In 1891, ten years after the First Anglo-Boer War and eight years before the Second Boer War, a British rugby team docked in Cape…
In 1891, ten years after the First Anglo-Boer War and eight years before the Second Boer War, a British rugby team docked in Cape…
Since 1992, Springbok rugby has struggled to gain consistency in performance. At times it felt like trudging through mud while those around you are…
South Africa coach Peter de Villiers feels his side's dreams of retaining the World Cup in New Zealand next year have been given a…
Australia winger Drew Mitchell scored two tries as the Barbarians beat South Africa 26-20 at Twickenham on Saturday to end a disappointing year for…
So as the southern hemisphere season comes to a close, and the northern hemisphere season has kicked off again. Who has put their hand…
The Wallabies have been dealt a major blow ahead of Saturday night's Tri Nations match against South Africa, with lock Nathan Sharpe (shoulder) and…
[caption id="attachment_22613" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="New Zealand\'s Dan Carter, right, is tackled by Australia\'s Nathan Sharpe during the Bledisloe Cup rugby match in Sydney, Australia,…
Rugby is less of a ball-in-hand than it was meant to be, less of a team game than it used to be, and a…
I am infuriated to the nth degree after watching the debacle of a rugby test in South Africa. Firstly, the referee. How can rugby…
[caption id="attachment_10367" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="springboks looking like percy"][/caption] Last weekend, John Mitchell, the former All Blacks coach and currently the coach of the Western…
[caption id="attachment_10367" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="springboks looking like percy"][/caption] Last weekend, John Mitchell, the former All Blacks coach and currently the coach of the Western…
[caption id="attachment_10367" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="springboks looking like percy"][/caption] Last weekend, John Mitchell, the former All Blacks coach and currently the coach of the Western…
First things first: the 2009 Springboks have one of the great packs in rugby history. The pressure they brought on the Wallabies in the…
First things first: the 2009 Springboks have one of the great packs in rugby history. The pressure they brought on the Wallabies in the…
First things first: the 2009 Springboks have one of the great packs in rugby history. The pressure they brought on the Wallabies in the…
[caption id="attachment_22116" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="South Africa\'s Victor Matfield, right, tackles Australia Will Genia, center, during their Tri Nations rugby match in Cape Town, South…
It's tough to watch the All Blacks these days. Even harder if you are a die-hard fan. It's not often the Springboks win back-to-back…
What an awful year to be an All Blacks supporter. I haven’t felt this bad about the All Blacks since 1998 and that’s a…
[caption id="attachment_21899" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="All Blacks coach, Graham Henry. AAP Images"][/caption] The fact that Morne Steyn scored all South Africa's points in their emphatic…
Wallabies coach Robbie Deans has revealed Timana Tahu had been pencilled in for his third Test start just a month before his anticipated departure…
The Western Force are preparing for life without Matt Giteau by securing the services of three promising junior Australian representatives for the 2010 Super…
A weekend protest by players resulted in the South Africa Rugby Union being charged on Monday for alleged breaches of the International Rugby Board…
It's humble pie time for those of us who predicted a 3 - 0 Bokwash of the British and Irish Lions in the series…
It's a very different Nathan Sharpe who heads to South Africa this week almost twelve months after his Test career abruptly hit the skids.…
It's a very different Nathan Sharpe who heads to South Africa this week almost twelve months after his Test career abruptly hit the skids.…
It's a very different Nathan Sharpe who heads to South Africa this week almost twelve months after his Test career abruptly hit the skids.…
In 1891, ten years after the First Anglo-Boer War and eight years before the Second Boer War, a British rugby team docked in Cape…
2013
Thanks left wing.
Hard to say re 1949. The All Blacks lost two international matches on the same day.
In 1949 two …(more)