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 [...]
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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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 [...]
Previous: Meyer’s vintage or advantage
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 [...]
Blitzbok Jordaan star in BabyBoks win over Pumitas
22 April 2012 By
The South Africa Under-20 team wrapped a three-match series against the touring Argentina side with a 13-5 win in the third and final encounter at the Danie Craven Stadium, Stellenbosch, on Saturday evening. Last week, the home team ran out 51-19 winners, while the midweek clash ended in a 23-all draw. Dawie Theron, the SA [...]
Butch James calls it a day with Springboks
22 April 2012 By
Springbok 2007 Rugby World Cup winning fly half Butch James has announced that he has retired from playing Test rugby with immediate effect. James is the most capped Springbok flyhalf, having played 37 of his 42 Tests for South Africa in that position, since making his debut against France in 2001. “I’ve had a great [...]
One last job for Boks in the red hand gang
22 April 2012 By
“From the outside looking in, it must look like a very strange decision,” said Ulster’s Ireland centre Paddy Wallace of the elbowing aside of Brian McLaughlin into looking after the academy with New Zealander Mark Anscombe installed as head coach this summer. “But we have to trust in the management bringing in players and it’s [...]
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Hong Kong 7s Dinner
21 April 2012 By
Mike Jansen, Hong Kong, 20 April 2012 As a South African expat in Asia for over a decade, I can tell you that one of the most-anticipated events in Hong Kong (other than the actual Hong Kong Sevens) is the Southern African Association in Hong Kong’s Sevens Dinner. For as long as I’ve been in [...]
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