Photo by www.rugbyworldcup.com Victor Matfield will captain the Springbok team to play Samoa in the deciding Rugby World Cup Pool D clash at North Harbour Stadium in Auckland on Friday. Matfield returns from a hamstring strain – after a two-match absence – as one of seven changes to the team that defeated Namibia 87-0 at [...]

RWC2011 Logo Argentina: All born in Argentina   Australia: Dan Vickerman (Cape Town, South Africa), Radike Samo (Nadi, Fiji), Will Genia (Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea), Stephen Moore (Khamis, Saudi Arabia), David Pocock (Messina, South Africa), Quade Cooper (Auckland, New Zealand), Digby Ioane (Wellington, New Zealand)   Canada: Nanyak Dala (Jos, Nigeria), DTH (Daniel Tailliferre [...]

Photo by Denese Lups / Rugby15 / Photo talk Saturday, 17 September at Wellington Regional Stadium NOTE: Please note a change to the team numbering with numbers 11 and 14 being reversed. Below is a statistical preview of the Springboks’ Rugby World Cup match against Fiji in Wellington on Saturday.   ·         The starting lineup [...]

M= Matches ; PTS=Points ; TRS=Tries ; CON=Conversions; PEN=Penalties; DG=Drop Goals ; YC=Yellow Cards; RC=Red Cards;  Name Team M PTS TRS CON PEN DG YC RC  Jonny Wilkinson England  15  249  1  23  53  13  0  0  Gavin Hastings Scotland  13  227  9  39  36  0  0  0  Michael Lynagh Australia  15  195  4  36 [...]