December 6, 2023
Manie Libbok also missed out on the Breakthrough Player award. All Blacks No 8 Ardie Savea beat the Springboks lock Eben Etzebeth, among others, to the title of World Rugby Player of the Year at an awards event in Paris on Sunday night. This came just hours after the Boks had beaten the All Blacks
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“We’ll probably play France or New Zealand, and I am excited for either one of them.” Springbok lock Eben Etzebeth says they don’t mind facing either the hosts France or New Zealand in the quarterfinals of the Rugby World Cup. After Saturday’s 13-8 loss to Pool B rivals Ireland, the Boks’ chance of making it
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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 Boks next face Romania at the Rugby World Cup. The Springboks will have to do without Eben Etzebeth for at least 10 days after the big lock hurt his shoulder in Sunday’s 18-3 World Cup opening win against Scotland in Marseille. Etzebeth left the field in the 25th minute on Sunday and was replaced
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The Bok lock admitted that the team will need to improve in all aspects of the game if they want to challenge the All Blacks for the win. Springbok enforcer Eben Etzebeth says the All Blacks come first before the Boks have to worry about the World Cup in France, as the two rivals clash
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Eben Ezebet File photo: Andrew Boyers/Reuters South African substitute skipper Eben Etzebeth will play New Zealand on Saturday despite the death of his father, team spokesman told AFP. Locke, 31,’s father died on Tuesday, raising questions about whether Etzebeth will play in the Auckland Rugby Championship decider or return home to support his family. Etzebeth
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Latest Gazelle captain Eben Ezebet will join the Springbok squad later than the rest of his teammates as the national team ramps up preparations for next week’s Test against Argentina in Joburg. While Boca’s detachment was to assemble in Pretoria on Wednesday evening to begin preparations for rugby championship match at Ellis Park, Lok Etzebeth,
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Fifteen players including injured springbox Sia Kolisi and Eben Etzebeth, as well as several foreign players, will take part in training camps later this month ahead of the international test season. Two camps will be held in Durban from 17 to 19 May and from 29 to 31 May. Stormers players will not participate in
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Springbok Castle Eben Etzebeth fears the threat posed by the Irish striker ahead of South Africa’s European Tour game at the end of the year at Aviva Stadium on Saturday night. The Republic of Ireland strikers performed well during their 2-1 series win in New Zealand in July and Etzebeth believes they will be a
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El entrenador de los Sharks, Sean Everitt, elogió el gran impacto de la banca en su impresionante victoria por 40-12 sobre los Glasgow Warriors en Kings Park, y dijo que era exactamente lo que esperaba cuando cargó a sus reemplazos con múltiples gacelas. Bongi Mbonambi, Ox Nche, Sia Kolisi, Sikhumbuzo Notshe y Makazol Mapimpi entraron
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