Jake White is desperate to oust South Africa coach Peter de Villiers, even on an interim basis, and has revealed that contact with his former employers over the role has already been made. The current Springbok boss is under heavy pressure and facing mounting criticism in the wake of a poor 2010 season from the [...]
Tags: Jake White, Peter de Villiers, Springboks
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
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
Butch James, Jannie du Plessis and Flip van der Merwe are all doubts for South Africa ahead of this week’s final Tri-Nations encounter against Australia in Bloemfontein. The trio sat out training on Monday, but the nature of their injuries are yet to be revealed after they underwent scans earlier in the day. However, reports [...]
Tags: Butch James, Flip van der Merwe, Jannie du Plessis, Springboks, Tri Nations
Flyhalf Morne Steyn kicked four conversions and two penalties in a faultless display of goal-kicking to lead South Africa to a 44-31 victory over Australia in their Tri-Nations Test in Pretoria. The Springboks trailed 24-28 at halftime but turned their fortunes around following the break as they patched up their defensive woes and pinned the [...]
Tags: Australia, Morne Steyn, Pretoria, Springboks, Tri Nations
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