Many professional rugby players will tell you, the Springboks are a hard side to break into. A few players who are undoubtedly good enough for international rugby have finished their careers without ever earning a cap for the national side.
Some like Irish international, CJ Stander have opted to face up to their compatriots instead by pledging their allegiances elsewhere. Many have even gone as far as earning cult status for their adopted countries.
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In true South African rugby fashion‚ by gaining clarity on one issue‚ another became muddied in the wake of Allister Coetzee’s sacking as Springbok coach on Friday.
Coetzee and SA Rugby negotiated a settlement‚ the details of which remain private‚ to end Coetzee’s 22-month association with the team.
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It’s now quite apparent that Allister Coetzee’s days as Springbok coach are numbered but, if he has anything to do with it, he is going down swinging.
Coetzee’s future has been a subject of much speculation following a rather unsatisfactory two seasons in charge of the national team with many expecting him to cop the sack after yet another disappointing year at the helm.
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Rosko Specman se driekuns aan drieë in die Blitsbokke se openingswedstryd van vanjaar se Wêreldreekstoernooi in Sydney, Australië, was die hoogtepunt van ’n oortuigende sege met 50-0 teen Papoea-Nieu-Guinee. Dit was ’n vertoning vol energie deur die Suid-Afrikaners wat dit duidelik gemaak het hulle het na die Australiese stad gekom om hul titel van 2017..
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Dylan Sage and Stedman Gans have also returned to the squad. Sage, who missed the last two tournaments in Dubai and Cape Town due to a back injury, comes in for the injured Chris Dry while Gans replaces Branco du Preez, who picked up a hamstring injury in training last week. ‘We made the call..
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Springbok and Lions captain Warren Whiteley is slowly but surely regaining his fitness. A hip injury kept the No 8 sidelined for six months last year, with Eben Etzebeth taking over the Springbok captaincy in his absence. Whiteley’s last Test was the 37-15 win in the second Test over France in Durban last June. The..
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Those waiting on SA Rugby to announce the decision regarding embattled Springbok coach Allister Coetzee’s future will have to wait until next year before there is any word on that. In a media release on Friday, SA Rugby said that they would not be in a position to respond to questions on the matter until..
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Jaco Peyper is een van drie Suid-Afrikaanse skeidsregters wat beamptes in aanstaande jaar se Sesnasies-rugbyreeks gaan wees. Peyper (37) was vanjaar vir ’n tweede keer agtereenvolgens in beheer van die Curriebeker-eindstryd toe die Haaie en die Westelike Provinsie in Oktober in Durban slaags was. Hy sal in die wedstryd tussen Engeland en Frankryk in Parys..
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Bok coach Allister Coetzee is quite adamant he is going nowhere following suggestions that his time at the helm is drawing to a close after a less-than-satisfactory two years pulling the reigns. Since Coetzee took over from Heyneke Meyer in 2016, the Boks have won less than half of their 24 games so far, registering..
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Suur druiwe is oënskynlik die gevolg van verskeie voorste Australiese spelers se steun vir ʼn Suid-Afrikaanse afrigter. Dit steek blykbaar die Waratahs se voorsitter dwars in die krop dat die meeste Western Force-sterre hul oudbreier, Dave Wessels, na die Melbourne Rebels gevolg het sedert hul span uit die Superrugbyreeks gesit is. Luidens berigte reken Roger..
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