Posts Tagged "Victor Matfield"

Retired Springboks player Victor Matfield, once touted the world’s best lock, has been appointed a coach at his former team the Bulls, the club says.

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Imagine for a moment that Morne Steyn was still the 90% kicker that he has been virtually his entire career.

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Now the dust has settled following the 2011 Rugby World Cup, I see no better time to reignite the perennial ‘greatest side of the professional era’ debate.

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Retired Springboks lock Victor Matfield will join the Bulls coaching staff for next year’s Super Rugby competition.

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Nathan Sharpe has been rated with Springbok living legend Victor Matfield as the best lineout exponent in the past decade as he prepares for his 100th Wallabies Test on Friday night.

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As South Africa bids farewell to New Zealand – the Land of the Long White Cloud – the rugby world bids farewell to one of the greatest number five locks of all time.

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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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Springboks coach Peter de Villiers fears he may be about to lose veteran lock Victor Matfield for the rest of the Rugby World Cup.

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Victor Matfield is a rugby giant, his 200cm (6ft 6) 110kg frame a testament to the fact. His undisputed standing as one of the greatest locks-lineout jumpers of the professional era confirms his stature.

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In early 2010, I gave a newspaper clipping from the Sports Section of one newspaper to my son (who studies the Biomechanics of Sprinting). It was about why East Africans are good at distance running: because their navels are high, relative to Caucasian runners.

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South Africa made two changes as they seek to bounce back from their shock defeat by Scotland when they face England at Twickenham on Saturday.

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South Africa received a boost ahead of their ‘grand slam’ tour opener against Ireland when Jean de Villiers was passed fit to take his place in the rugby world champions’ midfield.

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Veteran lock Victor Matfield was on Friday named skipper of the Springbok rugby squad to tour the British Isles next month.

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The Wallabies had an abysmal time with kick-off receptions against the All Blacks, and were punished severely. In the second test against the All Blacks the Boks were punished in much the same fashion.

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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 Bulls won their 20th consecutive home victory in a gripping and ferocious Super 14 final when they defeated a brave Stormers side 25 – 17 at Orlando Stadium in Soweto.

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The Bulls have upped the ante by accusing the Crusaders of illegal scrummaging ahead of their Super 14 rugby semi-final in South Africa on Saturday (Sunday 1.05am AEST).

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I am not perfect by any means, but with rugby becoming more global I feel that some of the players need to brush up on their communication skills. After every match, the respective captains are interviewed for their thoughts.

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The All Blacks’ belief that South Africa will kick the leather off the ball in their Tri-Nations rugby Test on Saturday appears well founded after the tourists announced one change to their team.

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