Pierre Spies

Spies out of tour

The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009

SOUTH AFRICAN number eight Pierre Spies has pulled out from his team’s European tour after breaking a finger at the weekend.

Broken finger sidelines Spies

IOL (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009

Springbok number eight Pierre Spies is unable to take part in the European tour because of a hand injury.

• Rugby-Injured Spies ruled out of European tour - Reuters UK

Spies blow for the Boks

Skysports.com (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009

South Africa have been rocked by news influential No.8 Pierre Spies has been ruled out of their tour of Europe.

Rugby-Injured Spies ruled out of European tour

Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009

JOHANNESBURG, Nov 3 (Reuters) - South African number eight Pierre Spies has pulled out from his team's European tour after breaking a finger at the weekend, officials said on Tuesday.

Injured Spies ruled out of European tour

Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African number eight Pierre Spies has pulled out from his team's European tour after breaking a finger at the weekend, officials said Tuesday.

Springboks lose Spies to injury

ireland.com (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009

South Africa have suffered a sizeable blow ahead of their outgoing tour of Europe with number eight Pierre Spies ruled out due to injury.

Spies pulls out of SA's European tour

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009

• Spies replaced by Jean Deysel for European tour • South Africa play Leicester on Friday Pierre Spies has been withdrawn from the South Africa squad for their European tour after undergoing an emergency operation on a broken finger yesterday. Spies, who plays at flanker or No8, suffered the injury during the Blue Bulls' Absa Currie Cup campaign and has been replaced...

• Springboks lose Spies to injury - ireland.com
• Brüssow set for opening Test against France - Mail & Guardian
• See the 4 articles on the same subject

Spies to miss Bok tour

Keo.co.za (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009

Pierre Spies has undergone a finger operation and will miss the Springboks three-Test tour of Europe. More to follow…

Spies injury blow for Springboks

Planet Rugby (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009

South Africa have suffered a sizeable blow ahead of their outgoing tour of Europe with number eight Pierre Spies ruled out.

Bulls Make Changes

All Africa (Free subscription) | 16/10/2009

SPRINGBOKS Pierre Spies and Bryan Habana are fit and have been included in the Vodacom Blue Bulls starting side for the Absa Currie Cup semifinal against Vodacom Western Province at Newlands on Saturday - and in another boost to the Blue Bulls team, Fourie du Preez will start after playing off the bench last weekend following an injury.

No personal battles - Spies

IOL (Free subscription) | 14/10/2009

... in the semi-final of the Currie Cup on Saturday.Instead, it will be the Bulls loose-trio led by Pierre Spies who will be up against it.There won't be any love lost between Watson and the rest of the Bulls team either and, with Watson being such an influential figure through his leadership and the way in which he has played the game in 2009, Spies, along with Dewald Pot- gieter...

Santa's booby-trapped gift sack for the Springboks

Sports news (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009

... a deceptive shift up thanks to cleverly 'banking' Test match winners like Jean de Villiers, Pierre Spies and Francois Steyn.A long list of young players have been gifted a confidence-building Test run and a few are showing signs of promise ahead of 2011, most notably 2.08m Andries Bekker.My RWC 2011 crystal ball relies on South Africa playing up their 'victim' status while effectively...

France v South Africa predictions

The Rugby Blog (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009

... summer. South Africa will be without three of their stars in Jean de Villiers, Francois Steyn and Pierre Spies, but Fourie du Preez and Morne Steyn will still orchestrate the side if they enjoy the sort of ball that their forwards normally provide – it’s up to the French back to put a stop to it, and if they do that, they can put their own width on the ball with their exciting backline....

• France vs Springboks (21:45 k/o) - Keo.co.za

Preview: France v South Africa

Planet Rugby (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009

... now make do without overseas-based players Francois Steyn and Jean de Villiers while number eight Pierre Spies is injured. Much of the Boks' success this year has been built on continuity and it will be interesting to see how well they cope with the changes. In stark contrast to his South African counterpart, France Head Coach Marc Lièvremont has used 68 players and eleven half-back...

Bok viper poised to strike

Keo.co.za (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009

‘Schalk has a great ability to steal the ball and is better on the ground than Juan Smith [who is unavailable through injury],’ said Brüssow. ‘That is only going to help me, it’s a lot of fun playing alongside another fetcher. I think Ryan is a similar player to Pierre Spies with his pace and strength, and I think we have a good balance.’