South African rugby referees now have a “glass eye” to keep them at the forefront of their profession.
Convenor of selectors Mike Procter, on Wednesday confirmed Cricket South Africa has sacked the Proteas’ selection team.
The coach of the Vodacom Bulls, Frans Ludeke, has selected his strongest available team for Saturday’s warm-up fixture in Polokwane.
The Sharks took on the Western Force in a warm-up match at Newlands, Cape Town tonight. This was the match thread for discussion of the game. See match summary below.
The Bulls play the Lions in Polokwane this weekend in both their 1st warm-up games for the Super 14 this year. This thread looks at the Lions Squads and gives a bit of insight into how the Lions feel about the upcoming game.
Remember folks, we’ll have the Sharks playing the Western Force tonight in Cape Town in a Super 14 warm-up match. This is not the match thread for discussion of the game, the actual game thread will come later…
Springbok number 8 Pierre Spies has been ruled out of the Vodacom Bulls Super 14 squad for Saturday’s warm-up match against the Lions in Polokwane. Continue reading
Sometimes it is hard to tell which is worse? Finding out that the cute chick that you just played tonsil hockey with, is actually a dude, or coming to the end of yet another rugby season, with no trophies, no honour and still maintaining that the Stormers is the best team in SA. Continue reading
In a shock move the Protea’s Head Coach has resigned 4 days before the team leaves for India. Continue reading
The Sharks are going into a game with may questions to which I am sure they will find some answers after the following to matches being played at Newlands in Cape Town.
Hi there friends, muppits, moepels and mopkoppe… and fellow rugby mad freaks,
We have updated a number of things here on the Blog this weekend, namely…..
Ewen McKenzie got his stint as Reds coach off to a winning start, by getting one over on his former franchise, the Waratahs – the Queensland outfit edging their New South Wales rivals 26-24 in a Super 14 pre-season trial Oakes Oval, Lismore, on Saturday.
Eastern Province gave the Cheetahs a hefty scare as they held them to a 13-9 scoreline in their pre-season friendly at the Nelson Mandela Bay stadium in Port Elizabeth on Saturday.
See what the referees watch, who watches the referees and what happens when they have been watched. It may help to understand refereeing and its systems.
The Stormers played the Western Force at Newlands today in their 1st warm-up match for the 2010 Super 14. This is the thread for discussion of the game and gives you the match summary and some photo’s from the event.
Highlanders vs Chiefs and Blues against Hurricanes played their first games earlier this morning. Although the reports are short here it is. Seems like everyone is playing 4 quarters and no real urgency is showed. Will wait and see how the Stormers approach their game later today.
According to Die Beeld Newspaper the brothers DuP are looking to move to a team where they would actually be in the starting 15. Continue reading
Habana gave an interview to Supersport’s Gavin Rich. This is the man, Habana, I know. You took one of our best in his prime, WP. Good luck with your health Habs. Let us see what difference you can make there. Respect for not badmouthing your old team. What a difference to the whole argy bargy way the Lion players left their old team. The dirty washing where one name is the common denominator , Lions.
Sharks coach John Plumtree has named a 28-man traveling squad who will make the trip down to Cape Town this weekend ahead of the Neo Africa Tri Series.
There were smiles all round Loftus Versfeld on Thursday when the injury cloud hanging over the Vodacom Bulls finally started to lift.
Over the last few weeks i followed SARugby.com articles where they anounced a player every day. They had a panel who picked their top 50 Springboks since readmission. We debated some of them earlier. Tomorrow they will announce their number 1 player.
The Team of the Stormers to play the Western Force in the 1st match of the Tri-Series, the warm-up matches for the Stormers has been announced.
The South African Rugby Union (Saru) is currently busy with a comprehensive research survey and the aim is to ultimately understand the rugby supporters better and to deliver a better product in a tightly contested sports entertainment arena. Continue reading
Pedrie Wannenburg will have to step out of controversy to play a key role for the Bulls in the Super14 following the news that Dewald Potgieter will miss at least the first two weeks of the tournament with a knee injury. Continue reading
The Sharks will consider loose forward acquisition Willem Alberts for their friendly matches next week and challenge SA Rugby to change the regulation prohibiting this.
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I sat reading through so many articles in different newspapers and web sites, and the more I read the more I found myself wondering who is to blame.
The Bulls were dealt another injury blow in the build-up to the defence of their Super 14 crown with the news that Emerging Springbok captain and Bok loose forward Dewald Potgieter has been sidelined through a training ground injury. Continue reading
I am fascinated every day on how human beings seemingly go out of their way to derail any efforts to be successful. Continue reading
Provincial rugby unions and other stakeholders will be asked for input on a comprehensive rest plan that Springbok coach Peter de Villiers is planning for South Africa’s top players.
Commentator Bill McLaren, known popularly as the “voice of rugby”, has died at the age of 86.
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The Sharks seem to have left things very late but here is some news that might make our worries slightly easier to bare. Continue reading
The Sharks coach, John Plumtree has announced that he has appointed John Smit as captain of The Sharks for 2010 season.
Johannesburg, 18 January 2010… The Golden Lions Rugby Union announced this morning that Wikus van Heerden, former Lions captain, has signed with the Lions from 1 July 2010 – 31 October 2012.
Sharks coach John Plumtree appears to be ready to return home to New Zealand, after reports surfaced that he had applied to take over as Hurricanes coach next year. Continue reading