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Another last for a legend?
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For full-back Percy Montgomery, who in all likelihood played his final game in Durban for South Afica on Saturday and his final game for the Sharks in the Super 14 final, the defeat was a sad end to his career on the East Coast. ...
Legend 

From wilderness to Bok Captain?
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Robert Brian (Bobby) Skinstad has emerged as the front-runner to lead the ‘B-Team’ Springboks on the away leg of the Tri-Nations series - five years after he last captained his country. ...
Wilderness 

McCaw being targeted
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All Black centre Aaron Mauger reckons that his captain Richie McCaw comes in for some special attention at the breakdown. ...

The Bok problems are systemic
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Let’s get this straight - South African rugby is in a a better state on the playing field than it has been in many years. We currently have the best depth of talent of any rugby nation. Sadly, off the field and possibly at Bok level, things fall apart, writes Stormsaam. ...

Bulls are running thin
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One match into their title defence of the Currie Cup and the Blue Bulls stand on the verge of a crisis. ...

Faan may also be back
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Another almost forgotten Springbok prop, Faan Rautenbach, is in the running for a place in South Africa’s squad for the rugby World Cup tournament later this year. ...

Henry takes a big dig at the ‘Boks
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“The Wallabies-All Blacks games have got a history of being superb fixtures and if you ask the referees which game they would like to referee at the highest level they’d say Australia versus New Zealand because they know both sides want to go out and play rugby,” Henry said. ...

SARU won this round - or did they?
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South African Rugby (Pty) Ltd, the commercial arm of the South African Rugby Union (SARU), may have won the battle against its Australasian counterparts in the row over the decision to “rest” 20-odd top Springboks, but they may be losing the war. ...

FLASH: Mallett is jobless
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WP announces that the DOT position will be made redundant ...
Flash 

Australia 20 vs New Zealand 15 F/T
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After two fierce Tri-Nations clashes in the past two weeks the action is not set to slow down when the two trans-Tasman rivals, two powerhouses of rugby, Australia and New Zealand, do battle this Saturday in Melbourne, in the Tri-Nations series and for the Bledisloe Cup to boot. ...
Australia  New Zealand  Zealand 

Blue Bulls vs Griquas
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The Wildeklawer Griquas host the the Vodacom Blue Bulls in Kimberley in the first outing for Griquas in this year’s Currie Cup. ...

Lions vs Sharks
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The most evenly matched game of the weekend.  Give us your thoughts. ...
Lions  Sharks 

A Stroke of Good Fortuin
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Cheetahs fullback Bevin Fortuin has come from nowhere to claim the fullback jersey for Saturday’s Tri-Nations Test match against the Wallabies at the Telstra Stadium. ...

Mortlock - All Blacks still favourites
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Australia skipper Stirling Mortlock claims New Zealand remain the team to beat at the forthcoming Rugby World Cup despite the Wallabies’ stirring 20-15 Tri-Nations victory over their Antipodean rivals in Melbourne on Saturday. ...
Blacks  Favourites 

‘Scrum wars Down Under’
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The Wallabies sowed the seeds in Cape Town, the All Blacks watered the plants in Durban and now Springbok rugby coach Jake White has joined the practice by questioning the legality of his opponents’ technique in the scrum. ...
Wars 

Super 14 Champs Come Unstuck in Kimberley
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After leading 13-3 at half-time, Griquas defeated the Blue Bulls 26-18 in a hard-fought Currie Cup fixture at Absa Park on Saturday afternoon. ...
Champs 

Bulls and Lions for derby clash
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Bulls and Lions have named their teams for this Saturday’s derby clash at Loftus ...
Lions 

WP team for the Sharks named
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The WP have named their team for the Sharks ...
Sharks  Team 

Murph predicts Bok win
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Having been pretty accurate with his predictions so far, RW turns yet again to our one and only Murph to predict what happens this weekend. ...

Wallabies trying to influence the ref again
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What a load of cobblers. I’m surprised Greg Growden would put his name to it, “inclusion of experienced hard heads”, has he seen the Springbok team named for the Test against Australia? The only guy noted for his ‘physicality’ is Ackers and he cleaned up his act years ago. ...
Influence 

Blood and guts
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Bob Skinstad could have been Winston Churchill delivering a 1940 Battle of Britain speech when, in so many words, he offered this battle plan to beat the Australian forces: “It will be no-frills, not a lot of thrills and will require buckets and buckets of sweat and blood.” ...

Sharks [32] vs Western Province [16] [F/T]
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The weekend’s action kicks off with Western Province travelling to ABSA stadium in Durban to face the Sharks. After 4 minutes the Sharks lead 7 -0 through a try by Bradley Barrit. ...
Sharks 

The Experts Couch
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In an effort to offer our readers a bit more, RuggaWorld.com has pulled in some of our resident experts like The Brand to offer our readers something different – we hope you like it. ...
Experts 

Springboks vs Wallabies
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It’s rare indeed that this column takes a sympathetic stand towards anything Australian (I very much doubt it’s happened before, to be honest, and unless Kevin Pietersen moves to Sydney, I can’t see it happening again). ...

Accept the exodus
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Rugby has become a global game and the sooner southern hemisphere countries - in particular South Africa - realise it, the better, writes Jacques van der Westhuyzen for Pretoria News. ...

Evans puts hand up for fullback role
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All Black Nick Evans will not be worried if he is named at fullback today for this weekend’s test against South Africa in Christchurch. Mauger lays into Boks again. ...
Evans 

Patrick on the All Black backline…Mary looking for lost lambs
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Warning bells are ringing all over the place. The NZ backline has suddenly slipped from being a super one, to being one with some incredible problems. It doesn’t have a definite fullback, and the centre position is entirely unknown. ...

Small unions’ appeal on loans fails
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The appeal lodged by four small provincial unions against restrictions on loan players has failed. ...
Loans 

Boks apply grey matter
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The Springboks are literally taking an old-school approach to combatting the All Blacks’ most potent rugby weapon this year – their scrum. ...

R100 to buy a lifetime of memories
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The Official 2007 Vodacom Super 14 Victory Commemorative Album and Medallion is now available from the Bulls. It possibly won’t be as much in demand down in Durban but all Bulls fans, wherever they may be, could help give their team a financial boost by ordering one and helping to foster the brand. ...
Lifetime  Memories