Apart from the South African teams being involved in friendlies this weekend, there were four other games that might be worth a bit of interest. Here are the results: [...]
Posts tagged with: Australia
Results summary – NZ and Aus games
Sharpe calls time on career
Australian and Western Force lock Nathan Sharpe has announced that he end his rugby playing career at the end of the 2012 Super Rugby season, after 15 seasons of top flight rugby. [...]
Movers and shakers in rankings
7 Feb 12 08:00 by Richard Ferguson | All Blacks, Original Content, Six Nations, Springboks, Wallabies | 6 Comments
After this weekend’s Six Nations fixtures, the Scots have fallen from the top 10 rugby nations and now lie in 11th spot, behind two Islander teams in Tonga and Samoa. [...]
Get your gloves on… it’s “Super 16″ time again
So this is kind of predictable, right? Having announced last week that the Southern Kings will definitely play Super Rugby in 2013, sort of added as a throwaway statement at the end of the Bok coach announcement with no details as to how it would be accomplished, SARU now look to have their hopes set on further expansion of the tournament, rather than having to drop one of the existing teams. [...]
Captains aplenty
Western Force coach Richard Graham has announced his captain for the Super Rugby tournament, with flanker David Pocock taking over from previous captain Nathan Sharpe. [...]
Ripia’s sticky fingers cost him Force gig
New Zealand-born flyhalf Willie Ripia, who joined the Force last year after previously playing Super Rugby for both the Highlanders and the Hurricanes, has had his playing contract terminated as the result of a “serious breach of team protocol”. [...]
Victor Matfield leads Barbarians
Veteran Bok lock Victor Matfield will captain the Barbarians in his final game this weekend; Matfield will retire from rugby after the festival game at Twickenham which will see the star-studded team take on Australia. [...]
Victor and the Barbarians vs Australia
This coming week, 26 November, we see the Australian rugby team facing the Barbarians at Twickenham before playing against Wales at the Millennium Stadium the next week. [...]
ODI’s SA vs Aus
Today sees the first of 3 ODI’s between SA and Australia. The game is played at SuperSport Park, Centurion. and bowl-off time is 14:30 SA-time. The next 2 matches will be played on Sunday 23 Oct in Port Elizabeth and on the Friday 28th in Durban. [...]
SA vs Australia
So let me just clear the air and say this post has nothing to do with the disappointing Bokke vs Australia RWC match. [...]
No pressure whatsoever
6 Oct 11 16:52 by Richard Ferguson | Bulls, Cheetahs, Lions, Original Content, Sharks, WP | 57 Comments
I was shocked to learn that SARU’s commercial manager, Andy Marinos, was quoted as saying that should the Boks be eliminated from the World Cup this weekend, the players would be able to join their unions and bolster squads ahead of the final weekend of round robin matches. [...]
A sad farewell
30 Aug 11 14:51 by Richard Ferguson | All Blacks, Original Content, Springboks, Tri Nations, Wallabies | 29 Comments
The Tri Nations has come to an end for the 2011 year, and it is with a sad feeling that we say good bye to the premier tournament in the Southern Hemisphere as it will be extended to a four team competition next year to include Argentina. [...]
Worst nightmare or smart ploy?
29 Aug 11 10:11 by Richard Ferguson | All Blacks, Original Content, RWC 2011, Springboks, Tri Nations, Wallabies | 17 Comments
The Wallabies won their first Tri Nations title in ten years on Saturday morning, and this has opened the door to many questions. A few that jump to mind: Did the All Blacks peak too early, yet again? Was it a ploy to instill false confidence in the teams to face the All Blacks later in the competition? Or was a it a case of simply being outplayed on the day? [...]
Cooper cited and cleared
28 Aug 11 10:28 by Richard Ferguson | All Blacks, Original Content, Tri Nations, Wallabies | 7 Comments
Australian flyhalf Quade Cooper was called in front of a SANZAR judicial hearing this morning after he allegedly striked Richie McCaw with his knee in the Wallabies win over the All Blacks in Brisbane on Saturday. [...]
All the RWC Squads
25 Aug 11 08:26 by KSA Shark © | All Blacks, Original Content, RWC 2011, Springboks, Wallabies | 17 Comments
Now that all 20 RWC squads have been announced here is a pool by pool breakdown of the squads. [...]
