New Zealand vs South Africa 3rd Test – Preview
The teams have been announced and here they are :- Springboks – 15 Frans Steyn, 14 Odwa Ndungane, 13 Jaque Fourie, 12 Jean de Villiers, 11 Bryan Habana, 10 Morné Steyn, 9 Fourie du Preez, 8 Pierre Spies, 7 Juan Smith, 6 Heinrich Brüssow, 5 Victor Matfield, 4 Bakkies Botha, 3 John Smit (c), 2...
Australia 21 – South Africa 6
The Wallabies ended the Springboks’ winning run in the Tri-nations with a well deserved 21 – 6 victory in Brisbane over the World Champions. A try each by Ashley Cooper and O’Connor proved sufficient to separate the two sides. But what an entertaining game! Despite only two tries being scored in the match both teams...
Springboks of 1999 vs Springboks of 2009
I came across an interesting article on the internet today. A journalist was of the opinion that the current Bok team was the best Bok team ever (I assume he means post-apartheid). He then went on to compare it to the 1999 Bok team that won 17 Tests in a row (yes, the same team...
Springbok and Wallaby teams named for Brisbane Test
The Springboks and the Wallabies have named their teams for this weekends Tri-Nations match in Brisbane. We will start with the Boks: They have made one change to their starting XV which sees winger Odwa Ndungane coming in for the injured JP Pietersen. I would have thought that PdV would have drafted Frans Steyn onto...
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