Sharks coach John Plumtree has warned his players they need to put in the hard yards this week following numerous unforced errors during their loss against the Blue Bulls. The Durban outfit’s seven-match unbeaten run came to an end in Pretoria on Saturday after they threw away a 24-13 half-time to lead to go down [...]
Tags: blue bulls, bulls, currie cup, John Plumtree, sharks
Australia hooker Saia Fainga’a has been handed a two-week suspension after being found guilty of a dangerous tackle against South Africa in the Tri Nations encounter in Bloemfontein. The Queensland hooker, who was on as a replacement for Stephen Moore, was sent to the sin bin 11 minutes from time after a spear tackle on [...]
Tags: Flip van der Merwe, Saia Fainga'a, Springboks, Tri Nations, Wallabies
Fullback Kurtley Beale struck a long-range penalty with his only kick of the match to give Australia a 41-39 win over South Africa in a stirring Tri-Nations clash on Saturday. Beale’s nerveless goal in the final 30 seconds from 55 metres climaxed a game which see-sawed dramatically after the Wallabies had run the Springboks ragged [...]
Tags: Australia, South Africa, Springboks, Tri Nations, Wallabies
Robbie Deans has made three changes to the Australia pack to compete with South Africa at set pieces in Saturday’s Tri-Nations Test. For the match in Bloemfontein hooker Stephen Moore and number eight Ben McCalman have been promoted from the bench while lock Mark Chisholm has earned a recall having not featured for the Wallabies [...]
Tags: Australia, Bloemfontein, Springboks, Tri Nations
The defending champion Blue Bulls will be out to get their Currie Cup campaign back on track against the Sharks in Pretoria, following last week’s shock loss to the Pumas. The Blue Bulls currently reside in fourth place on the tournament ladder after narrowly losing to the Pumas 22-21 in Nelspruit last Friday, and will [...]
Tags: blue bulls, bulls, currie cup, sharks
More than 13 000 tickets are still available for Saturday’s Tri Nations test match between the Springboks and the Wallabies at Vodacom Park in Bloemfontein. Officials say by this afternoon about 33 000 of the 46 000 available seats were sold. The rows of empty seats at Loftus in Pretoria caught the eye at last [...]
Tags: Australia, Bloemfontein, Springboks, Tri Nations, Wallabies
John Mitchell has parted ways with Super 15 franchise Western Force with the team saying on Thursday that the only man to have coached the side since they entered the series in 2006 was leaving a year early. The former All Blacks coach was scheduled to depart the Perth-based side after next year’s inaugural Super [...]
Tags: currie cup, John Mitchell, Lions, Western Force
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