2011 Tri Nations Log – Round 2
1. New Zealand P 1 | W 1 | L 0 | Pts 5
2. Australia P 1 | W 1 | L 0 | Pts 5
3. South Africa P 2 | W 0 | L 2 | Pts 0
VIDEO Trinations Round 2 – All Blacks vs Springboks
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2011 Currie Cup predictions Round 4
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2011 – 2012 English Premiership Football fixtures for Outlook
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2012 Springbok fixtures – Four Nations and Tours
Provisional fixture dates have been decided for the 2012 Springbok season which is set to include an incoming tour by England in the middle of the Super 15, the newly expanded Four Nations tournament featuring Argentina, and the annual End of Year Tour to Europe. Fixtures and calendar downloads will be provided once the dates and times have been finalised.
2012 Incoming Tour by England
09 June – Springboks v England
16 June – Springboks v England
23 June – Springboks v England
2012 Four Nations (Two games per weekend)
18 August – Springboks | All Blacks | Wallabies | Argentina
25 August – Springboks | All Blacks | Wallabies | Argentina
01 September – Springboks | All Blacks | Wallabies | Argentina
08 September – Springboks | All Blacks | Wallabies | Argentina
15 September – Springboks | All Blacks | Wallabies | Argentina
22 September – Springboks | All Blacks | Wallabies | Argentina
29 September – Springboks | All Blacks | Wallabies | Argentina
06 October – Springboks | All Blacks | Wallabies | Argentina
2012 Outgoing Tour of Europe
10 November – France v Springboks
17 November – Scotland v Springboks
24 November – England v Springboks
2011 Currie Cup predictions Round 3
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Fri 29 July 2011 | 19:00 Pumas v Griquas
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VIDEO Currie Cup Round 2 – Leopards vs WP
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VIDEO Trinations Round 1 – Australia vs South Africa
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Ou Grote on Stadium Journey
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2011 Trinations Test 1 – Wallabies v Springboks
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Match details
Date: Saturday 23 July 2011
Venue: ANZ Stadium, Sydney
Kick-off: 20.00 AUS | 10.00 GMT | 12:00 RSA
Referee: Chris Pollock (NZ)
Assistant refs: Keith Brown (NZ), Vinny Munro (NZ)
TMO: Matt Goddard (AUS)
Teamsheets
South Africa 15 Gio Aplon, 14 Bjorn Basson, 13 Juan De Jongh, 12 Wynand Oliver, 11 Lwazi Mvovo, 10 Morné Steyn, 9 Ruan Pienaar, 8 Ashley Johnson, 7 Danie Rossouw, 6 Deon Stegmann, 5 Johann Muller, 4 Flip Van Der Merwe, 3 Werner Kruger, 2 John Smit (captain), 1 Dean Greyling.
Replacements: 16 Chiliboy Ralepelle, 17 CJ Van Der Linde, 18 Alistair Hargreaves, 19 Jean Deysel, 20 Charl McLeod, 21 Adrian Jacobs, 22 Patrick Lambie.
Australia 15 Kurtley Beale, 14 James O’Connor, 13 Adam Ashley-Cooper, 12 Pat McCabe, 11 Digby Ioane, 10 Quade Cooper, 9 Will Genia, 8 Ben McCalman, 7 David Pocock, 6 Rocky Elsom, 5 James Horwill, 4 Rob Simmons, 3 Ben Alexander, 2 Stephen Moore, 1 Sekope Kepu.
Replacements: 16 Saia Fainga’a, 17 Pekahou Cowan, 18 Nathan Sharpe, 19 Matt Hodgson, 20 Scott Higginbotham, 21 Nick Phipps, 22 Anthony Fainga’a.
2011 Currie Cup fixtures Round 2
Fri 22 July 2011
19:00 Pumas v Sharks
19:10 Leopards v Western Province
Sat 23 July 2011
15:00 Griquas v Lions
17:05 Bulls v Cheetahs
Sharks Twitter Team
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John Smit
Stefan Terblanche
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Louis Ludik
Ross Skeate
Eugene van Staden
Fred Michalak
JP Pietersen
Ryan Kankowski
Wiehahn Herbst
Anton Bresler
Alistair Hargreaves
Lwazi Mvovo
VIDEO Currie Cup Round 1 – WP vs Griquas
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VIDEO Currie Cup Round 1 – Sharks vs Bulls
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VIDEO Currie Cup Round 1 – Lions vs Pumas
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2011 Currie Cup predictions Round 2
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Fri 22 July 2011 | 19:00 Pumas v Sharks
OuGrote: Sharks
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Currie Cup Round 1 results
Lions 31 – 27 Pumas
Western Province 26 – 26 Griquas
Cheetahs 40 – 12 Leopards
Sharks 35 – 16 Blue Bulls
2011 SA Schools Team named
The 22-man South African Schools squad was announced on Saturday.The Blue Bulls (6) and Free State (5) have 11 players earning their national colours. The Lions (4), KZN (2), WP (2), SWD (1), Pumas (1) and Boland (1) make up the rest of the squad. The captain of the side is impressive Lions No 8 Ruan Steenkamp.
SA Schools squad
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VIDEO Classics – 1986 Springboks v NZ Cavaliers
In 1985, a planned All Black tour of South Africa was stopped by the New Zealand High Court. A rebel tour took place the next year by a team known as the Cavaliers. The team was not sanctioned by the New Zealand Rugby Football Union, yet consisted of all but two of the original squad that had been selected. For some of the tests, the team was advertised, inside South Africa as the All Blacks whilst at the others they were advertised as the New Zealand Cavaliers. The Springboks won the series 3–1.
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2011 Super 15 Final – Reds 18 v 13 Crusaders
The Queensland Reds became the 2011 Super 15 Champions with an 18 – 13 victory over the Canterbury Crusaders in Brisbane.
Scorers
Reds 18 (6)
Tries: Digby Ioane, Will Genia
Conversion: Quade Cooper
Penalties: Quade Cooper (2)
Crusaders 13 (7)
Try: Dan Carter
Conversion: Dan Carter
Penalties: Dan Carter (2)
Video highlights
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