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Springboks go ahead in series but coach says only by small margin
JOHANNESBURG, Sept 5 : South Africa beat New Zealand for a second successive weekend to move ahead in the test series dubbed “Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry” but winning coach Rassie Erasmus said there remained little between the top two ranked teams in the game.South Africa’s 29-24 victory at Soccer City o
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South Africa make one change to squad for third test v New Zealand
JOHANNESBURG, Aug 31 : South Africa coach Rassie Erasmus has made a single, injury-enforced change to his match-day 23 for the third test in the Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry series against New Zealand at the 94,500-seater Soccer City in Johannesburg on Saturday. The Springboks edged a brutal second test 33
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Irate Erasmus rubbishes Rennie’s ‘walking around’ claims at scrums
CAPE TOWN, Aug 29 : South Africa coach Rassie Erasmus has hit back at claims by his New Zealand counterpart Dave Rennie that the Springbok scrum is illegally “walking around” and pushing straight to gain an advantage at the set piece that has become a key weapon for them.The Springboks edged a tense second te
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Erasmus wants Springboks to turn hurt into heat after opening loss
JOHANNESBURG, Aug 24 : South Africa coach Rassie Erasmus wants his team to turn the hurt of their weekend defeat by New Zealand into fuel to get themselves back into contention in the four-test series.The Springboks lost their top world ranking when New Zealand won the opening test 33-16 at Ellis Park on Satu
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Springboks wait on Kolisi, Nche fitness ahead of first All Blacks test
JOHANNESBURG, Aug 17 : South Africa coach Rassie Erasmus has injury concerns over captain Siya Kolisi and key prop Ox Nche ahead of the first test against New Zealand on Saturday but he denied his side will attempt to slow the game down at Ellis Park.Erasmus has delayed his team announcement to Thursday ahead
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Erasmus confirms Feinberg-Mngomezulu will be fit to face Argentina
DURBAN, July 19 : South African flyhalf Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu will be fit to return against Argentina next month, coach Rassie Erasmus confirmed as he praised Vusi Moyo for his performance in Saturday’s 43-0 Nations Championship victory over Wales.Moyo, 20, was handed a start as one of four debutants ag
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South Africa take risk with team selections as fans back experimentation
PRETORIA, July 11 : South Africa coach Rassie Erasmus is happy to take risks with team selection because he feels he has supporters’ backing after the world champions were given a scare by Scotland on Saturday.South Africa beat the Scots 42-28 at Loftus Versfeld in their second game of the new Nations Champ
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Du Toit hails record-breaker Erasmus ahead of Scotland clash
July 10 : Stand-in captain Pieter-Steph du Toit has hailed the influence of South Africa coach Rassie Erasmus as the double-World Cup winner prepares to take charge of a record 55th Springbok match when they host Scotland in the Nations Championship on Saturday.Versatile forward Du Toit has been a key part of
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Springboks braced for fearless England and unpredictable Pollock
JOHANNESBURG, June 23 : South Africa coach Rassie Erasmus expects a fearless England when his Springbok side host the tourists in their Nations Championship opener at Ellis Park in Johannesburg on July 4, and played down the attention given to back row Henry Pollock.The world champions host England for the fi
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South Africa target winning start to new Nations Championship in tough clash against England
CAPE TOWN, June 11 : South Africa intend to field their strongest line-up against England in the opening round of the new Nations Championship next month as coach Rassie Erasmus alleviated concerns over a large injury list.Erasmus said they would clear many of the affected players before the clash against Eng
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