Archive for June, 2008

John Smit Captains Tri-Nations Springboks

The full South Africa Springboks squad for the Vodacom Tri-Nations away legs has been named and is:
Backs:
Bolla Conradie, Jean de Villiers, Peter Grant, Butch James, Conrad Jantjes, Adrian Jacobs, Enrico Januarie, Bryan Habana, Percy Montgomery, Odwa Ndungane, JP Pietersen, Ruan Pienaar, Francois Steyn
Forwards:
Andries Bekker, Bakkies Botha, Schalk Burger, Bismarck du Plessis, Ryan Kankowski, Tendai Mtawarira, […]

Perpignan sign All Black Carter for Six Months

New Zealand fly-half Dan Carter will join French side Perpignan on a six-month deal in December after the All Blacks’ northern hemisphere tour.  As has been touted he has been handed a sabbatical by the New Zealand authorities as they fight to prevent a continued player drain to Europe.
The Crusaders star, 26, will miss the […]

New Zealand U20’s Champions

New Zealand showed their class and claimed the U20 World Crown with a convincing win over England 38-3.  The competition was a roaring success for all concerned and Wales did a great job of hosting.  For anyone who does not know here are all the placings.
1 New Zealand 38, 2 England 3
3 South Africa 43, […]

U20’s New Zealand England Final and all Play-offs times

New Zealand will meet England in the final after New Zealand beat Wales convincingly 31-6 and England won 26-18 in a much tighter contest against South Africa.
Here are all the games left to play:
15th Place Play-Off 21 Jun 19:00 Japan v USA Racecourse Ground, Wrexham
13th Place Play-Off 21 Jun 17:00 Tonga v Fiji Racecourse Ground, Wrexham
11th Place […]

England v New Zealand 2nd Test Teams.

Following the problems competing in the backs at the first match England have made six changes, one forced through injury as Sheridan (eye injury) is replaced by Tim Payne, the others are Danny Care, Toby Flood, Jamie Noon, Tom Varndell and Matthew Tait.
England will probably lack a cutting edge with this selection but hope to […]

U20 Results Rd 2

Results from last nights games.
Pool A
Argentina 30-10 Tonga
New Zealand 65-10 Ireland
New Zealand v Argentina 14 Jun 17:00 to decide top spot. NZ definite favourites.
Pool B
Samoa 20-6 USA
South Africa 72-3 Scotland
South Africa v Samoa 14 Jun 17:00 to decide top spot. SA favourites.
Pool C
England 60-18 Canada
Australia 53-17 Fiji
Australia v England 14 Jun 14:30 to decide top spot. […]

England and New Zealand have named their teams for Saturday

New Zealand host England in the first of two tests at: Eden Park, Auckland on Saturday, 14 June Kick-off: 0835 BST
London Irish wing Topsy Ojo will gain his first Test cap against New Zealand in an England side with 11 changes from their last six nations game against Ireland. Two more uncapped players, […]

U20 First round results

Thought we would let you know all the scores from the first round of games yesterday.
Argentina 17-9 Ireland
New Zealand 48-9 Tonga
South Africa 108-18 USA
Samoa 29-17 Scotland
England 41-17 Fiji
Australia 81-12 Canada