Springbok coach Peter de Villiers must use 2010 to “test combinations”, a way of rotating players, to help avoid player burnout ahead of the World Cup in New Zealand next year. [...]
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Boks must ‘test combinations’ in 2010
Boks dominate nominations
14 Oct 09 18:07 by war1 | Bulls, Cheetahs, Currie Cup, In the news, Lions, Other SA Teams, Sevens, Sharks, Springboks, Stormers, Super 14, Tri Nations, WP | 51 Comments
Johannesburg – Heinrich Brüssow, one of the stars of the 2009 season, has been nominated five times and heads the list of nominees with three of his Springbok team-mates for awards to be made at the SA Rugby Player of the Year banquet which will take place at a glittering event at Vodaworld, Midrand, on Monday, November 2. [...]
Argies to join 3N
SANZAR, the controlling body of Southern Hemisphere competitions, has extended a conditional invitation to Argentina to join the Tri-Nations from 2012 to create a new ‘Four Nations’ championship. courtesy of www.rugby365.com [...]
Fourie suspended for 4 weeks
Springbok centre Jaque Fourie has been suspended for four weeks for a dangerous tackle during the All Blacks v South Africa Test at Waikato Stadium in Hamilton, yesterday. [...]
Trophy cabinet full for the Boks
12 Sep 09 15:24 by KSA Shark © | All Blacks, In the news, Springboks, Tri Nations, Wallabies | 11 Comments
The Springboks added the 2009 Tri-Nations series to their already bulging trophy cabinet with a nailbiting 32-29 win over the All Blacks at in Hamilton on Saturday. [...]
Tri-Nations ‘09 – New Zealand (29) v South Africa (32) F/T
This is it – the Tri-Nations decider for South Africa. [...]
Bismarck weak link in scrum – Visagie
The truth behind South Africa’s problems at scrum time in this year’s Test rugby was laid bare on Tuesday night, four days before the crucial Tri-Nations match in Hamilton.
Basically, there was good news and bad news
Bok 22 to face All Blacks named
Springbok coach Peter de Villiers has named his squad for the important Tri Nations match in Hamilton this weekend.
Bakkies: I like to see pain
Surfer’s Paradise – Springbok lock, Bakkies Botha, says he doesn’t feel any pain but he likes to see it in his opponent’s eyes. [...]
Carter back at 10 for AB’s
All Blacks Coach Graham Henry and his Assistant Coaches Steve Hansen and Wayne Smith have named the All Blacks team to play the Tri Nations Test against South Africa at Waikato Stadium, Hamilton, on Saturday 12 September. [...]
Hindsight gives new perspective
In the aftermath of the Brisbane test there has been a lot of advice given to the Boks, from drop John Smit, move him to hooker, not a tighthead’s backside to change the wings, bring back Steyn, Odwa has no pace, and of course the inevitable it’s the refs fault. Whilst both Bryce Lawrence and Wayne-I owe the Kiwis one- Barnes made very strange decisions to say the least, were they the cause of the Boks’ downfall? [...]
Tri-Nations: Australia (21) v South Africa (6) F/T
Today could just be the day when the Boks clinch the Tri-Nations title for only the third time in history. [...]
Carter does the shuffle
All Black coach Graham Henry is looking to put mercurial flyhalf Dan Carter on centre stage when they tackle the Springboks in what could be a decisive Tri-Nations Test in Hamilton next Saturday.
Springboks taking nothing for granted
South Africa coach Peter de Villiers has played down reports that his side are on a quest to make history in this year’s Tri-Nations.
Joe gets the call
1 Sep 09 08:50 by robdylan | Currie Cup, Original Content, Sharks, Springboks, Tri Nations | 57 Comments
Sharks captain Johann Muller has been called up to join the Springboks Tri-Nations tour party as a replacement for injured WP lock Andries Bekker. [...]
