Topic: Peter de Villiers
Injury-hit South Africa made six changes to the team that will face Fiji in Wellington on Saturday but received a boost with veteran lock Bakkies Botha's return from an achilles tendon strain.Botha missed the Springboks' opening Rugby World Cup match against Wales ...
South Africa coach Peter de Villiers said Monday that hosts New Zealand remain 2011 Rugby World Cup favourites despite suffering two consecutive Tri-Nations defeats this month.The All Blacks surrendered the southern hemisphere championship following a 25-20 defeat in Australia last Saturday, one ...
South Africa's resolute defence was hailed as the difference between the teams after the Springboks beat the New Zealand All Blacks 18-5 in a Tri-Nations Test at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium Saturday.In their final match before next month's World Cup, the defending ...
Australia coach Robbie Deans praised the resilience of his team after they overturned a 6-0 half-time deficit to defeat the most capped Springbok team of all time 14-9 in a Tri-Nations Test at Kings Park on Saturday.With the World Cup less than ...
South Africa added forwards Ashley Johnson and Ryan Kankowski to a constantly changing squad Monday amid injury and illness concerns ahead of Tri-Nations Tests against Australia and New Zealand.It was the second revision in as many days to the original 24-man group ...
South Africa skipper John Smit does not accept he is leading a 'B' team to Tri-Nations slaughter in Australia and New Zealand this month.Injuries have ruled 21 mostly first-choice Springboks out of the away leg of the annual southern hemipshere championship, which ...
Western Stormers scrum-half Ricky Januarie withdrew from the South Africa 2011 Rugby World Cup preliminary squad Friday and announced his retirement from international rugby union.The 29-year-old was a surprise inclusion at the expense of Sarel Pretorius of Central Cheetahs in a 49-man ...
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 big lift by their hard, if only half successful, campaign in the Northern Hemisphere.The Springboks boss was upbeat ...
South Africa coach Peter De Villiers claims Martin Johnson has transformed England into a team to be feared with less than 10 months to go until the Rugby World Cup.. England head into Saturday's Twickenham showdown with the Springboks on the back ...
A disastrous South Africa Tri-Nations campaign and controversial comments by embattled coach Peter de Villiers will be reviewed this month, a statement said Sunday."Rugby followers are extremely disappointed with results in the Tri-Nations as are the Springbok team and management," South African ...
