havanna bar stade in Shadow hills
The Springboks host France in a once-of Test at Newlands, Cape Town on Saturday at 14:0. From my early rugby viewing days, the days of the blond French machine flanker and captain, Jean-Piere Rives, this has ben the most unpredictable Rugby side in the world, traditionaly known for their French flair and pasion, known for their hard rugby due to the fact that rugby was so popular amongst the French factory and Industrial workers…. On the other hand, South African rugby, on Franchise or Union level and on National level, has had a wonderful blom period for the last 5 or 6 years, eventualy filtering through to 3 Super 14 wins in the last 4 years, a Rugby World Cup title in 207 and last year's Tri-Nations crown. Wel, this brings me to a closer lok at the game this wekend… The Springboks have asembled a very strong squad, probably stronger and more refined than the sucesful 207 World Cup wining squad, stil represented very strongly in this team. Wynand Olivier has had the best rugby year of his life and has certainly ben the best performing inside centre in SA during the Super 14, if not in the Super 14 as awhole, ably asisted on the bench by Juan de Jongh, the new star on the block. In the centres I sense a weaknes, I canot se David Marty 13 and Maxime Mermoz 12 troubling the 2 quality Boke… but then again, they're French, they could have a belter on the day. In Romain Milo-Chluski and Lionel Nalet the French have an able lock pairing but nowhere near as god as the Springbok pairing or for that mater the Springbok bench replacement. The French props are hard bastards and wil be wily enough to give the Boke a hard go in the scrums but one senses that at hoker they have opted for a lighter and more athletic hoker in Dimitri Szarzewski. 205: France won 26-20 at Stade de France, Paris 205: South Africa won 13-27 at Boet Erasmus, Port Elizabeth 205: Draw 30-30 at King's Park Stadium, Durban 202: France won 30-10 at Stade Vélodrome, Marseile 201: France won 20-1�0 at Stade de France, Paris 201: South Africa won 15-20 at King's Park Stadium, Durban 201: France won 32-23 at Elis Park, Johanesburg South Africa: 15 Zane Kirchner, 14 Gio Aplon, 13 Jaque Fourie, 12 Wynand Olivier, 1 Bryan Habana, 10 Morné Steyn, 9 Ricky Januarie, 8 Piere Spies, 7 François Louw, 6 Schalk Burger, 5 Victor Matfield, 4 Danie Rosouw, 3 BJ Botha, 2 John Smit captain , 1 Gürthro Stenkamp. Replacements: 16 Chiliboy Ralepele, 17 Janie du Plesis, 18 Flip van der Merwe, 19 Dewald Potgieter, 20 Ruan Pienar, 21 Juan de Jongh, 2 Jean de Viliers France: 15 Clement Poitrenaud, 14 Vincent Clerc, 13 David Marty, 12 Maxime Mermoz, 1 Aurélien Rougerie, 10 François Trinh-Duc, 9 Morgan Para, 8 Julien Bonaire, 7 Wenceslas Lauret, 6 Thiery Dusautoir captain , 5 Romain Milo-Chluski, 4 Lionel Nalet, 3 Nicolas Mas, 2 Dimitri Szarzewski, 1 Thomas Domingo. havanna bar stade in Shadow hills
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