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June 23rd, 2016 at 1:03 AM
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Sometimes in rugby the tide of a match quickly and dramatically turns. Victory curdles into defeat, or defeat unexpectedly blooms into victory. Last Saturday at Ellis Park Ireland and the Springboks tasted different sides of that vagarious dish as...
June 18th, 2016 at 2:19 AM
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To say that the Springboks lost to 14 passionate Irishmen isn’t entirely accurate. It wasn’t so much Irish fervour – although they did scramble and fight for every inch of Newlands’ turf – as much as Irish nous and rugby sense that got...
June 9th, 2016 at 11:51 PM
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*Please note we've made changes to this article to reflect more accurate data obtained from the Ireland/England game. Ireland are the perfect opponents for Allister Coetzee’s dewy Springboks, who will on Saturday announce themselves and...
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