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Adam Wakefield
The Golden Lions Rugby Union (GLRU) has finished the year in an exceptional manner. After an underwhelming Super 15, where the team didn't win a single home game, the Lions surprised the South African rugby community by winning the Currie Cup last mo... |
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Views: 390 | No Comments » | posted on Friday, November 4th, 2011 | Tags: Bulls, Cheetahs, Currie Cup, ellis park, golden lions, hubris, John Mitchell, sharks, Stormers, Super 15
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Greg Hurvitz
Having just seen the conclusion of the Currie Cup final of 2011, I have to say categorically that I am very happy.
I agree with many pundits in that I like to see the top-ranked team win the Currie Cup and at times I am quite sorry that they need ... |
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Views: 1478 | 2 Comments » | posted on Saturday, October 29th, 2011 | Tags: none
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Peter Church
The All Blacks are world champions and deservedly so. But I have to admit I got very excited when Le Bleus (wearing white, how were the jerseys this WC? England: looking like All Blacks, playing like England!) started working them over in the second ... |
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Views: 402 | 1 Comment » | posted on Friday, October 28th, 2011 | Tags: All Blacks, Brussow, IRB, John Mitchell, Joubert, Lambie, Lawrence, Le Bleus, Trinh Duc
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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: 916 | 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: 436 | 4 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: 456 | 8 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: 205 | 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: 319 | 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: 557 | 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: 765 | 10 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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