JUNE 2008 7 South Africa vs Wales
South Africa won 43-17
14 South Africa vs Wales 3pm Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria Vodacom Incoming Tours
21 South Africa vs Italy 3pm Vodacom Incoming Tours
JULY 2008 5 New Zealand vs South Africa 9.35am Westpac Stadium, Wellington Vodacom Tri-Nations
12 New Zealand vs South Africa 9.35am Carisbrook Stadium, Dunedin Vodacom Tri-Nations
19 Australia vs South Africa Subiaco Oval, Perth Vodacom Tri-Nations
Scrumhalf Fourie Du Preez, who struggled through the latter parts of the Super 14 competition as well as the World Cup with a painful shoulder injury, will tour with the Springboks after all, but clarity on Victor Matfield’s situation will only be known on Tuesday night.
While Du Preez, who married on Saturday, will join up with the squad in Cardiff on Monday, Matfield was to have talks with Springbok coach Jake White late on Tuesday afternoon. Matfield is keen to spend time with his family and friends before finally making up his mind whether he will join Second Division Toulon in France.
South Africa’s sports minister ruled out racial quotas for national teams on Tuesday after the mainly white Springboks’ recent victory in the Rugby World Cup reignited the debate over transformation.
“Quotas are out,” Makhenkesi Stofile told a parliamentary sports committee.
A ruthless South Africa punished England’s ill-discipline for a tight 15-6 win over the defending champions in the rugby World Cup final at the Stade de France here this morning.
Fullback Percy Montgomery kicked four penalties and 20-year-old centre Francois Steyn one to hand the Springboks their second World Cup triumph after their victory on home soil in 1995.
The Springboks who will run out at the Stade de France tonight 
were handed
their match jerseys yesterday afternoon by the stars of their memorable victory
over New Zealand in Johannesburg 12 years ago.
John Smit, the captain of the current Springboks side, admitted it was a
“pretty special event” to be received by the likes of Francois Pienaar and
Joel Stransky, the captain and match-winner respectively from 1995.
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