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The Independent (Free subscription) | yesterday
It is in the great tensions of confrontation, those small battles to overcome your own limits, that Schalk Burger has found so much of his meaning. That has always been his way, since he infuriated his cricket coaches as a teenager by injuring himself in a local rugby match and then decided to change to the oval-ball game. He has accumulated a few dark smirches along the way, when his blood has risen...
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Rugby World Cup News (Free subscription) | 28/11/2009
In misty conditions at Croke Park, both sides were intent on playing running rugby, but still only produced one try in a tight encounter. Ireland took an early lead through a Sexton penalty but South Africa replied with a Schalk Burger try converted by Morne Steyn who also slotted a drop goal to put South [...]
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France 24 (Free subscription) | 28/11/2009
Six Nations Grand Slam champions Ireland ended their year on a suitably high note here on Saturday with a commendable 15-10 victory over world and Tri-Nations champions South Africa for their third successive home win over the visitors. Ireland's young fly-half Jonathan Sexton - preferred to 93-times capped Ronan O'Gara - kicked all their points while Schalk Burger got the only try of the match for...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 28/11/2009
Ireland 15-10 South Africa Ireland won their third game in succession against the Springboks in Dublin with a remarkably resilient second-half performance. They were helped by an astonishingly mature display from Jonathan Sexton in his first major international and his kicking in dreadful conditions gave them the victory their defensive play, sharp running and line-out tenacity had so impressively...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 28/11/2009
The Leinster full-back believes Ireland are a step away from greatness, and they can edge closer with victory over South Africa today Payback time has finally arrived. Even five months ago Jamie Heaslip, sitting in the Lions' Johannesburg hotel, could hardly wait for today's reunion with the Springboks. "They're very beatable," said the Ireland No8, shrugging, predicting a whole different...
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Keo.co.za (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
John Smit will start at hooker against Ireland at Croke Park while the uncapped Dewald Potgieter has been named on the bench. More to follow… Springboks – 15 Zane Kirchner, 14 JP Pietersen, 13 Jaque Fourie, 12 Wynand Olivier, 11 Bryan Habana, 10 Morne Steyn, 9 Fourie du Preez, 8 Danie Rossouw, 7 Schalk Burger, 6 [...]
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
• Australians Matt Giteau and George Smith in line-up • Proteas contribute Bryan Habana and Schalk Burger Jamie Roberts, Leigh Halfpenny and Andy Powell have been called up by the Barbarians for the Twickenham game with New Zealand next week. The Cardiff Blues trio – who were also selected for the British Lions summer tour of South Africa – are the only British players selected...
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Keo.co.za (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
Openside flank remains Schalk Burger’s preferred position. Click here to subscribe Injury and suspension limited Burger’s involvement with the Springboks in 2009 before the end-of-year tour, and in the interim, Heinrich Brüssow made that openside position his own. With Juan Smith injured, Burger started at No 7 for the Boks against the All Blacks in Hamilton [...]
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Keo.co.za (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
WP Nel has been included in the Barbarians squad that includes nine touring Springboks. Nel is the traditional uncapped player to face the All Blacks, while some Boks in major need of a rest will have one more match at the end of a long year. Bismarck du Plessis, Beast Mtawarira, Victor Matfield, Schalk Burger and [...]
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Keo.co.za (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Bismarck du Plessis, CJ van der Linde and Schalk Burger have failed to recover from injuries, while Victor Matfield will play off the wood against Italy. The injured front rankers are replaced by Adriaan Strauss and Wian du Preez, the latter starting his first Test, in place of Beast Mtawarira, who’ll provide cover off the bench. [...]
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Keo.co.za (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
Schalk Burger and Bismarck du Plessis have rib cartillage injuries and will be given until Thursday to prove their fitness. The Springbok forward pair picked up their respective injuries in last Friday’s defeat to France. They spent Monday’s training session running separate drills while the rest of the squad engaged in contact exercises, and stood aside [...]
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Pentnews Magazine (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
Despite the Springboks losing to Leicester last week, France coach Marc Lievremont won’t expect an easy time against the World Champions. He’ll need to ensure they’re stocked up on eye patches too. South Africa have recalled flanker Schalk Burger, as well as captain John Smit, scrum-half Fourie du Preez and locks Matfield and Botha. Will South Africa [...]
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
• Jeff Blackett was shocked at some of the lies told • Gouging also discussed during Obolensky lecture The Rugby Football Union's disciplinary chief Jeff Blackett has revealed the Bloodgate scandal at Harlequins shook his faith in the game more than any other incident. Delivering the annual Obolensky lecture, Blackett offered his thoughts on rugby's wobbling moral compass - from the England...
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Colin Seymour (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
This is a bit of a big one today as my automatic plugin stopped working a while ago and I only noticed yesterday :-) Everything should be back to normal after this links post. Interesting links for 24 Sep 2009 - 28 Oct 2009: Using Waste To Recover Waste Uranium - Now this is a pretty amazing discovery. Who knows, soon we'll be able to "reuse" the uranium from power plants over and over again...
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