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John Smit believes his shoulder injury is nothing that a little bit of strapping won’t be able to fix. [...]
Wallabies
Smit hopes to be fit for PE
14 Aug 11 09:13 by KSA Shark © | All Blacks, Original Content, RWC 2011, Springboks, Tri Nations, Wallabies | 14 Comments
3N Game 4 – South Africa (9) vs (14) Australia F/T
13 Aug 11 14:00 by Richard Ferguson | In the news, Springboks, Tri Nations, Wallabies | 122 Comments
The Springboks start their home leg of the Tri Nations campaign against the Australians in Durban today, with the Boks desperately needing a win to get some points on the log and stop a losing culture that has come over them in recent times. [...]
Brüssow starts as A-team come out to play
11 Aug 11 13:00 by Richard Ferguson | Original Content, Springboks, Tri Nations, Wallabies | 150 Comments
The Springbok team to face the Wallabies in Durban this Saturday has been announced and there are a few surprises in the starting line-up, first being that Heinrich Brüssow has been selected in the starting fifteen. [...]
Wallabies expect forward onslaught
Wallabies coach Robbie Dean has gone with an extra forward on the bench for Saturday’s Tri-Nations test against the Springboks in Durban, in a clear indication that his side expects a highly physical battle with the home forwards. [...]
Final trial looms for All Blacks in Port Elizabeth
8 Aug 11 07:20 by Hertford Highlander | All Blacks, Original Content, RWC 2011, Springboks, Wallabies | 4 Comments
The All Black selectors look likely to use their away leg match of the Tri Nations in Port Elizabeth as the final selection trial for their 30 man Rugby World Cup squad. [...]
3N Game 3 – New Zealand (30) vs (14) Australia F/T
The first real exciting game of the Tri Nations sees the All Blacks take on the Wallabies in Auckland, a ground where New Zealand have not lost a match in 17 years, and interestingly enough, the venue of the Rugby World Cup Final. [...]
Wallabies unchanged for Eden park clash
4 Aug 11 08:52 by Richard Ferguson | All Blacks, Original Content, Tri Nations, Wallabies | Comment?
Australian coach Robbie Deans kept an unchanged starting 15 to take on the All Blacks in Auckland this weekend, as they face their first real challenge of the three team competition so far. The only changes made to the 22 are on the bench. [...]
All Blacks’ rotation policy evident
4 Aug 11 08:43 by Richard Ferguson | All Blacks, Original Content, Tri Nations, Wallabies | 12 Comments
The All Blacks have made seven changes to the team that so comprehensively beat the Springboks last week, to face the Wallabies in this weekend Tri Nations clash in Auckland. [...]
3N away leg – the numbers
2 Aug 11 12:00 by Richard Ferguson | All Blacks, Original Content, Springboks, Tri Nations, Wallabies | 28 Comments
Finally the stats for the last two Tri Nations games have become available, and there are some shocking results which have come through, where one the so-called ‘missing’ players had actually been one of the busier ones. I have put together the stats for both games and will report these as one. [...]
Nope, the sky isn’t falling
I’ll probably get shot down by a good number for this post, but I honestly didn’t think things went that badly on Saturday morning.
Let us take a cold, objective, un-emotional look at how the game unfolded.
3N Game 1 – Australia (39) vs South Africa (20) F/T
23 Jul 11 10:30 by Richard Ferguson | In the news, Springboks, Tri Nations, Wallabies | 222 Comments
The Springboks and Wallabies kick of the last Tri Nations competition this morning when they face each other in Sydney, in a shortened competition to make way for the all important Rugby World Cup. [...]
Muller and Brüssow included in tour
15 Jul 11 13:01 by Richard Ferguson | All Blacks, Original Content, Springboks, Tri Nations, Wallabies | 39 Comments
Johann Muller and Heinrich Brüssow have both been included in the Springbok touring squad for the away leg of the Tri Nations. Both players have responded well to treatment and will take the trip to take on Australia and then New Zealand a week later. [...]
Henry reiterates effect of long season
14 Jul 11 14:59 by Richard Ferguson | All Blacks, Original Content, Springboks, Tri Nations, Wallabies | 5 Comments
All Blacks coach Graham Henry has indicated that some of the players that have attended a training camp in Auckland over the last few days are suffering from too much rugby, and will look to rest certain individuals before the World Cup later this year. [...]
Australian B team to face Samoa
Australia face Samoa in a test match on Sunday afternoon (Sunday morning SA time) in what can only be described a warm up for the Tri Nations that kicks off later this month, and the team that has been announced is certainly a B team. [...]
The art of winning and losing
Paul Dobson writing for www.rugby365.com
One wonders which is done better – winning or losing. In some ways losing graciously is easier than winning graciously, but both can be revealing of character and personal balance. [...]