After the 37 man squad announcement this week we have a clearer indication of which players are going over to New Zealand representing the Springboks and defending our most prized possession, the Rugby World Cup. [...]
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Taking a closer look
Bulls pull off last-minute back row shuffle
Sharksworld has reliably learned of a late change to the Bulls lineup for today’s crunch clash against the Sharks in Durban. [...]
Rookie prop to tour with Bulls
The Bulls have named their tour group to depart South Africa on Tuesday night for a four-match Super Rugby tour of the Antipodes. Young prop Morne Mellet is the only member of the tour party yet to be capped at Super Rugby level. [...]
Bulls ready for Lions
The Bulls have named their team to take on the Lions in Pretoria on Saturday evening, with two changes from the team that played last week, both being injury enforced. [...]
Kirchner the only casualty as Bulls win well
A near full-strength Bulls team ran riot in Nelspruit this weekend, but a rib cartilage injury sustained by fullback Zane Kirchner may have taken some of the gloss off the result. [...]
Andries gets the call
The most improved centre of the 2010 Currie Cup Tournament, Andries Strauss, has been called up the replace an injured Zane Kirchner. Strauss is set to join the Boks on Wednesday and will in all likelihood play on Saturday against the Barbarians. [...]
Boks v England: Player ratings
The Boks turned in a vastly-improved performance on Saturday to extend their unbeaten run against the English to 7 test matches. Let’s see how they performed individually. [...]
All attack and defence, but nothing else
The best thing one can do after such a demoralizing defeat is to look at what went wrong and to make sure it never happens again. Let’s have a look see at where it went wrong, and where it went right (Who would have though?). [...]
Take that!
The Springboks beat the Irish 23 -21 in a match that went down to the last few minutes after the Irish came back to score two late tries to put some pressure on the Boks. The scoreline was a bit flattering towards the Irish, as the Boks really dominated them for 60 minutes of the match. [...]
Bok team announced
The Springbok team to face Ireland has been announced. Deon Stegmann is the only debutant in the team, and will start in the 6 jersey. Should Jean de Villiers not pass a late fitness test, Pat Lambie will join Stegmann as the second new Springbok. [...]
Schalk and de Jongh ruled out
SARU have confirmed that Schalk Burger and Juan de Jongh have been ruled out of the End of Year Tour due to injury. [...]
Aplon a dead cert to start at 15
South Africa were dealt yet another serious injury blow, as they started preparations for their historic Test against New Zealand in Soweto on Saturday. [...]
SARU screw up again on more than one front.
An administrative blunder by the South African Rugby Union, rather than injury, might turn out to be the biggest stumbling block in the way of Frans Steyn’s return to the Springbok team. [...]
Boks in eMalahleni: A fan’s perspective
When I heard the Boks were playing in Italy in Witbank, I was genuinely excited as this would in all probability be an affordable opportunity to watch the Springboks live at an affordable price, while only being less than two hours drive away. We have had an article about the match, so this will be more about my matchday experience than a review of quite a flat second half Bok performance. [...]
Div is spot on
Despite all the hysteria, Peter de Villiers was actually spot on. And as much as it pains me to say so, the only call he got wrong in this latest round of selections was to not drop BJ Botha along with the rest of the so-called foreign “stars”. [...]
