South Africa Looking To RWC 2007

South Africa until the 2003 contest had only ever lost one Rugby World Cup match, that was after extra-time to eventual winners Australia in 1999. They were hosts for their first World Cup in 1995 and were crowned champions at Ellis Park, Johannesburg, since then they have lost the aura of invincibility and it will be interesting to see if they or England will prove the strongest in pool A

Springboks To Head Pool 'A'

The Springboks quarter final place in 2003 guaranteed qualification for the finals in France. IRB ranked 5th they are grouped in Pool A with England, Samoa, USA and Tonga. They will look forward to gaining revenge for the recent losses against the English and we anticipate they will be the winners of pool A

South African Player To Watch

One South African player looking forward to the World Cup is Bryan Gary Habana who is the fastest man on the international stage at this time. The 24 year old winger can conjure a score from any position, with the ball in his hands and in space, any defence will struggle to handle his pace. The usual powerful Bok's pack should provide enough ball for us to see many examples of this fine player excelling on the ultimate stage in France.

South Africa News

South Africa delivers bids for World Cup's 2015 and 2019 - South Africa has joined the race to host the Rugby World Cups in either 2015 or 2019

South Africa moves the Springbok on their shirts - We saw this information about the South Africa Shirt and the Springbok and thought it would interest our readers

South Africa have two forced changes for Saturday's Test against England - Hooker Bismarck du Plessis injured his hamstring in the win over Scotland and is replaced by brother Jannie, a prop, with John Smit reverting to hooker

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, Brian Mujati, Victor Matfield, Pierre Spies, Juan Smith, John Smit (captain), Gurthro Steenkamp, CJ van der Linde, Joe van Niekerk, Luke Watson

Peter De Villiers to coach the Springboks - Peter De Villiers announced as the new South Africa Coach