Christian Wade who will be 21 this month and Joe Launchbury who was 21 last month, both from London Wasps have been included in Stuart Lancasters 42 man touring party to South Africa. Another new name on the sheet is Leicester Tigers Tom Youngs. Christian Wade Joe Launchbury Lancaster has also included a couple of overseas guys who could have slipped off the radar, … [Read more...]
JWC 2012 South Africa Preview and Fixtures Pool Games
The Pools and Fixtures for the 2012 Rugby Junior World Championship in South Africa have been announced. New Zealand the Champions will be looking to hold their crown, whilst the ever improving England will be pushing to take it. Other teams who can be expected to feature in the semi-finals are the hosts South Africa and either Australia or France. The competition … [Read more...]
JWC 2012 in South Africa Pools & Dates
The IRB has released information on the Dates, the venues and the pools for the Junior World Cup 2012 (U20's) in South Africa. The tournament will run between the 4 and 22 June with 12 teams competing to wrestle the crown from New Zealand who have won the last four on the trot. The hosting cities are Cape Town and Stellenbosch. The stadiums are: The University of Western Cape … [Read more...]
Boks Power Past Blacks – South Africa 18-5 New Zealand
The Tri-Nations match saw the All Blacks looking powerful even with 12 changes to the starting line-up as they were only deprived of a try inside the first minute by a superb tackle from Bryan Habana on Cowan. This was followed shortly after by a Jaque Fourie intercept that salvaged another dangerous situation for the under-pressure Springboks before Steyn slotted his first … [Read more...]
Tri-Nations Teams South Africa v New Zealand
South Africa host New Zealand in the home leg of their Tr-Nations 2011 match-up on the Saturday 20 August in the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium at 16:00 live on SkySports4. Here are the teams: Teams South Africa: 15 Pat Lambie (The Sharks), 6 Test caps 14 JP Pietersen (The Sharks), 37 13 Jaque Fourie (DHL Western Province), 63 12 Jean de Villiers (DHL Western Province), 68 11 … [Read more...]