Topic: Schalk Burger
Full-time score in the second Tri-Nations rugby Test between New Zealand and South Africa at Westpac Stadium here on Saturday: New Zealand 31 South Africa 17 (H-t: 13-7) Scorers New Zealand - Tries: Ma'a Nonu, Mils Muliaina, Rene Ranger, Israel Dagg. Conversion: ...
Springbok captain John Smit will lead South Africa in the second Test against Italy here Saturday after recovering from a hamstring injury. Smit missed a laboured 29-13 first Test win in Witbank last Saturday after suffering the injury warming up before the ...
England fly-half Danny Cipriani may soon be joined at the Melbourne Rebels by several leading Springboks, according to reports on Saturday. Cipriani said Friday he is to quit London side Wasps at the end of the season to play for the newly-formed ...
Suspended South Africa loose forward Schalk Burger has been included in a 27-man squad for the away leg of the Tri-Nations tournament. Flanker Burger is serving an eight-week ban for eye-gouging British and Irish Lions winger Luke Fitzgerald a minute into the ...
South Africa will be without lock Bakkies Botha for the third Test against the British and Irish Lions here on Saturday after his appeal against a two-week ban for a dangerous charge was rejected. Botha was cited for the second-half charge on ...
Rugby made a hash of Burger case; needs exemplary punishments against eye-gougingIf and when a player is blinded or emerges from a melee with an opponent's eyeball skewered on his finger, rugby might rue the day it didn't make an example of ...
Springbok enforcer Schalk Burger has been banned for eight weeks for eye-gouging British and Irish Lions winger Luke Fitzgerald in his country's dramatic second Test victory on the weekend. Bakkies Botha was also banned for two weeks for a dangerous charge on ...
Schalk Burger returns to the South Africa team for the second Test against the British and Irish Lions at Loftus Versfeld here on Saturday. A calf injury prevented the fearless Western Stormers flanker playing in the first Test last Saturday, won 26-21 ...
Western Stormers scored 33 unanswered second half points to rout Golden Lions 56-18 Saturday in an all-South Africa Super 14 clash. Lowly Lions led 12-3 midway through the opening half before a 30,000 Newlands crowd and were only five points adrift at ...
South Africa flanker Schalk Burger has admitted his side are struggling to cope with the stricter refereeing on their European tour. The International Rugby Board (IRB) have told referees to be much harsher at breakdowns with players going off their feet. In ...
