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/ 8 November 2008
World champions South Africa withstood a late onslaught to beat Wales 20-15 in their opening autumn international at the Millennium Stadium.
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/ 5 November 2008
Bakkies Botha has been included in the Springbok starting line-up for the world champions’ Test against Wales in Cardiff on Saturday.
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/ 4 November 2008
The president’s council of Saru has resolved to add the national sports emblem of the King Protea to the playing jersey of national rugby teams.
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/ 1 November 2008
SA Rugby came in for strong criticism from Australian rugby boss John O’Neill in an interview with the Australian Associated Press on Friday.
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/ 1 November 2008
A full-strength Bok squad departed SA on Friday seeking to make it three wins out of three in Wales, Scotland and England in the coming weeks.
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/ 31 October 2008
The domestic season had just drawn to a spectacular close and here was the Springbok coach attempting to fit square pegs into round holes again.
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/ 30 October 2008
Springbok coach Peter de Villiers is leaving no stone unturned to ensure his team is literally fighting fit ahead of their European tour.
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/ 27 October 2008
Earl Rose was a shock inclusion on Saturday as the only specialist flyhalf in the Springbok team for its three-Test tour to the United Kingdom.
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/ 21 October 2008
SA Rugby is using the Springbok emblem illegally because it failed to renew its licence to use it, says Sports Minister Makhenkesi Stofile.
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/ 20 October 2008
Reports that Springbok players were going to boycott their end-of-year tour should Luke Watson be selected were ”completely untrue”, SA Rugby says.
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/ 17 October 2008
The Springbok selectors are spoilt for choice, writes Andy Capostagno.
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/ 13 October 2008
The South African Rugby Union on Monday appointed an official to investigate statements allegedly made by one of its players, Luke Watson.
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/ 13 October 2008
The South African Rugby Union has greeted with shock statements attributed to Luke Watson regarding South African rugby.
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/ 11 October 2008
The South African Rugby Union has welcomed a statement by the ANC outlining its formal position on the future of the Springbok emblem.
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/ 10 October 2008
The African National Congress came out strongly in support of the Springbok emblem on Friday, saying it did not want to see it replaced.
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/ 10 October 2008
South African World Cup winner Butch James has admitted that his international days may be numbered.
Rugby’s corporate sponsors and its hallowed symbol the Springbok have come under fire from delegates at the National Sports Indaba in Durban.
The Springboks will send their strongest possible squad on the end-of-year tour to the United Kingdom.
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/ 15 September 2008
Springbok scrumhalf Ricky Januarie was arrested on Sunday morning in Durbanville for drunken driving.
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/ 13 September 2008
Springbok coach Peter de Villiers on Friday apologised for saying the job should be given back to the whites.
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/ 12 September 2008
Saru president Oregan Hoskins will meet Peter de Villiers on Friday to discuss what the national team coach called a ”racist plot” to oust him.
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/ 12 September 2008
Year after year, Olympics after Olympics, our administrators let the side down with their pettiness, infighting and general incompetence.
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/ 7 September 2008
Peter de Villiers has threatened to ”give [the job] back to the whites” amid allegations that he had been videotaped engaging in a sex act in public.
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/ 5 September 2008
It was a dream turnaround for under-pressure Springbok coach Peter de Villiers. After fierce criticism, his team pounded Australia 53-8.
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/ 1 September 2008
A week after hailing a new era for the Wallabies, Australian newspapers were wondering how that same side would rebound from a record 53-8 loss to SA.
October 20 2007 is beginning to seem a distant memory. The aura of invincibility that the Boks earned 10 months ago have been replaced by boos.
The <i>Mail & Guardian</i> strongly disagrees with Kgalema Motlanthe’s rather feeble reasons for wanting the Scorpions disbanded.
Springbok coach Peter de Villiers has made two changes to his side for Saturday’s Tri-Nations Test against Australia in Johannesburg.
SA have slipped to third place in the IRB rankings after their fourth defeat in five Tri-Nations matches on Saturday, when they lost to Australia.
Former Springbok assistant coach and Wallabies boss Eddie Jones has turned up the heat on beleaguered South African rugby coach Peter de Villiers.
Beleaguered Springbok coach Peter de Villiers said on Monday he would take responsibility for his team’s poor results in the Tri-Nations competition.
With no time to lick their wounds and the chances of Tri-Nations success now but the slimmest of chances, the Boks face the Wallabies on Saturday.