This weekend we're playing NZ in the Trinations. Not a good season for us so far, but maybe, since we're playing at home.... :twisted: :blackknight: _________________ Toe ek jonk was, het ek al die antwoorde geken. Nou verstaan ek nie eens die vrae nie.
Well, the good news is that you can only go up now ! :D
:lol: :lol: True, true!!
They've now brought in some of the previous coaches to help the present one... Note, all of them have been fired because they weren't good enough... :roll: _________________ Toe ek jonk was, het ek al die antwoorde geken. Nou verstaan ek nie eens die vrae nie.
Er... we.... won... we... WON!!!! We did it, we actually won!! :shock: :shock:
South Africa 21 New Zealand 20... :shock: :? :D :D :D
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Boks power over All Blacks
02/09/2006 18:31 - (SA) Rustenburg - South Africa won their first Tri-Nations match of the year in Rustenburg on Saturday, ending the All Blacks 15 match unbeaten run with a 21-20 victory.
It took a 77th minute penalty from flyhalf Andre Pretorius - who more than repaid coach Jake White's decision to start with him instead of Butch James - to end South Africa's five match winless streak.
The All-Blacks had wrapped up the Tri-Nations title with three matches still to be played. The Springboks end this year's competition with a match against Australia at Ellis Park next weekend.
Referee Chris White from England had a big hand in the game, giving the Boks three penalties in the last moments of the clash and so allowing the home team to escape from their own half and eventually win the penalty that would seal the game.
The defence from both sides was outstanding, with few chances arising for either to have a full go at each other.
10-6 to All Blacks after 20 minutes
The Boks gave the free-running All Blacks no space or time to put their array of skills on display and it was up to the impressive Daniel Carter to again break the Boks' defensive lines.
After Pretorius and Carter traded early penalties, the New Zealand flyhalf eased his way past the Bok defence to score under the uprights, the conversion giving a 10-6 lead to the visitors after 20 minutes.
The Boks hit back when winger Bryan Habana intercepted a Rodney So'oialo pass to Joe Rokocoko to score his first try of the campaign.
Pretorius made no mistake with the conversion for a deserved Bok lead.
Carter struck another penalty on half-time and so the teams changed over at 13-all.
Wannenburg powers through
With chances to score few and far between it was the Boks who did most of the attacking in the second period, with Pretorius giving his outside backs plenty of good ball to run at the New Zealand defence.
The visitors may have won the battle at the breakdowns, but they didn't dominate at the set pieces, where Victor Matfield stood tall at the lineouts.
And it was his steal of a New Zealand put-in that led directly to the Boks' second try.
Having set up a ruck on the 22m line, Pedrie Wannenburg powered his way over in the right hand corner to hand the Boks an 18-13 lead.
The champions never stopped their attacks and eventually found a way through a solid Bok defence, but only because of Carter's clever stab through kick that Rokocoko snaffled up to dot down.
The conversion left the visitors in charge at 20-18, but the late Pretorius penalty gave White his first Tri-Nations win of the year.
_________________ Toe ek jonk was, het ek al die antwoorde geken. Nou verstaan ek nie eens die vrae nie.
Well, we're still ranked fourth :( , but we have hope again for next year's World Cup! :D _________________ Toe ek jonk was, het ek al die antwoorde geken. Nou verstaan ek nie eens die vrae nie.
The final of our national rugby competition will be played this weekend right here in Bloemfontein. At stake is the Currie Cup. South African provincial teams have played for this trophy since the 1890's.
Sadly, my favourite team, Griqualand West (Kimberley), didn't even come close to the final, but at least my current home team (Free State Cheetahs, Bloemfontein) did. They're also the defending champions.
Their opponents, like last year, will be the Blue Bulls from Pretoria.
This picture was taken at the local rugby stadium on Saturday, when the Cheetahs beat the KZN Sharks (Durban) in the semi-final of the competition.
_________________ Toe ek jonk was, het ek al die antwoorde geken. Nou verstaan ek nie eens die vrae nie.
Des nouvelles de France : l'édition 2006 du calendrier «LES DIEVX DV STADE» fait scandale et... sensation !
Here are some extraits — only the softer ones. There's a fierce controversy here about insidious homoeroticism, soft pronography or just plain vulgarity allegedly displayed in the calendar.
Now it's up to you to decide :
Stéphane Glas
Juan Martin Hernandez
Xavier Garbajosa
Jérôme Prévitali
Apart from that, Montauban (a southwestern city) slashed Le Stade français (Paris) this week-end : 15-9.
It's getting more and more explicit, doesn't it? :shock: _________________ Toe ek jonk was, het ek al die antwoorde geken. Nou verstaan ek nie eens die vrae nie.
Is he Welsh? In that one pic, there is a picture of him with a "Pays de Galles" shirt on. Is he on the Welsh rugby team?
Is rugby pretty popular in Europe? Here it evolved into American football, but I do dig rugby, although it's hardly ever on TV. _________________ Operation Northwoods - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Northwoods
Favorite languages = English/Spanish
Followed by Italian/French/Dutch
Rugby is the most football code in Wales and also by default, their most popular sport. I would not want to speak for Scotland, but I have the impression that soccer is still their most popular sport there with rugby a close second. In England, football is by far and away king with 'big minority' sports like cricket and rugby taking second and third places respectively.
I would not say rugby is popular on continental Europe judging by their international performances. The only exceptions would be France and Italy who are also both Six Nations participants. The Six Nations is an annual rugby robin involving all the home countries of the United Kingdom, Ireland (Ulster and Eire compete as one team), France and Italy. If I am not wrong, Italy was a relatively recent addition to this annual championship.
France are a very formidable rugby country and I have heard that in the southwest centred in Toulouse, rugby actually beats football in the popularity stakes. They are also the current holders of the Six Nations Championship.
Otherwise, I would not say that rugby is to Europe what american football is to the States. Rugby is still primarily a Commonwealth sport although it has a more universal appeal than the other great English export, cricket. But I'd leave the experts -viz Andre and Greg to explain in greater detail. Personally, I have only played rugby a couple of times for PE and I wasn't too impressed with being rugby tackled to the ground. _________________ Hillary Clinton is an acquired taste which I have clearly yet to acquire.
I suppose that's because you picture rugby as a typically English public school sort of game.
But France are one of the traditional rugby powerhouses. Next year's world cup would be held in France and there is a stronger chance of France winning the William Webb Ellis Trophy on home soil than England retaining the title. _________________ Hillary Clinton is an acquired taste which I have clearly yet to acquire.
Well yes, when I think of Rugby I think of those of the British Isles and Australia, but besides that, I suppose it's difficult for me to imagine because I don't honestly associate Franco-Italians with such rough contact sports as rugby.
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