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A valiant effort from the home side saw Argentina lose to South Africa 33-31 in Salta on Saturday, as Daniel Hourcade’s men missed out on what would have been a maiden win over the Springboks. It was an even tighter affair than the fixture that unfolded in Pretoria’s Round 1 meeting. Tries from Bryan Habana, Cornal Hendricks and Marcell Coetzee saw Heyneke Meyer’s visitors through...
Published: August 23, 2014
The stage is set for an almighty clash of Southern Hemisphere titans on Saturday, where Australia head to Eden Park in their bid to steal a march in this year’s Bledisloe Cup. Ewen McKenzie’s side drew 12-12 against the All Blacks in Sydney last weekend, and Round 2 of the Rugby Championship gives both teams the opportunity not only to take a huge step in their pursuit of the tournament,...
Published: August 23, 2014
After the opening weekend of this year’s Rugby Championship, the writing is already on the wall that this could be the closest competition of its kind so far. New Zealand have dominated the field in recent years, and although the weather played its role in the result, a 12-12 draw in Sydney last Saturday laid the foundations for a tighter 2014 rendition. Similarly, South Africa didn’t trample...
Published: August 21, 2014
South Africa had a harder time overcoming Argentina than might have been expected in Round One of the Rugby Championship, and Heyneke Meyer’s side travel to Salta in the hopes that things will be easier this Saturday. The wet conditions accounted for a lot of that struggle in Pretoria, but a brighter South American setting will allow for a more entertaining spectacle, logic dictating that...
Published: August 19, 2014
Just over a fortnight remains until the 2014-15 Aviva Premiership gets underway, where Northampton Saints will defend their title against the best that England has to offer. Each and every year, the Premiership campaign is an unpredictable maze of events that takes on many an unexpected twist and turn, but some things are more assured than others. From player success to team prospects, we run through...
Published: August 18, 2014
The rugby masses turned their attention firmly toward the Southern Hemisphere this past week as the 2014 editions of the Rugby Championship and the ITM Cup both got underway. The off-season north of the equator means the Women’s Rugby World Cup has been the main attraction in Europe of late, but the quality of the collisions surrounding the Tasman were simply on another level. New Zealand’s...
Published: August 17, 2014
Only one try was scored in the opening two fixtures of this year’s Rugby Championship, with South Africa the beneficiaries en route to a 13-6 win over Argentina, while New Zealand and Australia drew 12-12 in Sydney. The heavens opened over both ANZ Stadium and Loftus Versfeld, with wet weather creating miserable circumstances in which none of the Southern Hemisphere’s mightiest powers could...
Published: August 16, 2014
It wasn’t the demolition that many expected, but South Africa will be happy nonetheless to have opened their 2014 Rugby Championship campaign with a 13-6 win over Argentina on Saturday. Heyneke Meyer’s men struggled to pose the attacking threat of more recent results, the conditions in Pretoria resulting in the scrappiest of victories. Daniel Hourcade may have taken a losing bonus...
Published: August 16, 2014
New Zealand began their Rugby Championship title defence with a tense draw on Saturday, with Australia managing to hold their own and share the spoils with a 12-12 result that left neither side with cause to celebrate. Steve Hansen’s men came to ANZ Stadium as reigning champions and their perfect record in this competition was halted at 12 successive matches, ESPN Scrum confirming the result: The...
Published: August 16, 2014
Heyneke Meyer will seek to see his South Africa side open the floodgates in South Africa’s 2014 Rugby Championship opener against Argentina, as they need to take advantage of their home fixture against Argentina. New Zealand’s meeting with Australia in Sydney may garner most of the Week 1 attention but for the Springboks to stage any genuine bid to dethrone the All Blacks, a strong showing...