Detective Jimmy McNulty once said in The Wire, when referring to lives on the street versus the way politics interacts with those lives, "It just never connects." He was known to be a brilliant detective, but self-destructive, at the cost of those ...
It is with much amusement that I see the conundrum of the Southern Kings is yet to be solved. Slated to join Super Rugby in 2013, the SA Rugby Union (Saru) is no closer to figuring out a way to squeeze the Eastern Cape franchise into the competition ...
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...
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...
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...
Australia haven't been able to wrestle the Bledisloe Cup from Kiwi hands for eight years, and after Saturday morning's rollicking smash-up by the All Blacks, they are going to have to try again next year.
Much noise was generated Down Under about ...
I am, if you have not noticed by my past articles, a rugby enthusiast. I have had the privilege of coaching this game at some very competitive and talented levels. I usally revel in the July rugby week which is the U18 Craven Week, named after SA rug...
Like a Parktown prawn that laughs in the face of doom, the Currie Cup continues to show a resilience that belies the crowded environment of its scheduling every season. Players keep going, or get injured and in most cases come back a few weeks later....
Since the expansion of Super rugby arrived, there have been suggestions indicating that the days of the oldest domestic rugby competition in the world are numbered. It was a decent conclusion, considering that from next year the Currie Cup will be be...
Congratulations to the Australian Rugby Union who against all odds have managed (read carefully and meticulously choreographed) to bring the 15th Super Rugby franchise to Melbourne, especially when ARU has 80 000 registered rugby players an...
