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• Boks badly exposed

  
  Keo.co.za — Authority: 494
  South Africa played like world chumps in Europe, writes Keo in his weekly Business Day column.Let’s skip all the emotional claptrap, the political correctness and new found South African way of justifying that our teams don’t lose, the other teams just score more points. Let’s get real and call Saturday’s ...
  3 hours ago

• Battered Boks need rest

  
  Keo.co.za — Authority: 494
  Peter de Villiers has called for the careful management of Springboks over the next two seasons.The Springbok coach, responding to questions of why he didn’t rest his top players, was quoted prior to the year-end tour saying that the onus for that lies with the provincial unions. He has again intimated that that ...
  7 hours ago

• Boks finger Heaslip

  
  Keo.co.za — Authority: 494
  The Springboks allege that Jamie Heaslip is guilty of eye-gouging.The Springboks have issued a request to match citing commissioner, Douglas Hunter from Scotland to investigate claims that the Ireland No 8 stuck his finger into the eye of Heinrich Brüssow in the first half of Saturday’s Test. Hunter has noted the ...
  7 hours ago

• We’ve emerged from the dark, says enlightened O’Driscoll

  
  The Roar - Your Sports Opinion — Authority: 502
  Ireland’s achievement in finishing 2009 unbeaten and as Six Nations Grand Slam champions with a 15-10 victory over world and Tri-Nations champions South Africa on Saturday showed they had emerged from the dark days of a year ago said captain Brian O’Driscoll. The Irish – who this November drew 20-20 with ...
  16 hours ago

• International sports, rugby: Ireland beat the Boks

  
  GenevaLunch — Authority: 539
  Croke Park, Dublin, Ireland (GenevaLunch) - The Irish rugby team put on a brave display to beat the South African Springboks, the current world champions, in a tight game which was played in a Dublin fog in front of almost 75,000 fans. The win meant that the Irish have now gone eleven games without defeat. The points ...
  18 hours ago

• Keo.co.za tour diary – Week 3

  
  Keo.co.za — Authority: 494
  The uninspiring home of Guinness, respecting tradition and weather to make your teeth chatter.Dublin threatens your emotional well-being. Every day began much the same, with depressingly low temperatures exacerbated by soul-destroying winds and rain that was never quite strong enough to drive you from the street, but ...
  23 hours ago

• Boks lack Plan B

  
  Keo.co.za — Authority: 494
  The European tour has underlined an old concern pertaining to South Africa’s inability to think outside the box.The Boks only know how to play one way, but when it doesn’t work for them, they don’t have an alternate plan or means of breaking down the opposition. Brutal physicality will always be the bedrock of ...
  1 day ago

• BLADES TALKS TO PETER DE VILLIERS AGAIN!

  
  Paki's Corner — Authority: 140
  
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• Wallabies prove they can do it

  
  The Roar - Your Sports Opinion — Authority: 502
  The Wallabies defeated the Welsh with an all round, high level performance. This win showed, as did the defeat of the Springboks in Brisbane, that this is a potent squad when they get their act together. As in the game against the Scots, the Wallabies dominated all aspects of the game and the underlying statistics. ...
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• Bittersweet end for Boks

  
  Keo.co.za — Authority: 494
  John Smit and Peter de Villiers believe Test defeats to France and Ireland can’t take the shine off an unforgettable year.It’s been a record-breaking year for South African rugby. It began with a win for the Bulls in the Super 14 and was followed by success in the British & Irish Lions series. A Tri-Nations ...
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• BOD marks Irish progress

  
  Keo.co.za — Authority: 494
  Although beating the world champions was significant, Brian O’Driscoll says the true test of quality lies in beating teams on southern hemisphere soil.Saturday’s victory marked a dream end to 2009 for Ireland, who’ve captured the Six Nations title and boast a record of nine wins and one draw in 10 Tests. ...
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• Sexton kicks Ireland to win over Springboks

  
  The Roar - Your Sports Opinion — Authority: 502
  Jonathan Sexton kicked all Ireland’s points to give his team a 15-10 win over world champions South Africa on Saturday. The 24-year-old flyhalf landed five of his seven kicks to justify his selection ahead of record scorer Ronan O’Gara and give his side a third straight win over the Springboks. South Africa did ...
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• Ireland put the boot in

  
  Keo.co.za — Authority: 494
  Jonathan Sexton kicked five penalties to clinch a 15-10 victory for Ireland in Dublin.The wind wasn’t a factor at Croke Park but the 1 degree-temperature was always going to test a Springbok side that’s endured everything and more in 2009. They responded admirably, delivering a brutal display at scrum time and at ...
  1 day ago

• Big guns fail to fire

  
  Keo.co.za — Authority: 494
  Keo.co.za rates the Springbok players from their Test against Ireland at Croke Park, with the Bok leaders poor.Zane Kirchner (6)Had a good all-round game but lacked the necessary physicality in contact, and also made some poor kicks that allowed Irish fullback Rob Kearney to make many counter-attacks or ping the Boks ...
  1 day ago

• Wales vs Australia (19:15 k/o)

  
  Keo.co.za — Authority: 494
  Keo.co.za brings you live scoring from the Test at the Millennium Stadium.More to follow…Wales – 15 James Hook; 14 Leigh Halfpenny, 13 Jamie Roberts, 12 Jonathan Davies, 11 Shane Williams; 10 Stephen Jones, 9 Dwayne Peel; 8 Ryan Jones (c), 7 Martyn Williams, 6 Andy Powell; 5 Luke Charteris, 4 Alun-Wyn Jones; 3 ...
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• Croke’s cold but calm

  
  Keo.co.za — Authority: 494
  The temperature is close to freezing but the good news is there’s very little wind inside Croke Park.An earlier forecast suggested the mercury would climb no higher than six degrees Celsius on match day, but my car’s thermometer revealed a frigid one degree at 12:30pm local time. The stadium lights are on and ...
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• Ireland vs Springboks (16:30 k/o)

  
  Keo.co.za — Authority: 494
  Keo.co.za brings you commentary from the Boks’ last European Tour Test at Croke Park.More to follow…Ireland – 15 Rob Kearney, 14 Tommy Bowe, 13 Brian O’Driscoll (c), 12 Paddy Wallace, 11 Keith Earls, 10 Jonathan Sexton, 9 Tomas O’Leary, 8 Jamie Heaslip, 7 David Wallace, 6 Stephen Ferris, 5 Paul O’Connell, ...
  2 days ago

• Bakkies blow for SA

  
  Keo.co.za — Authority: 494
  Bakkies Botha has failed to recover from a back injury and will be replaced by Andries Bekker for South Africa’s clash with Ireland.As reported by this website on Wednesday, Botha was always doubtful to feature in the Croke Park Test, and it was confirmed on Friday that he will play no part. The Springbok lock [...]
  2 days ago

• Preview: Ireland vs Springboks

  
  Keo.co.za — Authority: 494
  Keo.co.za analyses the key match-ups and picks a winner at Croke Park.The Boks began the week as underdogs but then Ireland coach Declan Kidney did a curious thing. It was a big call to favour greenhorn Jonny Sexton over veteran Ronan O’Gara, and it’s a call he may live to regret.Sexton’s celebrated as a ...
  3 days ago

• Bryan Habana hails captain John Smit for uniting the Springboks

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 969
  It has been a year of triumph for South Africas marquee black player.
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