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- Du Preez baffled by SA Rugby
- Rugby union: Edwards wants to combine Wasps with Wales | Sport | The…
- … to the rescue – Rugby News Results Fixtures and Features…
Du Preez baffled by SA Rugby
news24.com – Nov 19, 2007
The star scrumhalf and World Cup hero says he was never available for the short tour of Wales and England. Du Preez said on Monday he had indicated after the Springbok team's return from the World Cup tournament in France that he would be unable to play against Wales and the Barbarians. SA Rugby withdrew him from the touring team only on Monday but he should never have been considered in the first place. "My shoulder was injured in the Super 14 competition.
Rugby union: Edwards wants to combine Wasps with Wales | Sport | The…
Guardian Unlimited – Nov 19, 2007
He has been linked with the job of Wales’s defence coach and a renewal of his partnership with the club’s former director of rugby Warren Gatland who takes charge of the men in red next month. Wasps have threatened legal action if an approach is made but a compromise is being worked on. Edwards would consider the post on a part-time basis only allowing him to continue with Wasps with whom he is contracted for two more years. He would also turn down any approach if their England players raised an objection because of conflict of interest.
… to the rescue – Rugby News Results Fixtures and Features…
Planet Rugby – Nov 19, 2007
For it is the unpredictable nature displayed by the four Welsh regions over the past two weeks that reflects what has become of their national team a team who at one stage promised so much but now languish in an uncertain oblivion. Gatland has been charged with rescuing Wales from a precarious position. Grand Slam winners in 2005 they may have been but that day is but a distant memory now. For the reality of the situation is this: Wales have become a distinctly average team with the ability to produce an occasional display that defies logic.