Tag Archives: Matt Giteau

Tri-Nations Guest Post: ”If You Want to Run With the Big Dogs, You Have to Lift Your Leg”

If the Springboks’ two heavy defeats in New Zealand gave their ‘bonkers’ coach Peter de Villiers cause to believe his team were the victims of some form of conspiracy, their third consecutive Tri-nations defeat, this time to the unfancied Wallabies … Continue reading

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Guest Post: The Cavalry Arrives (Too Late?)

It was a win born of necessity, rather than of the All Blacks’ tactical and physical supremacy, but in the context of this year’s Tri-Nations, it will just about do, and the obvious glee with which Graham Henry greeted the … Continue reading

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Guest Post: Kick. Chase. Repeat.

After witnessing the Springboks comfortably dispatching the Wallabies at Newlands last night, I would have to say I think that the lawmakers have thoroughly butchered the implementation of the ELVs. When a player with the attacking chops of Bryan Habana … Continue reading

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