Peter de Villiers and the South African Rugby Union categorically deny that there have ever been any attempts to blackmail or coerce him over the selection of any player to the national squad, as alleged in a report that appeared in Saturday’s Weekender newspaper. However SARU can confirm that a company employee did approach Mr […]

Article By: Dan Nicholl
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 09:56
With the Tri-Nations now over for South Africa, iafrica.com caught up with Springbok coach Peter de Villiers for an ‘exclusive’ tete-a-tete…
Dan: It’s been a tough introduction for you Peter — a great win to finish, but a difficult run before that…
Peter: It […]

Record-holding Springbok fullback Percy Montgomery announced his retirement from international rugby following the Springboks’ 53-8 victory over Australia at Coca-Cola Park, Johannesburg on Saturday. The 34-year-old made the announcement at the press conference following his 102nd Test match, bringing down the curtain on a storied Test career during which he won the Rugby World Cup […]

Jongi Nokwe scored four tries as the Springboks powered to a record 53-8 victory over the Wallabies in their Tri-Nations rugby test played at Coca-Cola Park on Saturday. Blow-by-blow scoring:
The Wallabies hadn’t won at the venue for 45 years but they certainly wouldn’t have expected to instead concede a 45-point victory margin while left-wing Nokwe […]

Peter de Villiers
The better selection of Peter de Villiers quotes
“People say we want to play a Peter de Villiers style of rugby. What the devil is that? Let me explain it to you,” De Villiers said.
“There was a time when we were isolated [due to apartheid] but when we came back what we didn’t do […]

The Springbok team versus the Wallabies on Saturday in Johannesburg:
15. Conrad Jantjes
14. Odwa Ndungane
13. Adrian Jacobs
12. Jean de Villiers
11. […]

Australia beat South Africa 27-15 at the Absa Stadium in Durban on Saturday to end the world champions’ hopes of winning the Vodacom Tri-Nations title.
Blow-by-blow scoring:
The victory was Australia’s first in South Africa since 2000.
Captain Stirling Mortlock and winger Lote Tuqiri scored second-half tries to seal the Australian victory although South Africa closed the gap […]

15. Conrad Jantjes
14. JP Pietersen
13. Adrian Jacobs
12. Jean de Villiers
11. Jongo Nokwe
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 Mtwarira
Replacements:
Adriaan Strauss; Brian Mujati; Joe van Niekerk; Luke Watson; Ricky Januarie; Frans Steyn; Percy Montgomery
Venue: ABSA Stadium Durban
Gates […]

Springbok left wing Bryan Habana has sustained a hamstring injury and the conservative medical opinion is that he will be out of action for ten days, ruling himself out for the Vodacom Tri-Nations encounter against the Wallabies in Durban this coming Saturday.Meanwhile, Vodacom Free State winger Jongi Nokwe will remain in training with the Springboks […]

It is not often the Springboks are kept scoreless at Newlands, so it was understandable that many South African fans voted with their feet and started streaming for the exits long before the end of this 19-0 defeat to the All Blacks.The New Zealanders led 5-0 at half-time, but it could easily have been much […]