Articles Tagged “Springboks”
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Springbok team to play the Aussies
So the Springbok team to face Australia was announced this morning. And as was expected, Vermeulen and Goosen are both included in the match-22. Finally Meyer have listened to the fans by moving Hougaard to the wing and putting Pienaar in at starting scrumhalf. Tough luck on Mvovo as he didn’t do much wrong in [...]
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Who will be the next Springbok Coach
Last time we had a look at who could be taking over from John Smit as captain of the Springboks. There is however another vacancy opening up at the Springboks, with coach Peter de Villiers’ contract running out at the end of the year. In this post we’ll have a look at some of the [...]
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Who will be the next Springbok captain?
So there are at least two vacancies up for grabs at the Springboks in the wake of the disappointing World Cup. John Smit has decided to retire at Saracens and Peter de Villiers will be relieved of his contract at the end of the year. In a series of two posts we’ll have a look [...]
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Bryce Lawrence is getting mauled
I am as upset about a terrible ref as anyone else, and it’s got to be said that Bryce Lawrence got the whole country united. United in hating him. Let’s not dwell too much on what he did wrong (long list…) or right (very short list). The most enjoyable part is the love being shown [...]
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Who says the Boks will play Australia in the Quarter Finals?
Since the Australian loss to Ireland over the weekend there has been a lot to say in the SA media about the fact that the Boks will now most probably have to play Australia in the quarter final of the Rugby World Cup. Then they’ll have to go on to win New Zealand and lastly [...]
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Springbok team to face Namibia
The springbok team to face Namibia has been announced. P Divvy made 5 changes from the team that beat Fiji. I’m glad to see that he decided to rest a few players, I’m also glad that Chilliboy and Juan de Jongh are in the squad, but I would’ve preffered them to be in the starting [...]
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Springbok team trivia for the team against Fiji
Super trivia thanks to Tank Lanning: BOK TEAM STATS & FACTS: The starting lineup has 675 combined caps The oldest player is John Smit (33 Years) The youngest player is Pat Lambie (20 Years) The heaviest player is Gurthrö Steenkamp (122 kg) The lightest player is Juan de Jongh (85 kg) The tallest player is [...]
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Springboks vs Fiji Preview
P divvy announced a strong team to face the “look like a lock, run like a wing” Fijians. Unlikely that the Boks will go down against them, but we said the same thing against Wales. A big surprise is Bakkies Lazarus Botha. Last week almost had his leg amputated and now he is in the [...]
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Twitter Accounts to follow in the Rugby World Cup
For all the Twits out there, follow your favourite bokke on Twitter: Francois Hougaard BJ Botha Gurthro Steenkamp JP Pietersen Duane Vermeulen Odwa Ndungane Butch James Francois Louw Victor Matfield Pierre Spies John Smit Juan de Jongh Bryan Habana Morne Steyn
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Fourie du Preez : Springbok Rugby Player Profiles
Arguably the best scrumhalf, nay, rugby player in the world. Screw Richie McCaw, Fourie du Preez makes an immediate and major impact on the game as soon as his studs touch the pitch. It’s not for idle reasons that he has been nominated as SA player of the year 3 times and winning twice. So [...]