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Elton Jantjies bucks the trend and re-signs with South Africa

South Africa fly-half Elton Jantjies

Elton Jantjies’ playing future has been confirmed.

The Lions Rugby Company announced that Jantjies has chosen to extend his contract with them for two more years.

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The 29-year-old Springbok started his senior career with the Golden Lions in 2010. He also had a brief stint with the Stormers in 2013 when the Lions were dropped from Super Rugby for a season.

Jantjies first played for the Springboks when they took on the Barbarians in 2010. His international test debut came two years later in the Rugby Championship against Australia. The flyhalf now has 34 Test caps for South Africa and will play an important role in the upcoming World Cup.

Handre Pollard’s move to Montpellier after the World Cup will mean that Jantjies is the only proven international flyhalf still plying his trade in South Africa. The Springboks selection policy means that Pollard will still be available for international duty, but the head coach may favour a local player to take the reins.

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ClintP 9 minutes ago
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Great game , two ludicrous decisions changed the game. Taylor was not obstructing, and the neck roll wasn’t a roll at all. Well done France.

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PC 12 minutes ago
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Yeah but you ignore one thing. Nz has been the standard forever. Teams want to beat the best. Every rwc 95-19, nz has been favoured to win. And so other teams targeted that nz game at finals time. No team since the 91 Australia have won a finals match against nz then gone on to win the next round of finals. It destroys them physically and mentally. Eg England flogged nz in 19 and then sa flogged them in the final. Yet nz flogged sa all season. I think this is a great sa team. One of the best ever. It's crazy that 3 points separated the 23 rwc win from dipping out at the same stage as Ireland. Those 3 points rellare all that separate greatness from good. Don't let it go to your head. The sa players certainly don't.

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CO 13 minutes ago
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The Allblacks are guilty of playing too much and squandering.


Gifting top teams runaway tries now every second tests and guys shelling passes with the try line open.


The French deserved this win, thoroughly owned upfront but fed off Allblacks sloppy plays to take a smart victory.


However world rugby needs to look at soft points being awarded for non existent neck rolls and obstruction.


Teams loading up on three pointers that are donated by match officials without the team threatening to score.


The Allblacks are needing to rotate the likes of DeGroot, fresh impact is better.

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Kia koe 13 minutes ago
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Completely agree.... Theses earrings don't make sense... Lazy reviewing is what this article is

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DC000 22 minutes ago
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The adorable thing - France was the better team all match


Not a surprise - the Kiwis not comprehending this simple fact.

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ig 43 minutes ago
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Roigard should have played for the whole match and choosing to go for 3 so close to the chalk and the hooter was ridiculous.

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GrahamVF 52 minutes ago
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England aren't anywhere near the big three mate.

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GrahamVF 57 minutes ago
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What a night. An amazing double header SA/England then NZ/France. A real feast of rugby. The AB/France game was probably a higher quality game and certainly more exciting in the last ten minutes although the Boks were defending a two score lead with 14 men and a tighthead playing loosehead. Somehow the energy had gone out of England legs. Then the second act of the thrilling play. I can tell our Kiwi enemies on the field mates off it that I have never heard a group of Saffas shout as loudly for the AB's as we all did. We all shouted noooooooooo when Scott chose three points with four minutes to play. The AB's are NEVER that charitable to the Boks. After the relief of seeing off a very much improved England. As midnight approached The party lost some momentum when the final whistle left another one point gap - this time to the wrong side. We don't mind beating the AB's by one point but we reserve that right and resent anyone else doing it. Similarly we don't like going down to the only other team that we believe has real bragging rights on the planet but if we have to go down we would rather it be to the AB because then at least we know we've been beaten by a proper team. But sorry Scott - that was a kak call and it spoilt our party.

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Richard 59 minutes ago
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Even a tier 2 rugby nation can throw better line outs than the Boks at the moment. It's been many games now that our line outs have become disastrous

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JK 1 hour ago
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Hellhound 1 hour ago
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That is why Rassie hired an ex ref to handle all those decisions. He made a point of getting on the right side of the refs. They don't fear a Rassie meltdown. That is just an excuse and click bait response.

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Willie 1 hour ago
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Jen, maintain your equanimity, it's not worth getting upset about. Ratings are valueless until both teams are rated by the same person and even then, they are as useless as tits on a bull.

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CL 1 hour ago
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I would say the Northern scribes we could not care a fart about but the Kiwi's are different, we care about them. Not the ones that write bitter comments (we have them here too), but the genuine Kiwi rugby lover is as a part of our DNA as a local supporter. We respect the Kiwi boys.

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Willie 1 hour ago
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Why is everyone upset with ratings? They are just "fillers", lazy journalism. I enjoy the outrage in responses more. Most of these articles are written by the wives of the so-called journos while they are serving at Maccas.

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Icefarrow 1 hour ago
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I guess Finau's HIA means Lakai will start, with Kirifi finally getting his debut next week?


Thank goodness we have incredible loose-forward depth. How many have we lost to injury now? Five?

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Willie 1 hour ago
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Dalton was always on the bludgers queue, along with overrated No 8

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JK 1 hour ago
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The knock-ons and missed tackles are out of character for the boks. Early in the game lots of mis-handles on passes and in the loose. This is really worrying as better teams will punish you. The lineouts are becoming a real issue for both Bongi and Marx - we really need to fix this. Having Eben and RG as jumpers should mean trick plays and timing calls are largely un-necessary

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Icefarrow 1 hour ago
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Especially considering how ineffective he was this match. None of his usual flair.

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Willie 1 hour ago
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He needs to appoint a Captain - Barrett is not one.

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Willie 1 hour ago
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AB future will be much brighter when they find a Captain. Barrett is strategically bereft, has no influence with refs and since becoming Captain has had less influence as a lock.

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