Posts Tagged "John Smit"

There has been much written in the press this week celebrating the remarkable career of Brad Thorn, and rightfully so.

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Retiring captain John Smit has let slip a glimpse of South African anger at referee Bryce Lawrence’s performance in their Rugby World Cup quarter-final loss to Australia.

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South Africa coach Peter de Villiers hailed veteran forwards John Smit and Victor Matfield as the outgoing Rugby World Cup champions arrived home to an enthusiastic welcome from several hundred supporters.

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South Africa have suffered a blow ahead of Sunday’s Rugby World Cup quarter-final against Australia with forward enforcer Bakkies Botha ruled out through injury.

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Rival skippers John Smit and Rocky Elsom have a lot to prove in Durban tonight. Both are under the pump to retain their status with the Rugby World Cup only 27 days away.

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Springboks captain John Smit is optimistic his depleted side can bounce back from a lacklustre display against Australia to challenge the All Blacks in their Tri-Nations Test on Saturday.

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Lock Gerhard Mostert will make his Test debut for the Springboks after being named to face the All Blacks in Saturday’s Tri-Nations clash in Wellington.

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South African skipper John Smit denies the team he is bringing to Australia and New Zealand for this year’s Tri Nations is an understrength ‘B’ side.

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John Smit took advantage of his first start as a hooker this season as he led the Coastal Sharks to a 40-24 bonus point win against the Wellington Hurricanes 33-24 in a Super Rugby clash at King’s Park on Saturday.

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When is it time to call it quits? It all depends on who you talk to. In the world of rugby, this time can be decided by the player themselves, the selectors or by the unfortunate situation of a career ending injury.

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Springboks captain John Smit believes Australia coach Robbie Deans has thrown out a challenge to his new forwards to prove they should be in his Rugby World Cup plans.

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South Africa have made four changes to their starting XV for the Tri-Nations rugby clash with the Wallabies in Brisbane on Saturday night.

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The pendulum has well and truly swung back to the All Blacks.

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A visibly annoyed Springbok captain John Smit has warned his side ill-discipline will not be tolerated after a second player was suspended on their brief New Zealand tour.

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South Africa skipper John Smit is sure New Zealand’s loss of the Tri-Nations rugby crown last year will mean the home side is fired up when the teams clash in the series opener in Auckland on Saturday night.

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South Africa scored two tries in the first eight minutes to set up a convincing 42-17 win over France in a one-off rugby union Test at Newlands on Saturday.

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Springbok captain John Smit said South Africa and France had named their strongest teams for a one-off Test at Newlands on Saturday which will pit the world and northern hemisphere champions against each other.

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Springbok captain John Smit will become the first South African to play 100 games for one Super rugby team when the Sharks hosts the Cheetahs in round two of the competition.

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The most important consideration in selecting a rugby side, and this is the view of Alan Jones, who was an excellent selector, is to get the shape of the side right.

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The season is all but over, but I came across a site which had chosen the greatest professional side ever so I decided to pick my own team and see what sort of opinions other Roarers might have.

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