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Dropping Mark Boucher and giving the wicketkeeping gloves to AB de Villiers could make the Proteas Test team even more powerful.
It may seem bizarre to be speculating about Boucher’s international future just a day after he made a potentially match-saving 89 against Australia at the SCG, but one needs to look at the bigger picture.
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Avoiding defeat at the SCG is more important than striving for victory.
Those with a penchant for the cavalier will baulk at such conservatism, but those who despise the conservative should remember a greater battle is being fought. General Smith and his charges have already conquered the Australian frontier by winning in Perth and Melbourne. It’s [...]
South Africa need to score 314 runs on the final day of the third Test to pull off a remarkable victory at the SCG.
With one wicket down and skipper Graeme Smith unable to bat, victory will require a monumental effort, but Neil McKenzie and Hashim Amla’s partnership has given the Proteas a slim chance.
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English footballer Paul Gascoigne and Herschelle Gibbs were the most prodigiously talented players of their generation. But also the most troubled.
Similarities between the codes are few and far between. Football, particularly Premiership football in England, is everything cricket aspires to be - attractive to a global audience, efficiently run and administered, consistently entertaining, not rife [...]
The Bulls are in the process of negotiating the return of highly regarded defence coach John McFarland.
McFarland resigned from the post in late 2008 and was reported to be interested in joining former Bulls coach Heyneke Meyer at English club Leicester Tigers. However, McFarland said that his personal circumstances and family matters have improved and [...]
The Reds have recruited former IBF lightweight champion Philip Holiday to help with their pre-season conditioning.
The South African currently resides in Australia and was invited to training by Reds head coach Phil Mooney. The Brisbane-based franchise has struggled in recent years, and Mooney is determined to give them every advantage before the season-proper kicks off.
Holiday [...]
The Springboks will play France on their 2009 end of year tour.
The last time the Boks faced France was in 2006 at Newlands where they produced a solid performance to win 36-26 and set in motion what would become a nightmare year for Jake White’s men.
The French will play the Springboks on November [...]
The South African Rugby Union (Saru) will rely heavily on government’s financial assistance for their 2015 and 2019 World Cup bids.
Saru president Oregan Hoskins, told Die Burger that the International Rugby Board (IRB) requires guarantees in the region of between £80-million and £100-million from member countries interested in bidding for the respective tournaments. Hoskins has [...]
Luke Watson escaped unhurt from a minor car accident in Bellville on Monday.
According to reports, a motorist ran a red light in rush-hour traffic and hit the front of the WP flank’s black vehicle.
“Nobody has been hurt,” spokesperson Frikkie Erasmus told Die Burger. “The front of Luke’s car has been damaged. There were some surprised [...]
Mark Boucher believes South Africa can still get a result from the third Test in Sydney despite their unfavourable position at present.
Australia were 33 without loss at stumps on day three, an overall lead of 151, after blasting the Proteas out for 327, thanks in large part to an inspired late spell by Peter Siddle [...]
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