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Greg Hurvitz
When the first overseas team to tour South Africa in 1891 arrived they carried with them a particularly precious bit of cargo. They had a golden cup given to the British Isles squad by Sir Donald Currie, owner of Union-Castle Lines, the shipping comp... |
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Views: 884 | 4 Comments » | posted on Thursday, October 27th, 2011 | Tags: Currie Cup, Lions, Sharks
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Adam Wakefield
The Rugby World Cup has finally come to an end, with New Zealand emerging as winners after a tight and enthralling final. France won't care that their performance has been praised -- as American comedian Jerry Seinfeld once said, second is the number... |
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Views: 417 | 3 Comments » | posted on Monday, October 24th, 2011 | Tags: 2011 World Cup, All Black, All Blacks, Currie Cup, Golden Lions, New Zealand, Peter de Villers, Richie McCaw, Sharks, Springbok rugby 2011, Tri Nations, Wallabies
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Michael Trapido
Any punter who suggests that the All Blacks beating France in Sunday’s Rugby World Cup final is a "sure thing" has obviously forgotten that if there is one thing that you can always bank on when it comes to Les Tricolores rugby, it’s that there i... |
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Views: 426 | 4 Comments » | posted on Tuesday, October 18th, 2011 | Tags: Australia, France, New Zealand, Rugby World Cup 2011, Wales
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Greg Hurvitz
I have held reservations in the last two weeks about the appropriateness of the Rugby World Cup but in looking at other sports it is the general trend that it is a “once-off” tournament which has no bearing on world rugby. It just means that for ... |
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Views: 198 | 2 Comments » | posted on Sunday, October 16th, 2011 | Tags: All Blacks, Rugby World Cup
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Greg Hurvitz
The news is in that Jake White, who recently signed a four-year contract with Super Rugby franchise ACT Brumbies, intends submitting his CV to the South African Rugby Union (Saru) for the position of Springbok Rugby head coach. His potential employer... |
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Views: 312 | 1 Comment » | posted on Monday, October 10th, 2011 | Tags: Jake White, Rugby World Cup
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Peter Church
As Frik du Preez might have said: We take their line-out ball, we smash them in the scrums, we kill them in the rucks, but the score still says Ozzies.
Keo had a lot to say about it in his column: "I haven’t met a South African rugby supporter w... |
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Views: 545 | 4 Comments » | posted on Monday, October 10th, 2011 | Tags: Rugby World Cup
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Adam Wakefield
South Africa now knows how Wales felt at the beginning of this Rugby World Cup. The Springboks scarcely deserved to beat the Dragons, and after watching Sunday's quarter-final, the Wallabies didn't deserve a place in the semi-finals. They were "under... |
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Views: 747 | 9 Comments » | posted on Monday, October 10th, 2011 | Tags: Australia rugby, Bryce Lawrence, John Smit, Peter de Villers, Pierre Spies, Rugby World Cup, South African rugby, Victor Matfield
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Greg Hurvitz
As the official team sponsor of the South African Springboks, Absa coined the phrase Team of Millions. They built a very patriotic campaign around this with an amazing song coming from the series of Shaka Zulu on TV in mid 80s as well TV, print and r... |
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Views: 180 | 3 Comments » | posted on Monday, October 10th, 2011 | Tags: Rugby World Cup, Team of Millions
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Greg Hurvitz
Forget the Rugby World Cup on the go, there is a much bigger showdown looming on the rugby horizon.Sanzar (South Africa, New Zealand, Australia) is the tripartheid organisation managing the Super Rugby series and the Tri-Nations. Sixteen years ago pr... |
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Views: 220 | 4 Comments » | posted on Sunday, October 9th, 2011 | Tags: IRB, Rugby World Cup, Sanzar
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Tony McKeever
As you read this, Bakkies Botha is probably back in Pretoria leaving behind him New Zealand and the next three games of the Rugby World Cup, which ends October 23.
Cause: "Achilles tendon injury".
Bakkies is a South African patriot and consumma... |
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Views: 389 | 12 Comments » | posted on Sunday, October 9th, 2011 | Tags: Bakkies Botha, Rugby World Cup
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