Latest Springboks News
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Jake’s crocked Boks
10 May 2006
Andy Marinos has revealed that half the contracted Springboks have chronic injuries — and this less than 18 months before the next World Cup. Read more
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World Cup Boks out of Currie Cup
9 May 2006
Players on the 2007 national squad shortlist will only play Currie Cup rugby again in 2008. Read more
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Leave Habana on the wing
8 May 2006
Jake White is toying with the idea of Bryan Habana as a centre. NO JAKE. Leave him on the wing. Read more
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White’s captaincy poser
4 May 2006
John Smit’s fitness probably occupies most of Jake White’s time because Smit’s successor is unlikely to play test rugby this season. Read more
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McCaw running scared
3 May 2006
The Bulls can already claim a moral victory over the Crusaders after the defending champions left captain Richie McCaw out of the match 22 altogether. Read more
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Bakkies wants Ackers for Boks
3 May 2006
Springbok hardman Bakkies Botha would welcome the inclusion of veteran lock and fellow no-nonsense taker Johan Ackerman in the Springbok squad this year. Read more
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SA player drain continues
3 May 2006
The player drain from South Africa is continuing unabated with the news that veteran Western Province flank Hendrik Gerber and under-utilised Cats star Gerhard Vosloo will be moving to France. Read more
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New blood for Scots
3 May 2006
Scotland coach Frank Hadden will build on his side’s promising Six Nations campaign by naming 15 new caps in his joint training squad ahead of the June tour of South Africa. Read more
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Roets on Irish shopping list
2 May 2006
Injured Bulls fullback Johan Roets may be lost to South African rugby entirely if he does not earn a call-up from Springbok coach Jake White this year. Read more
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Bones take a beating from Bully Boys
1 May 2006
The bones, consistently accurate in the last eight weeks, took a beating at the weekend as the Stormers and Bully Boys came good. Read more
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Pretorius not a Dragon
28 Apr 2006
The rumour that Cats and Springbok flyhalf Andre Pretorius has signed a deal with Newport Gwent Dragons is not true, according to Cats CEO Andy Turner. Read more
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Chiliboy is Jake’s Bok bolter
26 Apr 2006
Blue Bulls Vodacom Cup hooker Chiliboy Ralepelle will be the shock inclusion in the enlarged Springbok squad announced on 13 May. Read more
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Pick ‘Ackers’ for the Boks
25 Apr 2006
Sharks hard man AJ Venter has urged the national selectors to pick veteran lock Johan Ackermann and not hold his age against him. Read more
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The laugh’s on Lardy
21 Apr 2006
The international imposter who screamed racism when the Stormers showed him the door has been kicked into touch by English club Gloucester. Read more
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PE may lose Test
20 Apr 2006
Another crisis looms in Eastern Cape rugby with the second Test against between the Springboks and Scotland in Port Elizabeth in jeopardy. Read more
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Finding Bok numbers 16 to 30
20 Apr 2006
Keo, in his News 24 column, writes that Bulls coach Heyneke Meyer is 100% correct when he says South African rugby is in trouble, but Springbok rugby is still healthy. Read more
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Fiji fever hits Cape Town
19 Apr 2006
Western Province Director of Rugby Nick Mallett is in Fiji on a shopping expedition, confident of luring talented Fijian players to Cape Town. Read more
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Why Jake’s jolly
19 Apr 2006
Jake White is not suicidal after round 10 of the Vodacom Super 14. And he does not share Graham Henry’s sentiments that the standard of the tournament has suffered because of the inclusion of two franchises. Read more
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‘No guarantees’ warns Bok selector
18 Apr 2006
The catalogue of underperforming Springboks in the Vodacom Super 14 should not think that selection for Jake White’s squad of 2006 will be automatic, chairman of selectors Peter Jooste has warned. Read more
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Ashwin out again
17 Apr 2006
Springbok wing Ashwin Willemse is in another race against time to be fit to make Jake White’s World Cup squad for France. He looks unlikely to play any more rugby in 2006. Read more
