Preview: South Africa vs Wales
1 decade ago by Ultimate RugbySouth Africa vs Wales: Quarter-Final PreviewIf you’re expecting a game of free-flowing running rugby, you’re in the wrong place at the wrong time. This a World Cup knock-out game, in which the players...
South Africa vs USA - No New Lessons Learned
1 decade ago by Len KaplanBeating the USA was a hurdle the Springboks needed to cross to earn first place in their pool and it turned out to be a low hurdle. A full-strength USA team would not trouble the Boks unduly, and this...
South Africa vs USA - Match Preview
1 decade ago by Len KaplanUSA coach Mike Tolkin has made 12 changes to the starting XV that lost to Scotland in his team’s last game. Seven of his match-day 23 will be making their RWC 2015 debuts. Springbok coach Heyneke...
De Allende big winner at WP awards
1 decade ago by Cape Argus - StormersSpringbok and Western Province centre Damian de Allende was the big winner at the 2015 Western Province Rugby Football Union Awards.
What We Learned: SA v Scotland
1 decade agoScotland failed to select their strongest team – targeting Samoa in their final pool game as their access to the quarter-finals – and started the game tentatively (again), and in the end were comprehensively outplayed...
South Africa vs Scotland - Preview
1 decade ago by Len KaplanHaving weathered the potential Samoa storm, the Springboks face the less physical but impressively canny Scotland. The Boks are without captain Jean de Villiers and vice-captain Victor Matfield and carry...
South Africa land on best team by chance
1 decade ago by Rugby WorldSouth Africa have picked up some crucial injuries but may have stumbled across their best team as a resultNew breed: Damian de Allende will join Jessie Kriel in South Africa's midfieldInjuries are occurring...
South Africa bounce back with convincing victory over Samoa in Birmingham
1 decade ago by Rugby DumpSouth Africa bounced back from their shocking defeat to Japan a week earlier to put in a much improved performance and beat Samoa by forty points. Winger JP Pietersen scored a hat-trick of tries as the...
Springboks - State Of The Campaign
1 decade agoJean de Villiers is a rugby icon – 109 Test matches, 37 as captain, scoring 27 Test tries, 50 matches for Western Province and 105 for the Stormers; he came through SA Schools and under 19 and under...
South Africa vs Samoa - What SA Learned
1 decade agoIf you control territory, as the Boks did, the opposition are going to struggle to stay in the game. If you manipulate the defence, as the Boks did against Samoa, rather than play predictably, as the...
