I took history as a subject at school. There were only eight of us in the class, the more pragmatic having opted for biology or geography. The teacher's name was Van der Merwe and he tutored in a high-pitched squeaky voice. But I never regretted his ...
Views: 470 | 1 Comment » | posted on Monday, July 26th, 2010 | Tags: Brisbane, Rugby World Cup, Springboks, Tri Nations, Wallabies
As the Boks head for Brisbane, scene of their infamous 49-0 defeat in 2006, the whines about bad refereeing are threatening to cloud the real problem. We forget that Richie McCaw was not offside while the All Blacks were scoring a record eight tries ...
Views: 491 | 6 Comments » | posted on Wednesday, July 21st, 2010 | Tags: Springbok rugby 2011 All Black Wallabies Tri Nations Richie McCaw
So the Springboks have an end of season Grand Slam tour scheduled. Very tempting to knock over Ireland, Wales, Scotland and England -- (throw in a game against the Barbarians for good measure) -- on consecutive weekends after a full Tri Nations and a...
Views: 430 | 6 Comments » | posted on Thursday, February 4th, 2010 | Tags: Grand Slam Springboks England, Heinrich Brussow, John Smit, Morne Steyn, Peter de Villiers, Tri Nations
Holed up at our beach cottage in the Eden district, I maintained an interest in the proceedings of the Third cricket Test between South Africa and England in Cape Town. Amidst mounting tension as the game entered its final day with South Africa needi...
Views: 867 | 5 Comments » | posted on Tuesday, January 12th, 2010 | Tags: cricket, Graham Onions, Newlands, thrilling
"Scrum, scrum, scrum!" The immortal words whispered down from Springbok generation to generation. Someone must have forgotten to tell the vintage of 2009. The Springbok year-end tour is destined for the annals of disaster as the Springboks succumbed ...
Views: 800 | 6 Comments » | posted on Wednesday, November 18th, 2009 | Tags: James Jones, rugby, Saracens, scrum, Springboks, Wembley
I had a feeling that the "Springboks" were going to lose to the Leicester Tigers on Friday night. The fixture reminded me of the torrid time the Irish club side Connacht gave the Boks in the lead up to the 2007 Rugby World Cup. Match feedback from th...
Views: 598 | 9 Comments » | posted on Tuesday, November 10th, 2009 | Tags: coach, Earl Rose, Leicester Tigers development, Pieter de Villiers, Ruan Pienaar, rugby, Springbok, World Cup
By Peter Church
In 1992, the Sydney rain came down on a gutsy SA cricket team's bid to win the prestigious Cricket World Cup. When Brian McMillan and Dave Richardson returned to the centre, the revised target left them with 22 runs to score off 1 ...
Views: 437 | 6 Comments » | posted on Monday, October 19th, 2009 | Tags: chocker, ICC Champions Trophy, Proteas
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