In some good news for the Springboks, they could have Jean de Villiers, Fourie du Preez and Willem Alberts back while at this stage their medical team is optimistic of delivering a fully fit squad to the selectors for the World Cup.
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WP Team remains unchanged for Cheetahs clash
Dobson has rightly kept faith with the starting line-up that did duty against Griquas last weekend, but lock Jan de Klerk and back Kobus van Wyk come on to the bench against the Cheetahs.
Dangermen of the Rugby World Cup: Richie McCaw
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Dangermen of the World Cup: Israel Folau
In capturing the Rugby Championship over this past weekend, Australia has fired out a warning shot to the rest of the pack. Their 27-19 win over New Zealand is proof…
Dangermen of the World Cup: George North
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Springbok News: Make or Break for Bok Skipper
With heavy rain predicted for Friday and likely to continue into Saturday, there must surely be some doubt in the minds of both Jean de Villiers and his DHL Western Province coach John Dobson as to whether this is really a good time to test his reconstructed knee.
Dangermen of the Rugby World Cup: Will Skelton
Born in Auckland, New Zealand in 1992, Skelton stands at an impressive 2.04m and weighs a sturdy 140kg’s. Luckily for Australia, Skelton’s family moved to Sydney when he was 10 years old enabling him to be one of the nation’s key threats in this year’s world cup competition.
Cornal Hendricks to WP from Cheetahs
The announcement is set to be confirmed during the day, but supersport.com can confirm they have sealed the deal for the Springbok winger to move to Cape Town from the Toyota Cheetahs after this year’s Rugby World Cup.
School Rugby News: WP trump Bulls at Craven Week
Hosts Western Province also had a strong start to the competition to the delight of the passionate home crowd at the jam-packed Markötter Sports Complex as they defeated the Blue Bulls 20-13 in a tense north-south derby thanks to five penalties by scrumhalf Jondre Williams and a solitary try by Nico Leonard.
Dangermen of the World Cup: Damian de Allende
De Allende rose to prominence during the 2012 Varsity Cup where he played for Ikeys. He made his debut for the Western Province first team during the 2012 Vodacom Cup against Pampas. In August 2013 he was called up to the WP Currie Cup and Stormers sides. It takes most players some time to find their form and de Allende was no exception.