Bok Ratings – Duane is back!
1 decade ago by Front Row GruntWith 11 carries, 68 metres run, 6 defenders beaten, a turnover, and 4 lineouts won, Tank Lanning rates Duane Vermeulen highest against the USA with a score of 9 out 10. Check out his full Bok ratings....
South Africa vs USA - Match Preview
1 decade ago by Len KaplanUSA coach Mike Tolkin has made 12 changes to the starting XV that lost to Scotland in his team’s last game. Seven of his match-day 23 will be making their RWC 2015 debuts. Springbok coach Heyneke...
What We Learned: SA v Scotland
1 decade agoScotland failed to select their strongest team – targeting Samoa in their final pool game as their access to the quarter-finals – and started the game tentatively (again), and in the end were comprehensively outplayed...
South Africa vs Scotland - Preview
1 decade ago by Len KaplanHaving weathered the potential Samoa storm, the Springboks face the less physical but impressively canny Scotland. The Boks are without captain Jean de Villiers and vice-captain Victor Matfield and carry...
Scots not on Vermeulen's mind
1 decade ago by Rugby 365Duane Vermeulen has not paid much attention to Scotland's team selection ahead of their World Cup clash in Newcastle.
‘Boks must go back to basics’
1 decade ago by iol.co.zaIf the Boks are going to be a threat at the World Cup, then they will must go back to basics, says Duane Vermeulen.
Springboks - State Of The Campaign
1 decade agoJean de Villiers is a rugby icon – 109 Test matches, 37 as captain, scoring 27 Test tries, 50 matches for Western Province and 105 for the Stormers; he came through SA Schools and under 19 and under...
South Africa vs Samoa - What SA Learned
1 decade agoIf you control territory, as the Boks did, the opposition are going to struggle to stay in the game. If you manipulate the defence, as the Boks did against Samoa, rather than play predictably, as the...
South Africa vs Samoa - Match Preview
1 decade agoPerhaps only South Africans will fully understand the massive pressure the Springboks have been under since their calamitous defeat by Japan, because the level of expectation at home is uncompromising....
Vermeulen's old school values suit Boks
1 decade ago by Rugby 365INTERVIEW: The return of veteran No.8 Duane Vermeulen will allow South Africa to play to their true strengths.
