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SPRINGBOK TEAM TO FACE THE WALLABIES
Springbok management has named the team to play Australia in the Nelson Mandela Challenge Plate game in Sydney on July 7. The match, to be played at Telstra Stadium, is part of the Vodacom Tri-Nations series.
The starting fifteen has one uncapped player in Jannie Du Plessis, while his brother, Bismarck Du Plessis, and Peter Grant might also earn their first caps, if they come off the bench.
Australia will play in their 22nd Test at Telstra Stadium, which opened in 1999. Telstra Stadium holds the world record for crowd attendance. About 109 874 spectators attended the match between Australia and New Zealand on July 15, 2000. After the 2003 Olympics the capacity has been reduced to 83 500.
South Africa’s overall record against Australia is: Played 61; Won 37; Lost 23; Drawn 1.
Jannie de Beer holds the record of 26 points in a Test against Australia, while Hennie van Zyl is the only Springbok to have scored a hat-trick of tries in a Test against them.
The Springbok team for Saturday is as follows (existing caps in brackets):
15 Bevin Fortuin (1)
14 Breyton Paulse (62)
13 Waylon Murray (1)
12 Wynand Olivier (15)
11 JP Pietersen (4)
10 Derick Hougaard (6)
9 Ruan Pienaar (10)
8 Bob Skinstad (37) (C)
7 Pedrie Wannenburg (18)
6 Wikus van Heerden (5)
5 Johann Muller (14)
4 Johan Ackermann (12)
3 Jannie Du Plessis (-)
2 Gary Botha (7)
1 CJ van der Linde (37)
Bench:
16 Bismarck du Plessis ( - )
17 Eddie Andrews (21)
18 Albert van den Berg (44)
19 Jacques Cronje (29)
20 Michael Claassens (6)
21 Peter Grant ( - )
22 Jaco Pretorius (7)
Other interesting facts and figures going into Saturday’s game:
· It will be Skinstad’s eleventh Test as a captain, while it will be Van Heerden’s first Test since 2003.
· Saturday’s Test will be the 43rd for Jake White as Head Coach.
· Saturday’s referee is Paul Honiss of New Zealand. It will be the seventh time that he officiates as referee in a Test involving the Springboks.
61 years between Grand SlamsWas the wait worth it - Ya betta baby
I didnt know the Olympics were in 2003
Still some good players in the team, whom im sure will benefit from these games.
1 CJ van der Linde (37)
2 Gary Botha (7)
3 Jannie Du Plessis (-)
4 Johan Ackermann (12)
5 Johann Muller (14)
6 Wikus van Heerden (5)
7 Pedrie Wannenburg (18)
8 Bob Skinstad (37) (C)
9 Ruan Pienaar (10)
10 Derick Hougaard (6)
11 JP Pietersen (4)
12 Wynand Olivier (15)
13 Waylon Murray (1)
14 Breyton Paulse (62)
15 Bevin Fortuin (1)
16 Bismarck du Plessis ( - )
17 Eddie Andrews (21)
18 Albert van den Berg (44)
19 Jacques Cronje (29)
20 Michael Claassens (6)
21 Peter Grant ( - )
22 Jaco Pretorius (7)
"Bloody oath we did!"
Nathan Sharpe, Legend.
A subtle hint Burgs?Originally Posted by Burgs
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I just really find it hard to absorb a team upside down, no offence intended TQ1![]()
"Bloody oath we did!"
Nathan Sharpe, Legend.
Cape Town Boks thin on ground
July 04, 2007
BACKS Ruan Pienaar and JP Pietersen were the only South Africa players from last month's win against Australia named to play at Telstra Stadium on Saturday night.
Coach Jake White was forced to make a late change to his original selection after prop Cobus Visagie suffered a dislocated elbow at training yesterday ahead of the match with the Wallabies.
White said the injury would rule Visagie out of South Africa's two remaining Tri-Nations games.
However he wouldn't speculate on the extent of the injury and whether it would force the prop to miss out on the Rugby World Cup.
With Visagie unavailable, Jannie du Plessis was selected for his Test debut.
He is the only uncapped player in the run-on side, although his brother, Bismarck, who has yet to make his Test debut, was chosen on the bench.
The reserves included another uncapped player in back Peter Grant.
Agence France-Presse
"Bloody oath we did!"
Nathan Sharpe, Legend.
Hmm I did lift this directly from the ARU - I take no responsibity for the content -it should be obvious it has nought to do with me as there are no spelling mistakes - the Wallabies are presented exactly as Burgs would wish in also from the ARU
www.thewholeforce.com/showthread.php?t=8708
PPS I didn't know the Olympics were in 2003 either
61 years between Grand SlamsWas the wait worth it - Ya betta baby
Bugger! Was looking forward to see how he'd go after so long away from tests.Cobus Visagie suffered a dislocated elbow at training yesterday
Interesting to see how this team performs as they have the added incentive to show their talent before the South African RWC squad is selected.
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In terms of the backline there will be a weakness at #10 and #15, Bevan is certainly not up to Test standard and Derick is not either. I would play Peter Grant ahead of Derik. Watch Waylon he will be top class.
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Snarling Springboks see their chance
Greg Growden, Chief Rugby Correspondent
Thursday, July 5, 2007
AUSTRALIA are preparing to face a belligerent, in-your-face South African side on Saturday night after the Springboks expressed their delight over the absence of Wallabies bad boy Lote Tuqiri for the Tri Nations clash.
Springboks coach Jake White is convinced the Wallabies will be a vastly inferior team without Tuqiri, who was banned for two Tests and fined $20,000 after failing an alcohol breath test on Monday. White, who said several years ago that the Wallabies culture had been undermined by a negative rugby league influence, was sympathetic towards Tuqiri yesterday, focusing on how crucial he was for the Wallabies.
"I think he is a huge loss to the Wallabies as he is one of the best players in the world," White said yesterday. "He is a very, very special player and he's very, very important to the Wallabies in the way he contributes on the field.
"I'm sure they will miss him on the weekend. He does have a huge impact, as shown if you do the analysis and see what sort of role he plays in the Australian team - in terms of ball in hand and defensively. I stress it again - he is a very special player."
While White admitted Tuqiri's wing replacement, Mark Gerrard, was a talented player, he said: "You can't buy experience, and a guy like Lote has been around for Australia for a long time. He's got a lot of Test caps. He is very important to the way they play. He is very important to their back-line attack.
"I really do feel for Lote. I saw the fine he has received, and the other thing is people are saying, 'Thank you, Lote, for costing us the Bledisloe,' and all that. Can you imagine? That guy must be hurting."
When reminded of his rugby league culture comment, White said he had learnt his lesson. "We have rugby players who also go out and have a few beers," a conciliatory White said.
The Wallabies realise that if they want to have a few celebratory beers on Saturday night, they will have to successfully subdue a tough, mean Springboks outfit.
Even though the Wallabies would not go as far as admitting they are psyching themselves up for a repeat of the 2003 Brisbane eye-gouging, spitting debacle, the inclusion of experienced "hard heads" in the Springboks line-up, all chasing World Cup spots, is the clue that their opponents will adopt an ultra-physical style.
The Wallabies will approach the Tri Nations Test like an old European tour match, where they often had to confront aggressive midweek French teams who had been given the task of "softening up" the visitors before the weekend internationals.
Asked if he thought softening up would be part of the Springboks gameplan, Wallabies forwards coach Michael Foley said: "We are expecting that.
"I'm certain that will happen. That tends to be the approach of the South Africa side irrespective. They'll be feeling a bit of pressure with people talking us up after the last game, which was probably a little more than what we deserved, and then talking them down.
"Under that sort of pressure, they'll revert to type, and that's their type."
On the question of whether the Springboks would physically target key Wallabies, Foley said: "I'm sure they will."
For some time, the Springboks were regarded as one of the dirtier teams in world rugby. During White's reign as Springboks coach, that stigma has largely vanished, with the coach demanding and achieving a dramatic on-field behavioural improvement. Nonetheless, the Wallabies are expecting Springbok passion to be high.
While the visitors boast just two survivors - winger J. P. Pietersen and halfback Ruan Pienaar - from the team that played in Cape Town, the Wallabies, by selecting Adam Freier to replace injured hooker Stephen Moore and naming Sean Hardman as back-up, have provided the final indicator they no longer have any interest in Jeremy Paul.
Wallabies coach John Connolly said Paul, Australia's most capped hooker, was expected to secure a release from the Australian Rugby Union to play overseas in the near future.
Meanwhile, the extent of Wycliff Palu's shoulder injury will be known tomorrow, but his World Cup spot is in doubt.
"Bloody oath we did!"
Nathan Sharpe, Legend.
Jake White, you are a knob.
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Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.
If Jake rates Lote that highly he can have him.
the punters friend..... stick with me and you will be wearing
Wonder if it would help his "Coloured" Quota...
"Bloody oath we did!"
Nathan Sharpe, Legend.
hehe... snap burgs...
I made Happy sad...