December 6, 2023
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil said Monday that he chose Justice Minister Flávio Dino to fill an empty seat on the country’s top court. Many allies of the leftist leader hoped he would pick another woman to replace Minister Rosa Maria Weber, who stepped down in September after turning 75, the age
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Clippers players were starting practice Thursday morning when they first realized the team’s starting lineup had suddenly changed. The signal was the sight of Russell Westbrook flipping his practice jersey to its white side, the color worn by reserves. Bringing Westbrook, the starting guard since his very first game as a Clipper last February, off
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The Boks and All Blacks are both hunting a fourth title in the match that kicks off at 9pm Saturday. Coach Jacques Nienaber has announced his Springbok team to take on the All Blacks in the Rugby World Cup final in Paris on Saturday night, with kick-off at 9pm. The team is: Damian Willemse, Kurt-Lee
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A number of the Bok players will also have to hit the ground running in the match as they would not have played for almost three weeks. The tough decision of whether to back Handre Pollard or Manie Libbok as the Springboks’ flyhalf for their massive Rugby World Cup quarter-final against France in Saint-Denis on
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In both the All Blacks game and the Ireland match the sole backline sub on the bench was scrumhalf Cobus Reinach. The Springboks may have to bench the controversial 7-1 forwards to backs split among the replacements over the rest of the Rugby World Cup in France due to the form of flyhalves Handre Pollard
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The Boks reverting back to the 5-3 bench split used by most teams around the world is an interesting decision. The Springboks have opted to go for their lesser used 5-3 split of forwards to backs on their bench to lessen the pressure on returning flyhalf Handre Pollard and ease him back into international rugby
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In the end, the Springboks’ 7-1 split between forwards and backs on the replacements bench didn’t really help the team against Ireland on Saturday. The Boks lost 13-8 so one could argue it actually hampered them, but we’ll never know. What we do know is that the Boks — starters and bench men — were
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Johnny Sexton will lead the side from flyhalf, while Bundee Aki will earn a 50th Test cap for his adopted country. Ireland coach Andy Farrell has opted to not copy his Springboks counterpart Jacques Nienaber by naming a forwards-heavy replacements bench for the teams’ big Pool B World Cup clash in Paris on Sunday. Two
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The Boks’ management team have reverted back to arguably their strongest line-up that battled it out against Scotland. Eben Etzebeth makes a return from injury while the Springboks have stunningly backed their ‘bomb squad’ with them naming a 7-1 split on the bench for their massive Rugby World Cup pool match against Ireland at the
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The Bok boss was also full of praise for Ireland’s veteran captain Johnny Sexton, who he said had an ‘aura’ about him. Springboks director of rugby Rassie Erasmus says they are considering going with a seven-one split on the bench for their crucial Rugby World Cup encounter against Ireland on Saturday. This statement by Erasmus
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