by AP, 10 Apr 2013
Junior World Cup winners Jan Serfontein and Pieter-Steph du Toit have been included in Heyneke Meyer’s first senior Springbok squad of 2013. Bulls centre Serfontein and Sharks forward Du Toit were among 36 players called up by South Africa coach Meyer on Tuesday for a three-day training camp starting this weekend. Winger Bryan Habana and [...]
by Gavin Fernie, 25 Feb 2013
The first rugby Test I watched was as a boy, when the mighty 1949 All Blacks played the Springboks at the old Ellis Park in Johannesburg. The good aspect was the sheer nerve-tingling excitement of seeing the giants of the day bashing into each other, and the skill of the backs probing for a gap [...]
by biltongbek, 14 Dec 2012
Australia and South Africa have a responsibility to the international rugby community to address the dominance of the All Blacks. Operation Kiwi I am going to call it. Over the past 15 months or so we have seen an All Black team who really only had one blemish on their record (Ok, if you count [...]
by Cliffdriff, 6 Dec 2012
It’s with some sense of relief that we bid the 2012 rugby season farewell. Too much of a good thing, they say… South Africa ended the year on a high by remaining unbeaten on their tour of Europe. The Springboks battled hard for their victories over Ireland, Scotland and England and cemented a top-four spot [...]
by biltongbek, 30 Nov 2012
You will hear many South Africans say why must we emulate the All Blacks? I don’t think they get it. I for one do not want us to emulate the All Blacks. You can, however, learn from certain aspects of their game and adapt those specific areas to how it will suit you best. Last [...]
by biltongbek, 28 Nov 2012
They call us fickle supporters, impatient, we expect to be greater than the All Blacks and yet why should we not be all of those things and more? Don’t lay the blame at our doorstep, go back to the legends and fables told about Danie Craven, Jan Ellis, Frik du Preez, Mannetjies Roux etc. Those [...]
by AFP, 25 Nov 2012
South Africa completed an unbeaten tour of Europe with a 16-15 victory over England at Twickenham on Saturday that did more damage to the hosts’ hopes of a top-four seeding at next month’s World Cup draw. Springboks flanker Willem Alberts’s try – the only one of the match – early in the second half proved [...]
by AFP, 24 Nov 2012
England’s assistant coach Graham Rowntree has called on his side to right recent wrongs by ending a 10-Test winless streak in games against South Africa on Saturday. England have not tasted victory against the Springboks since 2006, having been held to a frustrating 14-14 draw when the sides last met in Port Elizabeth in June. [...]
by The Crowd, 24 Nov 2012
Nick Mallet did not mince his words about the Springboks’ lack of inventiveness with their backline play following their 21-10 victory over the Scots at Murrayfield over the weekend. Heyneke Meyer is sticking to what is being labelled by pundits as a ‘win ugly’ approach. Meyer calls it winning rugby nonetheless (“ because that is [...]
by Ciaran Baynes, 11 Nov 2012
South Africa overturned a first half deficit and ill-discipline to open their November tour of the northern hemisphere with a deserved 16-12 victory on Saturday at Lansdowne Road. After a half blighted by poor play and the concession of 11 penalties, leading to a 12-3 deficit, the visitors turned up the intensity and kept Ireland [...]
Having battled anti-Apartheid sporting boycotts early in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s, the Springboks eventually put those issues behind them to record their first World Cup victory in 1995 against the All Blacks. It is still considered South Africa’s greatest sporting moment in the midst of the unrest plaguing the nation at the time.
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