 6-0) win over the Xerox Lions in an action-packed ABSA Curries Cup first round game at Ellis Park on Saturday.It was a dream game for the popular Pretoria winger (who was the leading try-scorer […]

Scrumhalf Rory Kockott was the toast of Durban after he kicked a last-minute penalty to give the Sharks a nailbiting 28-25 (halftime 11-19) victory over Vodacom Western Province in their opening Absa Currie Cup match played at Absa Stadium in Durban on Friday night.Kockott, who was unlucky to miss out on Springbok selection after an […]

It was a wet day at Newlands and perhaps that was why South Africa’s 26-0 win over Italy in this one-off test match will be recalled as one of the least memorable matches to be played at this famous ground.
The Boks scored four tries to nil and were full value for their victory in that, […]

New Zealand produced a stunning performance which included five tries to crush an abysmal England effort by 44-12 in the second Test in Christchurch.
The All Blacks were superior in every phase of the game, scoring tries at will through Richard Kahui, Dan Carter, Ma’a Nonu, Sione Lauaki and Jimmy Cowan.
The English were always going […]

The Springbok rugby team to face Nick Mallet’s Italy team is as follow:
15 - Conrad Jantjes
14 - Odwa Ndungane
13 - Gcobani Bobo
12 - Jean de Villiers
11 - Bryan Habana
10 - Francois Steyn
9 - Ricky Januarie
8 - Ryan Kankowsky
7 - Juan Smith
6 - Luke Watson
5 - Victor Matfield
4 - Bakkies Botha
3 - CJ van der Linde
2 […]

Having a look at the following teams for the Currie Cup clash on Friday night at ABSA Park in Durban,  one can’t help but get excited. Here are the respective teams:
Sharks:                                       […]