Latest Year End Tour News
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Rugby’s unconquered frontier
29 Oct 2010
RYAN VREDE, writing in Business Day Sport Monthly, says high-profile one-off Tests aren’t the answer to growing the game in Asia. Read more
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Mitchell gets Wallabies recall
28 Oct 2010
Drew Mitchell and Ben Alexander are the only two changes to the Wallabies side that lost the last Bledisloe Cup Test in Sydney. Read more
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Heavy hitters needed up north
27 Oct 2010
JON CARDINELLI hopes the Springbok selectors keep the northern-hemisphere conditions in mind when picking a loose-forward contingent for the Grand Slam tour. Read more
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Wales lose Byrne
25 Oct 2010
Wales fullback Lee Byrne will miss the 13 November Test against the Springboks after fracturing his hand. Read more
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Another Bok injured
22 Oct 2010
JP Pietersen is the latest Springbok who will miss the Grand Slam tour to Europe next month because of injury. Read more
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Top Boks set for unnecessary risk
21 Oct 2010
JON CARDINELLI wonders why Peter de Villiers would risk further injuries to his depleted senior contingent on a relatively inconsequential tour to Europe. Read more
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Scots lose skipper
21 Oct 2010
Scotland captain Chris Cusiter has been ruled out of his team’s November Test series against the All Blacks, Springboks and Samoa. Read more
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Surgery sidelines Olivier
20 Oct 2010
Wynand Olivier will undergo an operation on his groin this week and won’t be available for the Springboks’ Grand Slam tour. Read more
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No Fitzgerald, O’Leary for Irish
20 Oct 2010
The injured Luke Fitzgerald and Thomas O’Leary are set to miss Ireland’s Tests against the Springboks, Samoa, All Blacks and Argentina next month. Read more
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Steyn selection makes sound rugby sense
19 Oct 2010
JON CARDINELLI writes that Frans Steyn can play a crucial role for the desperate Springboks in northern hemisphere conditions. Read more
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Williams, Hook back for Wales
19 Oct 2010
Wales head coach Warren Gatland has named a 33-man squad for their autumn Test series next month. Read more
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Finalists must be cotton-wooled
18 Oct 2010
MARK KEOHANE, in his weekly Business Day column, says there’s no sense in involving the Currie Cup finalists in this weekend’s Springbok training camp. Read more
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Flo axing is unforgivable
18 Oct 2010
JON CARDINELLI says Peter de Villiers has added to his lengthy list of selections blunders with the omission of Francois Louw from the Springbok training group. Read more
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Lambie, Jantjies to train with Boks
17 Oct 2010
Pat Lambie and Elton Jantjies have been named in a 39-man training group ahead of the Springboks’ Grand Slam tour. Read more
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ABs call up Sonny Bill
17 Oct 2010
Sonny Bill Williams is the only debutant in the All Blacks’ 30-man squad for their end-of-year tour to Hong Kong and Europe. Read more
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Reds rookies make tour cut
14 Oct 2010
Robbie Deans has named seven uncapped players in the Australia squad for the tour of Hong Kong and Europe. Read more
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Balancing rest and results
7 Oct 2010
JON CARDINELLI says that Victor Matfield, Morne Steyn and Bryan Habana remain integral to the Boks’ world title defence and need to be rested after the Currie Cup play-offs. Read more
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Wallabies call in new faces
5 Oct 2010
Robbie Deans has named 12 uncapped players in his Wallabies provisional 40-man squad for their end-of-year tour to Europe. Read more
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Grand Slam gamble won’t pay off
15 Sep 2010
JON CARDINELLI says that playing Pat Lambie or Elton Jantjies at flyhalf could do the youngsters as well as the Boks more harm than good. Read more
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Boks confirm Baa-Baas clash
7 Apr 2010
The Springboks will play the Barbarians on 4 December after completing a Grand Slam tour. Read more
