It has been a good weekend for South African sport. The Springboks took on England and after a slow first half — they actually trailed 17-19 at the break — came on strong in the second and pounded England again, 55-22. Bryan Habana and Pierre Spies, both stars for the Northern Bulls, scored two tries on their home pitch at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria, and fullback Percy Montgomery finished with 18 points. New Zealand pummelled this year's World Cup hosts, France, 42-11 yesterday, indicating that the Southern hemisphere's rugby teams are set to assert their dominance in Europe later this year, although in 1999 New Zealand famously hammered Fance in a test match only to have France come back at that year's World Cup and hand New Zealand a loss in one of world rugby's epic games.
Pierre Spies:
Bryan Habana:
Meanwhile on the soccer pitch South Africa throttled Chad in an African Nations Cup qualifier in Durban. Sibusiso Zuma scored twice for Bafana Bafana, which has fallen on hard times in recent years but is looking forward to returning to its mid-to-late 90s glory as South Africa prepares to host the World Cup in 2010.
Sibusiso Zuma: 
