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• Bully Boks won’t hold back

  
  Keo.co.za — Authority: 152
  John Smit says French accusations of thuggery won’t stop the Springboks from favouring a belligerent approach.The Boks received a chilly welcome on Wednesday, torrential rain pelting at tired bodies and French journalists unleashing a wave of criticism from the outset. The local media seem to have picked up where ...
  8 hours ago

• France to feel forward backlash

  
  Keo.co.za — Authority: 152
  The Springboks have taken the failure of their midweek counterparts personally and aim to restore set-piece pride in Friday’s Test.The dirt-trackers were humiliated in their loss to Leicester last week, a woeful breakdown performance only overshadowed by a worrying capitulation at scrum time. The Boks have called ...
  8 hours ago

• CJ fated to carry front row

  
  Keo.co.za — Authority: 152
  CJ van der Linde, Wian du Preez and Adriaan Strauss have been gifted a fantastic opportunity to prove their front-row worth.Injuries have robbed Chiliboy Ralepelle, Jannie Du Plessis and Gurthro Steenkamp of their respective chances to shine, and as fate would have it, three players who should always have featured now ...
  23 hours ago

• Brüssow Boks’ ‘true poison’

  
  Keo.co.za — Authority: 152
  Marc Lievremont says Heinrich Brüssow will have to be nullified as he has added an extra dimension to the Bok side.Brüssow has had a dream run in his first full year of Test rugby, but in Toulouse on Friday night he will continue his learning curve. It will be the first time he comes up [...]
  23 hours ago

• Springboks make four changes to side to play France

  
  The Roar - Your Sports Opinion — Authority: 500
  South Africa coach Peter de Villiers has made four changes to his starting lineup for the Test match against France in Toulouse on Friday night. Zane Kirchner, who made his debut in the third and final Test against the British and Irish Lions in July, returns at fullback in place of Frans Steyn, who is currently ...
  1 day ago

• Jacobs, Kirchner to face France

  
  Keo.co.za — Authority: 152
  Adi Jacobs starts at inside centre against France while Zane Kirchner has been handed the fullback berth.It was an open secret that Jacobs would fill the midfield void left by Jean de Villiers, but Kirchner’s inclusion was less certain, with Ruan Pienaar having played in the position in two Tests against Australia ...
  1 day ago

• France ready for ‘nasty Boks’

  
  SA Rugby Blog - Springboks - SA Rugby - Super 14 — Authority: 117
  Imanol Harinordoquy, French flanker have named the Springboks the best team in the World, but added that the Boks are a nasty team to contend with. Harinordoquy, who will start on the flank this weekend alongside captain Thierry Dusautoir and No.8 Louis Picamoles, says he is looking forward to the challenge of ...
  1 day ago

• Weary but up for war

  
  Keo.co.za — Authority: 152
  Fourie du Preez admits that he and the Bulls’ Springbok contingent are in need of rest but insists they are determined to break their drought against France and Ireland.It has been a taxing year for the scrumhalf and his team-mates, the likes of Victor Matfield, Bryan Habana, Bakkies Botha and Morne Steyn – the ...
  1 day ago

• Zimbabwean risks withdrawal from Springboks

  
  The Zimbabwe Times — Authority: 143
  By Ntando Ncube JOHANNESBURG – South Africa Rugby is under massive pressure to withdraw Zimbabwean born Tendai Mtawarira from the Springbok squad because he is using Zimbabwean passport instead of a South African passport. Mtawarira who on Monday joined the Springbok squad in Johannesburg to prepare for departure ...
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• Tickets not selling for Bok Test

  
  Keo.co.za — Authority: 152
  Milan’s San Siro will have over 80 000 supporters for Italy’s Test against the All Blacks, but the Bok Test a week later is struggling to sell.Reuters reports that this weekend’s match between the Kiwis and the Azzurri will be the biggest crowd ever for a rugby Test in Italy, but for the match against [...]
  1 day ago

• Nallet up for Botha battle

  
  Keo.co.za — Authority: 152
  Lionel Nallet is ready to exact revenge on Bakkies Botha for an incident between the two in 2005.The last time the sides met in France – four years ago in Paris –  the Tricolores beat the Boks 26-20, but one memory sticks out for the French lock. Nallet took a blow to the sternum from [...]
  1 day ago

• France braced for ‘butcher’ Boks

  
  Keo.co.za — Authority: 152
  France loose forward Imanol Harinordoquy regards the Springboks as the ultimate test of physicality.Friday’s Test in Toulouse is likely to be marked by an almighty battle between two burly sets of forwards and by brutal collisions with little regard for personal well-being. The victor of that duel will contribute ...
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• Lessons from Leicester lashing

  
  Keo.co.za — Authority: 152
  Dick Muir says the midweek Springboks learned valuable lessons from their Leicester defeat and are better equipped for Saracens’ challenge.The team gathered in London for a training session on Monday ahead of their clash with the South African-laden Saracens on 17 November at Wembley. Muir and assistant coach Jerome ...
  1 day ago

• French play weighting game

  
  All World News - PakMahfil.com — Authority: 459
  Coach Marc Lievremont has some heavy things on his mind ahead of France’s first Test against South Africa on Friday.
  2 days ago

• Tigers torture no issue for Bok coaches

  
  Keo.co.za — Authority: 152
  The Springbok coaches have called for perspective on the defeat to Leicester but are wary of the test that awaits them against France in Toulouse.An inexperienced and ill-equipped South Africa were beaten 22-17 by a second-string Tigers outfit last Friday, exposing poor selections and under-preparation, particularly ...
  2 days ago

• CJ called up to Bok squad

  
  SA Rugby Blog - Springboks - SA Rugby - Super 14 — Authority: 117
  CJ van der Linde, tighthead prop for Leinster will join the Springbok squad in France on Wednesday as a replacement for Jannie du Plessis, who has withdrawn from the European tour with a hand injury. Leinster-based Van der Linde made the last of his 56 Test appearances for South Africa against Australia in a ...
  2 days ago

• Invest in the best

  
  Keo.co.za — Authority: 152
  The midweek Boks paid the price for Peter de Villiers’s selection policy, writes Keo in his weekly Business Day column.Why the shock that a Leicester mix and match XV should so embarrass a South African Vodacom Cup XV parading as the Springboks?The selections were terrible, as they were when the Springbok selectors ...
  2 days ago

• Learning from Leicester lesson

  
  Keo.co.za — Authority: 152
  Intensity will be the watchword as the Springboks prepare to erase the Welford Road capitulation with a robust showing against France.Bok skipper John Smit used the word liberally on the 2008 tour of the UK, and the recent debacle against Leicester would serve as a timely reminder that intensity is king on the heavier ...
  2 days ago

• David starts for France

  
  Keo.co.za — Authority: 152
  Marc Lievremont has selected powerful centre Yann David in his team to play the Springboks in Toulouse on Friday.In an obvious ploy to attempt to expose Adi Jacobs’ frail defence, Lievremont has opted for the 105kg 21-year-old ahead of David Marty in the midfield.‘We wanted more strength and explosiveness to start ...
  3 days ago

• De Villiers to help Bok scrum

  
  Keo.co.za — Authority: 152
  Former France prop Pieter de Villiers will work with the Springbok pack ahead of their Test on Friday.The Bok first XV only fly out on Tuesday evening, and in training sessions early this week, De Villiers will work on their scrummaging as they expect an onslaught from the French pack.De Villiers retired in April last ...
  3 days ago

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