Brumbies flyhalf Christian Lealiifano. Photo: Getty Images First up I’d like to say what a tremendous performance the Brumbies put in against 16 Bulls players last week. To come back from such adversity and down by 20 points at one stage showed what this team of ‘no names’ can do. As for referee Marius Jonker, [...]
Brumbies venture into the Lions den
27 April 2012 By
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Kyle Brown on Ballz
27 April 2012 By
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Schalk pips Bismarck, Hougaard to top award – Primedia Broadcasting
27 April 2012 By
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Kyle Brown debuts on Ballz Radio
27 April 2012 By
In the video below, you will hear (new Internet Radio Station) Ballz Radio host Darren Scott call the BlitzBokke * THE national team who are most active on social media, * The National Team; using the internet to its fullist to keep the fans informed about the Team and their exploits on the HSBC Sevens World [...]
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Meyer impressed by Coetzee
26 April 2012 By
Victor Matfield Article source: http://www.sport24.co.za/Rugby/Springboks/Meyer-impressed-by-Coetzee-20120425
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Meyer picks Stormers for final Camp
26 April 2012 By
The final Springbok Planning Camp starts in Cape Town on Tuesday evening and Springbok coach Heyneke Meyer (pictured below) after consulting with the national selectors, has invited 31 players to the camp. All of the invited players are part of the DHL Stormers wider group. The camp starts on Tuesday and will run until Thursday. “We [...]
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3 Blitzbokke in powerful Baby Boks Team
25 April 2012 By
Vodacom Blue Bulls flank Wian Liebenberg will lead a powerful SA Under-20 team at the IRB Junior World Championship 2012 in Cape Town, the South African Rugby Union announced on Tuesday. SARU named the 28-man squad during a midday media conference held at the Stellenbosch Academy of Sport. Vodacom Cheetahs flyhalf Johan Goosen, DHL Stormers [...]
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BabyBok on Coach Heyneke’s radar
24 April 2012 By
Sharks lock Pieter Steph du Toit, a member of the wider South African Under-20 squad, has been called up to the Springbok Planning Camp in Pretoria. Du Toit played for the SA U20s in their first international against the touring Argentina team last Saturday after which he was called up by The Sharks for Vodacom [...]
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Treu rings in the changes for UK Tour
24 April 2012 By
Clayton Blommetjies, the Tuks fullback who starred in this year’s Varsity Cup success, on Tuesday received a well-deserved call-up to the Springbok Sevens squad. Six changes The Blitzbokke group for the last two tournaments of the HSBC Sevens World Series, to be played in Glasgow and London in May, show six changes from the previous [...]
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Coca-Cola Craven Week Returns to Port Elizabeth
24 April 2012 By
The Eastern Province Rugby Union will this year play host to the prestigious Under 18 Coca Cola Craven Week schools tournament taking place from 8 to 14 July 2012. It is 12 years since EPRU hosted the event and 2012 promises to produce an eventful and entertaining tournament. Coca-Cola, as it has done in the [...]
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Super Rugby rules are flawed
24 April 2012 By
Gallo Images The Brumbies are benefitting from a flawed system. Call it peculiar, bizarre or just silly… the fact is it’s wrong. How can a team that has seven log points less than another team be placed higher in the standings? Well, that’s Super Rugby for you. I find it incredibly disappointing to think that [...]
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Meyer’s vintage or advantage
24 April 2012 By
Meyer’s selection: vintage or advantage? The debate about the new Springbok coach’s attempts to lure Victor Matfield back from retirement and to surround himself with Blue Bull credentialed confidants, has intensified. For now, Heyneke Meyer still gets the benefit of the doubt about his decision to appoint Johann van Graan (forward coach of the Bulls), [...]
Rugby World Cup winner retires from Test rugby
24 April 2012 By
Veteran Springbok flyhalf Butch James, a member of the Rugby World Cup winning team in 2007, has decided to retire from Test rugby with immediate effect. James is the most capped Springbok flyhalf, having played 37 of his 42 Tests for South Africa in the No. 10 jersey since making his debut against France in [...]
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Erasmus named Springboks coaching GM
23 April 2012 By
Former Springbok flanker Johan ‘Rassie’ Erasmus was named general manager: high performance teams on Sunday by the South African Rugby Union (SARU). The media-shy 39-year-old has coached at Currie Cup and Super Rugby levels with Free State and Western Province and was the Springbok technical analyst during the 2011 Rugby World Cup. “He will be [...]
Rugby-Erasmus named South Africa’s high performance manager
22 April 2012 By
PRETORIA, South Africa, April 15 (Reuters) – Johan ‘Rassie’ Erasmus, the former Springbok loose forward, was named as South Africa’s general manager of high performance teams by the South African Rugby Union (SARU) on Sunday. Erasmus, who played in 36 tests for his country, will be involved in all South Africa’s national teams. “He will [...]
