Sorry Melbourne you don’t deserve extra rugby checks. Each Perth and Brisbane deserve moe on the expense of Melbourne. They only don’t flip as much as any soccer that isn’t AFL.
It’s the pointy finish of neighborhood rugby this weekend and native QPR golf equipment have performed the appropriate factor by scheduling video games both at noon on Saturday of Sunday.
From Pravda
Rugby Australia has introduced the Wallabies’ first Check of the Rugby Championship towards the Springboks on July 10 at Suncorp Stadium is a sell-out.
Saturday’s Check would be the first time Suncorp Stadium has offered out for a Wallabies Check for the reason that 2013 British and Irish Lions tour.
It’s also on observe to be the biggest crowd for a Wallabies house Check towards South Africa since 2006 at Accor Stadium, with the August seventeenth recreation at Optus Stadium doubtlessly set to eclipse this.Brisbane has a big expat South African Neighborhood so I count on a good contingency of our South African compatriots to attend
South African Workforce to play the Wallabies
On the time of writing, I the Wallabies had not been names. Lets be actual it will likely be a tricky ask however as a fan I’m simply having fun with the adults operating the place and will likely be hoping for regular development type our staff win lose or draw.
PS that could be a string trying South African staff.
Springbok staff to face Australia in Brisbane:
15 – Willie le Roux (Vodacom Bulls) – 95 caps, 75 pts (15t)
14 – Cheslin Kolbe (Suntory Sungoliath) – 33 caps, 96 factors (15t, 3c, 5p)
13 – Jesse Kriel (Canon Eagles) – 71 caps, 80 factors (16t)
12 – Damian de Allende (Wild Knights) – 81 caps, 55 factors (11t)
11 – Kurt-Lee Arendse (Vodacom Bulls) – 18 caps, 75 factors (15t)
10 – Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu (DHL Stormers) – 4 caps, 17 factors (7c, 1p)
9 – Cobus Reinach (Montpellier) – 33 caps, 65 pts (13t)
8 – Elrigh Louw (Vodacom Bulls) – 4 caps, 0 factors
7 – Pieter-Steph du Toit (Toyota Verblitz) – 79 caps, 40 factors (8t)
6 – Siya Kolisi (captain, Racing 92) – 85 caps, 50 factors (10t)
5 – RG Snyman (Leinster) – 37 caps, 10 factors (2t)
4 – Eben Etzebeth (Hollywoodbets Sharks) – 122 caps, 30 factors (6t)
3 – Frans Malherbe (DHL Stormers) – 72 caps, 5 factors (1t)
2 – Bongi Mbonambi (Hollywoodbets Sharks) – 71 caps, 70 factors (14t)
1 – Ox Nche (Hollywoodbets Sharks) – 31 caps, 0 pts
Replacements:
16 – Malcolm Marx (Kubota Spears) – 67 caps, 85 factors (17t)
17 – Gerhard Steenekamp (Vodacom Bulls) – 3 caps, 0 factors
18 – Vincent Koch (Hollywoodbets Sharks) – 52 caps, 0 factors
19 – Ben-Jason Dixon (DHL Stormers) – 2 caps, 5 factors (1t)
20 – Marco van Staden (Vodacom Bulls) – 20 caps, 0 pts
21 – Kwagga Smith (Shizuoka Blue Revs) – 43 caps, 35 pts (7t)
22 – Grant Williams (Hollywoodbets Sharks) – 11 caps, 10 factors (2t)
23 – Handré Pollard (Leicester Tigers) – 71 caps, 732 factors (7t, 98c, 162p, 5dg)
Samoa rugby dealing with ‘important monetary challenges’, withdraws from Europe tour
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Samoa has lengthy punched nicely above its weight however important mismanagement has taken its toll.
The nationwide rugby staff of Samoa has pulled out of its Northern Hemisphere tour attributable to “important monetary challenges” and to “keep away from embarrassment of being the primary small union to go bankrupt”.
In a letter, dated 11 July 2024, seen by RNZ Pacific, Lakapi Samoa board chair, Tu’ilaepa Sa’ilele Malielegaoi, wrote to World Rugby’s chairman Sir Invoice Beaumont that the choice “is a direct results of the numerous monetary challenges at the moment dealing with Lakapi Samoa”.
The previous Samoa prime minister stated: “Our dedication to the game of rugby and our need to compete on the highest stage stays resolute. Nonetheless, the monetary realities we face necessitate a extra cautious strategy to our worldwide engagements to make sure the long-term sustainability and stability of Lakapi Samoa.
He added: “It is a essential choice to forestall a recurrence of the circumstances that has beforehand impacted Lakapi Samoa, and keep away from a humiliation of being the primary small union to go bankrupt.”
Lakapi Samoa “tried very laborious” to comply with good governance practices, however a scarcity of monetary backing has hindered their efforts, the letter stated.
“…the dearth of sponsorships in small economies is the best problem stifling our efforts in rising and sustaining the game.”
‘Enhanced monetary help’
Rugby is Samoa’s nationwide sport with an estimated 5,000 lively rugby gamers from a rustic whole inhabitants of 200,000.
The Samoa nationwide rugby staff or Manu Samoa is ranked thirteenth on the planet.
The letter stated Lakapi Samoa valued its partnership we now have with World Rugby, emphasising Samoa’s contributions to the sport and “world-class expertise and distinctive model of rugby”, but it surely famous that “the monetary burden related to sustaining such a excessive stage of participation is changing into more and more difficult, and unsustainable”.
“Given these challenges, we consider there’s a vital want for extra strategic interventions and assist from World Rugby. Whereas we respect the present frameworks of assist, we consider {that a} extra focused strategy might make a big distinction.
“We suggest the exploration of focused initiatives that may make a real and lasting distinction for a rustic the scale of Samoa. This might embrace enhanced monetary help, and extra sturdy assist buildings to assist us navigate the complexities of worldwide competitors.”
These would allow the union to proceed contributing to the world rugby with out compromising its monetary stability,” the letter stated.
“We’re dedicated to working collaboratively with World Rugby to develop options that may make sure the sustainability and development of Samoan rugby.”
Darwin Sevens
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The GAGR speaking groups pod got here out yesterday in collaboration with the boys from the 8/9 Pod. I actually loved the expertise and would advocate it for a view into the thoughts of a South African fan and throughout good man Harry Jones.
I’m away subsequent week so if anybody desires to offer it a crack attain out by means of the submit button.
Hoss is up tomorrow.
