Hail Habana: Bryan Habana set a new South African try scoring record as he scored his 37th international try for the Springboks. The record breaking score came during his sides 87-0 demolition of Namibia.
Tweet or sour: Samoa’s Eliota Fuimaono-Sapolu landed himself in hot water following an angry rant which he posted on Twitter. The Gloucester centre accused the IRB of ‘unfair treatment’ regarding his sides three day break between games, in comparison to Wales’ week off.
Parra to the people: France have named scrum-half Morgan Parra at Fly-half for their crunch game with the All Blacks on Saturday. Francois Trinh-Duc drops to the bench despite Parra having less than forty minutes experience in the number ten shirt in his international career.
Ronan to continue: Ronan O’Gara has said that his comments following their win over Australia have been misunderstood. It had been reported that the Irish fly-half would retire at the end of tournament following his comments in a post-match interview.
Want to know why the All Blacks are so good? Have a read of this fantastic BBC blog by Ben Dirs. http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bendirs/2011/09/chasing_the_all_black_dream.html
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