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International

Springbok set to receive Etzebeth sized boost

South Africa lock Eben Etzebeth

Eben Etzebeth is set to return to training this week but South Africa could be without Warren Whiteley against Scotland on Saturday.

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Etzebeth limped out of the Springboks’ opening November Test against England with an ankle injury and it was feared his tour was over.

The damage done was not as bad as first feared and although the lock missed the dramatic win over France last weekend, he could feature at Murrayfield.

Rassie Erasmus revealed that number eight Whiteley may not be fit to take on Gregor Townsend’s side.

Whiteley hurt his calf at Stade de France, while props Vincent Koch and Frans Malherbe are expected to play despite suffering knocks in Paris.

Bongi Mbonambi’s last-gasp try snatched a 29-26 win over Les Bleus on Saturday.

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GM 12 minutes ago
Scott Robertson explains the new halves pairing for the All Blacks ahead of France

And also studied the ABs, who are now arguably getting as much out of their bench as the Boks. The ABs and the Boks - and maybe France, we'll see - are the only test teams that can put out a second front row as strong as their first. If Samisoni Taki'aho was fit, our 3rd front row - Ethan, Samisoni and Newell - could also grace most test teams. The Boks are the same. The Boks have more depth at second row, but we'll get there, with Holland stepping up next year.

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TI 21 minutes ago
France suffer double injury blow ahead of All Blacks clash

Atonio perhaps as a scrummager, but France have more mobile tightheads, who are more useful around the park. Flament is not irreplaceable imho.

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NV 23 minutes ago
Jake White: If I was England coach, I’d have been livid

Coach Jake, I agree with you. Most law changes are not meant to speed up the game or make the game better. I think it is more of pleasing the men in suits. The issue of speeding up the game brought by most Kiwi pundits is naïve and unpromising. The laws are pedantic and it will be difficult to bring new fans. I think the game should evolve to accommodate more fans, resources and environments. Great article. English rugby is in trouble and RFU has a bigger fish to fry!

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dw 25 minutes ago
Why Australia won't see the best of Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii at centre

Apparently Kerevi in and JAS benched.

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JPM 34 minutes ago
Forget Ireland, the All Blacks face the real alpha of Europe next

I hope we are not going to see too much kicking game (as for the first half of the WC pool game) as it seems both teams are preparing themselves for it. Would like to see some epic running game like 3 years ago. Shouldn't rain in Paris but quite cold...

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Bull Shark 40 minutes ago
Why Australia won't see the best of Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii at centre

Scotland are a much better team than England. And they lost by 17 points to the boks B Team.

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Bull Shark 41 minutes ago
Why Australia won't see the best of Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii at centre

Felix working from home isn’t helping.

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Bull Shark 41 minutes ago
Why Australia won't see the best of Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii at centre

If the boks put on a cricket score, Borthwick may be out by next Tuesday.

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Bull Shark 42 minutes ago
Why Australia won't see the best of Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii at centre

I just think that Marcus Smith could be so much better. For starters, looser shorts. They don’t look conducive to running freely.

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PH 43 minutes ago
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Bull Shark 43 minutes ago
Why Australia won't see the best of Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii at centre

I thought the Wallabies Captain was also a contender for MOTM.

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JD Kiwi 45 minutes ago
Did the best of Ireland leave with Johnny Sexton and Stuart Lancaster?

That's my big worry with Tamaiti at loosehead. We'll see how the ruck clearance and defence goes without a blue collar 7 - I bet that Ryan will have been working very hard retooling some people during the eight day turnaround.

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Oh no, not him again? 45 minutes ago
Ireland player ratings vs New Zealand | 2024 Autumn Nations Series

Well, it's amusing that the women have got it right with the WXV. I guess their isn't as many parties with their fingers in the pie in women's rugby.

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Bull Shark 46 minutes ago
Forget Ireland, the All Blacks face the real alpha of Europe next

Looking forward to what will be an epic match. I have a strong feeling it may be the match of the series.

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JD Kiwi 48 minutes ago
Did the best of Ireland leave with Johnny Sexton and Stuart Lancaster?

Still not as old as this Ireland team! England only had Johnson and Back aged 32+. Ireland have four I think in the first 15 and there's three years to go until the World Cup!


I wonder whether they're finally ready to move on from Aki.

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LW 49 minutes ago
Four Ireland talking points as Aki axed and two rookies make bench

Agree, Bundee still dented the line and took a lot of bodies to bring down and was consistent.


Argies will take this game imo

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Francisco Roldan 51 minutes ago
Why Australia won't see the best of Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii at centre

Hi Nick, very interesting take on this 'different' player. I was part of the troops that raved about his skill-based game so far. In particular, I don't find it disturbing to restrict his work rate to situations more friendly to his comfort zone, as you mentioned. I think both the player and the team need to develop a more friendly interface, to achieve greater benefits in all phases of the game. Cheers...!

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JD Kiwi 52 minutes ago
Ripper of a performance but Wallabies must ensure it’s not another one-off

Some great angled running to get out to the last defender in the line too. No final example than what ikitau did for the final try.

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frandinand 54 minutes ago
Why Australia won't see the best of Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii at centre

Well you can't buy them from other countries as it's years before they would qualify for the Wallabies and league players don't make effective props so perhaps you can enlighten us as to where you're going to source them.

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Bull Shark 54 minutes ago
Forget Ireland, the All Blacks face the real alpha of Europe next

This is true

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