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Le Roux handed a one-week ban: Springbok full-back Willie le Roux is suspended for one week after pleading guilty to a charge of breaching Law 10.4 (i), during Saturday's Test match between South Africa and Ireland in Port Elizabeth on Saturday. Le Roux was cited by commissioner …
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‘For some lads it’s a foregone conclusion. For guys like me, it’s not’: Reddan entered the fray in the 68 th of the frantic final Test in Port Elizabeth producing a typical high-tempo display which included a crucial turnover and a memorable offload. Alas, there was to be no fairytale finish for the Limerick man as a Faf de …
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Lions provide positives for Boks, Coetzee: Going into the series there were serious questions about the scrumhalf position, but De Klerk eased the uncertainty with three strong performances, his showing in Port Elizabeth on Saturday worthy of the Man of the Match award, which he didn’t get.
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Highlanders set to resume Super Rugby defence in South Africa: Brown, who takes over from head coach Jamie Joseph next season, certainly won’t be offering up mitigating circumstances if the Highlanders under-perform against the hapless Southern Kings in Port Elizabeth on Sunday (NZ time). The Highlanders were …
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South Africa hold off Ireland to claim series-clinching win in Port Elizabeth: Despite dominating possession and territory, Ireland could not break the Springboks down as a result of some superb tackling and their own inaccuracy in crucial moments at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium. The result saw South Africa claim a 2-1 triumph in a …
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South Africa players involved in match-fixing scandal might face lengthy bans: Bodi made his ODI debut in 2007 against Zimbabwe in Bulawayo, scoring 51 and 32 in the series, while his sole T20 came later that year in Port Elizabeth against the West Indies, where he scored eight. ALSO READ: Gulam Bodi faces further criminal charges …
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Eoin Reddan ready for ‘real world’: Ireland lost the final Test with South Africa in Port Elizabeth but coming off the replacements bench for an 11-minute final hurrah at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, the 35-year-old showed he still has what it takes to compete at the sport’s highest levels.
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Ireland let South Africa off the hook in final Test: There have been few more courageous Irish performances in a season-ending tour to one of the Southern Hemisphere big guns, not just physically but in ambition too as they rebounded from blow after blow. So there they were, in the last play of a 17-Test, 52 …
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5 players Coetzee could call on: There was much hype and elation on Saturday night after the Boks claimed a 19-13 – and subsequent series – win over Ireland in Port Elizabeth. But should we really overzealously celebrate scraping home in a home Test series against an Ireland side without …
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