Topic: Springboks
The World Cup's big guns took stock as the final week of the tournament's group stages got underway with Wales looking for maximum points against Namibia to draw level with Samoa in a tight Pool D.With three games under their belt, the ...
Coach Peter de Villiers has shrugged off South Africa's sloppy start and revelled in the defending champions' 12 tries in swamping Namibia at the World Cup.The outcome was never in doubt as the Springboks hoisted a record 87-0 victory over the largely ...
Defending champions South Africa trumped their own World Cup points record with an 87-0 blitz of doughty Namibia to all but book a place in the quarter-finals at North Harbour on Thursday.The Springboks didn't quite replicate their landslide 105-13 15-try win over ...
Skipper John Smit left for the World Cup under siege to hold his place in the Springboks team yet he will be creating new records when he leads the defending champions against minnows Namibia on Thursday.Local writers caustically rated Smit as far ...
South Africa may have hit triple-figures the only time they played but humble Namibia will have a point to prove to the defending champions at the World Cup, Springbok forwards coach Gary Gold said on Wednesday.No one is giving the 19th-ranked Namibians ...
The scheduling row that has soured the World Cup took on a new dimension with a Samoan player accusing the International Rugby Board of exploitation akin to "slavery" and "apartheid".Eliota Sapolu Fuimaono, a centre who plays his club rugby for Gloucester in ...
South Africa made five changes and welcomed back winger Bryan Habana to their team to play Namibia in a Rugby World Cup Pool D match at North Harbour on Thursday.Habana returned from a knee injury that saw him miss the 49-3 win ...
New Zealand's famous haka war dance is in danger of losing its impact because it is being performed too often during this year's Rugby World Cup, outspoken South Africa coach Peter de Villiers said Monday.But his criticism was immediately dismissed by the ...
New Zealand's famous haka war dance is in danger of losing its impact because it is being performed too often during this year's Rugby World Cup, outspoken South Africa coach Peter de Villiers said Monday.But his criticism was immediately dismissed by the ...
South Africa made it two wins out of two in the defence of their World Cup crown with a comfortable 49-3 victory over a misfiring Fiji on Saturday.The Springboks showed a steely grit, and no little flair, in dispatching a Fijian side ...
