11.   He was out in the fifth over on the first day of a four-day cricket match against a western Matabeleland provincial side.

12.   JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- Craig Jamieson faced some tight squeezes during his scrumhalf years for the Natal provincial side.

13.   Last season, the Auckland provincial side regained the Ranfurly Shield and then won the national championship for the third successive year.

14.   Most Springbok players were held out of matches their provincial sides played against the Lions in recent weeks.

15.   Rugby World Cup stars Thierry Lacroix and Olivier Roumat of France will join the Natal provincial side in South Africa next week, according to Natal officials.

16.   Rugby union forward Graham Hurunui of New Zealand, playing this season with the Border provincial side in South Africa, has been charged with punching a teen-age girl.

17.   Springbok captain Gary Teichman will lead the Coastal Sharks, drawn mostly from his Natal Sharks provincial side.

18.   The Castle Cup competition permits one overseas player in each provincial side.

19.   The decision followed a recommendation by the International Rugby Football Board and included a maximum of two foreign players on each provincial side.

20.   They also lost to a Buenos Aires provincial select side in their second match.