All posts tagged "Springboks"
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Autumn Internationals
/ 9 years agoLearn lessons and put Boks to sword!
SHANE WILLIAMS Excellent: Dan Biggar WHAT A Test match that was! Wales came out on the wrong side of the result,...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoHougaard using Boks axe to spark Warriors survival bid
By NEALE HARVEY Axed: Francois Hougaard WORCESTER star Francois Hougaard admits he will consider his Test future after being made a...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoSharks in pursuit of big away day catch
By JON NEWCOMBE SALE talisman Faf de Klerk Still harbours hopes of playing in the next World Cup for South Africa...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoAki opens his Test account in some style
BUNDEEAki’s shuddering launch of his international career in Dublin last weekend would have been felt 12,000 miles away back home in...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoBeal lit up Arms Park long before Twickenham
Over the last 20 years almost as many embryonic Lions have taken their first steps at what must be the most...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoCan Wales rise from ashes after 16 losses?
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Rout: Bernard Foley runs in one of Australia’s five tries in their 32-8...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoGloucester’s Ruan Ackermann considers playing for England
The Gloucester back row could be eligible for England in 2020 and says it's a possibility if the Springboks don't come...
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Features
/ 9 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
BRIAN ‘BJ’ JONES FORMER NEWPORT, WALES, BARBARIANS AND COMBINED SERVICES CENTRE Nowadays it is only Test payers who get the opportunity...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 9 years agoBorn-again Boks push All Blacks to the very edge
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER SOUTH Africa lost a Test match but won back their self-respect in a barnstorming game that showcased the...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoWorld Cup downer helped to raise my game says Reinach
By NEALE HARVEY New Saint: South African No.9 Cobus Reinach PICTURES: Getty Images COBUS Reinach has revealed how his disillusionment with...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoRecall for Louw as Boks look for a big response
By SAM JACKSON FRANCOIS Louw has been included in the Springbok squad for the two remaining matches of the Rugby Championship...
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Features
/ 9 years agoSpringboks want Willie to go home
WASPS could lose their second marquee signing in as many seasons with Willie Le Roux under pressure to return to South...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoRuan set to choose between Boks and England
By NEALE HARVEY RUAN Ackermann insists he has an open mind over where his international ambitions lie after following his father,...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoCheetahs cut down by Wootton 4-try blast
By DARAGH SMALL MUNSTER director of rugby Rassie Erasmus says there is still plenty of room for improvement even though the...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 9 years agoWasteful Wallabies let Boks off the hook
By SAM JACKSON AUSTRALIA coach Michael Cheika rued the inability of his Wallabies to close out matches after they surrendered a...
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Features
/ 9 years agoSpringboks could call time on Cheika’s reign
COLIN BOAG Crunch time: Michael Cheika faces a difficult match in Perth It has been open season on Australian rugby for...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoWallabies fire out a warning to Wales
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND I WROTE last week how Wales must look at this year’s Rugby Championship and take...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoThe Bok who gave Meads his toughest challenge
THROUGHOUT his career Colin Meads was frequently asked who his toughest and most feared opponent was and although the likes of...
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Features
/ 9 years agoSouthern stars shine in their adopted skies
TWO more recruits from what used to be the British Empire take up residence this week in Scotland’s training squad. Anton...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 9 years agoYes, it looks like something is really starting to happen for Coetzee’s Springboks
By NICK VERDIER SOUTHAfrica did not have it all their own way like they did against France in the June Test...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 9 years agoWill All Blacks be fresh to go again?
BRENDAN GALLAGHER runs his expert eye over the Rugby Championship contenders ahead of next weekend’s big kick-off New Zealand have lost...
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Featured
/ 9 years agoTop Boks will follow ‘exodus to Europe’
Super Rugby‘s fading appeal is likely to provoke South Africa‘s major provinces to follow the lead of the Cheetahs and Kings...
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Features
/ 9 years agoJones wants Tour to help England go the distance
Rupert Guinness, rugby writer for The Sydney Morning Herald, finds the England coach in the Alps Eddie Jones is back at...
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Guest columnists
/ 9 years agoGary Gold: Boks reborn with Venter working for the defence
The fact that the All Blacks drew the three-match series with the British and Irish Lions would have been of concern...
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International Rugby
/ 9 years agoEtzebeth try sparks Springboks’ second half battering
By NICK VERDIER SOUTH Africa celebrated the anniversary of their 1995 World Cup triumph by completing a 3-0 whitewash of France...
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Features
/ 9 years agoMills finally honoured with his cap from Top Cat
THEWelsh Rugby Union have dragged the good name of the game through the mud of some shameful episodes, not least their...
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International Rugby
/ 9 years agoKolisi try magic sets up series win for
By NICK VERDIER SOUTH Africa put four tries past France for the second week running to clinch their three-Test series in...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoVermeulen meets with specialist ahead of series opener against France
South Africa number 8 Duane Vermeulen will not play a part in the three-Test home series against France this month. Vermeulen...
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Features
/ 9 years agoHowScarlets boxed clever with Byron in their corner
PETER JACKSON Before the Scarlet champions could go out on the town in Dublin last Saturday night, Munster sent a congratulatory...
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Peter Jackson
/ 9 years agoPeter Jackson: Boks’ RWC triumph hung on a shirtsleeve
There is an old adage in journalism that news is not necessarily when it happens but when someone digs it out....
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoWorcester tie down another Springbok
Worcester have announced that South Africa international Dewald Potgieter has signed a new contract to extend his stay at Sixways. Potgieter...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoRhodes now relishing life as colossus of Saracens
NICK VERDIER meets the black sheep who’s turned into a starring wolf for Saracens It can be a daunting prospect for...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoSouth African minister lifts ban on SARU’s bid for 2023 World Cup
The SARU have been given the green light to resume their bid to host the 2023 Rugby World Cup a newly-appointed...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoSale sign Faf de Klerk after all
Sale Sharks have announced the signing of South Africa international Faf de Klerk on a three-year deal ahead of next season....
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoNow Springboks must head north says veteran Burger
By NICK CAIN SCHALK Burger has called for South Africa to join the Six Nations and European Cup as soon as...
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Features
/ 9 years agoDe Klerk and O’Connor are done deals at Sale
BLINDSIDE understands that Sale Sharks have completed deals for Faf de Klerk and James O’Connor to move to the club next...
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National League 3
/ 9 years agoOlivier: Boks must act to end the drain of talent
NEWS EXTRA By TOM BRADSHAW SOUTH AFRICA are likely to suffer a continuing drain of talent unless the South African Rugby...
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Features
/ 9 years agoWilliams’ rich seam of talent Alun-Wyn misses the point
THERE are many examples of illustrious families to be found in the history books of the game but none, surely, to...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoItaly draft in Allan for Twickenham clash
Tommaso Allan will start for Italy in their Six Nations clash against England at Twickenham on Sunday. The Treviso fly-half, who...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoLegend Van der Westhuizen dies
Former South Africa captain Joost van der Westhuizen has died losing his six-years battle with motor neurone disease. Van der Westhuizen,...
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Miscellaneous
/ 9 years agoDan’s the man for me says Bennett
By PETER JACKSON DAN BIGGAR takes centre stage for Wales in Rome today reinforced by a resounding vote of confidence from...
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Six Nations
/ 9 years agoCampagnaro wants Italy to catch the wave this time
MICHELE CAMPAGNARO has two sporting passions in life – playing rugby and surfing – and both so far have given him...
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Peter Jackson
/ 10 years agoPeter Jackson: Billy Boston’s old club being left for dead by the Union
The world’s first multi-racial rugby club, the one in Cardiff docks made famous by Billy Boston, is fighting for its life....
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Shane Williams
/ 10 years agoShane Williams: How many back rows can finish like Tipuric?
I’ve said it plenty of times, but I’m more than happy to say it again, Justin Tipuric is one of the...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 10 years agoJeff Probyn: Let’s not get carried away by win over these Boks
After a ten-year wait England have finally laid the Springbok ghost to bed with a resounding win by 37 points, including...
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Shane Williams
/ 10 years agoShane Williams – Wales are lucky that Boks look in even worse shape!
Wales are in serious danger of being left behind by the rest of the Six Nations if they don’t settle on...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 10 years agoJeremy Guscott: Semesa Rokoduguni deserved his chance to shine
Alex Goode has been the most consistent full-back in high-performance terms in the Premiership for some time in the eyes of...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 10 years agoHave Ireland found template for Lions to beat All Blacks?
Suddenly the biggest match in Irish Rugby history is upon us – well so it seems. New Zealand at home just...
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Shane Williams
/ 10 years agoShane Williams: Shape up lads, or the Lions will pass you by
Wales’ stars need to start performing or they are in grave danger of missing out on the British Lions. Don’t get...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 10 years agoJeremy Guscott: Daly puts his marker down to remind Joseph he has to be on top form to come back
One of the best measurements of the quality of Eddie Jones‘ performance as England head coach has been that almost every...
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