http://www.sarugby.com/news/ sarugby.com en-us Sun, 07 Sep 2008 14:54:14 GMT 1440 CPG-Nuke Dragonfly SARugby.com News http://backend.userland.com/rss http://www.sarugby.com/news/images/logo.gif http://www.sarugby.com/news/ http://www.sarugby.com/news/News/article/sid=9941.html The Sharks surged back to the top of the Absa Currie Cup log with a memorable 34-25 victory over the Vodacom Blue Bulls in a pulsating clash at Durban’s Absa Stadium on Saturday evening. Sun, 07 Sep 2008 14:54:14 GMT http://www.sarugby.com/news/News/article/sid=9940.html Number eight Keegan Daniel produced a moment of incredible individual genius to seal a brilliant 34-24 win for the Sharks over bitter rivals, the Vodacom Blue Bulls.Both sides scored four tries apiece in an outstanding contest that has added spark to the country's top domestic competition. Sat, 06 Sep 2008 17:00:55 GMT http://www.sarugby.com/news/News/article/sid=9939.html Peter de Villiers and the South African Rugby Union have "categorically denied" in a statement that there have ever been any attempts to blackmail or coerce De Villiers over the selection of any player to the national squad as alleged in a newspaper report on Saturday. Sat, 06 Sep 2008 15:11:08 GMT http://www.sarugby.com/news/News/article/sid=9938.html Despite the loss of the inspirational Schalk Burger 11 minutes before the end of the match, 14-man Western Province scored a thrilling 35-17 win over the reigning Currie Cup champions Free State Cheetahs at Vodacom Park.And WP picked a bonus point for four tries as well to keep their slender 2008 Currie Cup play-off hopes alive. They snatched their bonus point try in the dying minutes of the match after their 14-man defence absorbed tremendous pressure from the Cheetahs. Sat, 06 Sep 2008 15:01:48 GMT http://www.sarugby.com/news/News/article/sid=9937.html It took the Lions just 18 minutes to score their bonus point try in the 83-14 Absa Currie Cup thrashing of the Valke in Brakpan on Friday night in what was a total mismatch.In all, the Lions ran in 13 tries to two and gave their log points differential a huge boost. Sat, 06 Sep 2008 11:15:57 GMT http://www.sarugby.com/news/News/article/sid=9936.html The pick of the weekend's games sees the table topping Blue Bulls heading to Durban to take on the second placed Sharks. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 10:52:38 GMT http://www.sarugby.com/news/News/article/sid=9935.html It's funny how the rugby world works isn't it? Had this game been fixtured for a week ago, the Cheetahs would have been the overwhelming favourites. Without a host of frontline stars, Province have battled this season. But the Boks are back and coach Alistair Coetzee boasts a completely different outfit from the one he'd mustered in previous weeks.Gone are the fresh faces of the U/21 Currie Cup virgins, replaced instead by some of the game's biggest names - Burger, De Villiers, Mujati, Bekker, Watson. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 09:26:25 GMT http://www.sarugby.com/news/News/article/sid=9934.html In a series of columns, Quintin van Jaarsveld reflects on the Springboks’ disappointing Vodacom Tri-Nations campaign and evaluates the good, the bad and the ugly. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 08:28:07 GMT http://www.sarugby.com/news/News/article/sid=9933.html Australian teams can each recruit up to two foreign players for next year’s Super 14 under a policy change endorsed today by the ARU Board in Sydney. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 06:57:35 GMT http://www.sarugby.com/news/News/article/sid=9932.html Eighteen Springboks that were part of the record-breaking Vodacom Tri-Nations victory over Australia will feature in one way or another this weekend as the Absa Currie Cup semifinal race nears fever-pitch. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 06:48:44 GMT