If betting odds are any indication, then New Zealand will play England in the final of RWC 2011. The weekend’s results have caused a major shuffle at the New Zealand TAB. While Australia and South Africa remain as second and third favourites respec...
There are a lot of players who are ideal for the Soccer World Cup but won’t be participating this year. Instead they will be joining the ranks of the magnitude of other footballers who didn’t make it to South Africa and they will even be harbouri...
Wian du Preez 7 -- Good, solid if unspectacular debut. Welcome onboard son. Good to have a sound alternative to Beast.
Adriaan Strauss 7 -- Again. Solid, no fireworks, but not much wrong either. Also handy to have when Bismarck needs a rest. They ...
A friend of mine won an autographed Bafana Bafana T-shirt. There were 20 glasses of different beers. Could he pick out Castle Lager? He did, and he won. I so wish winning was that simple, because I would probably be a gambling addict.
So then, wha...
With the latest round of 2010 qualifying matches underway around the planet, South Africa is firmly in the international spotlight as the hosts of the next World Cup.
Our early exit from the 2010 African Cup of Nations tournament is a major blow ...
Peter de Villiers’ style of coaching adds a unique dimension of team togetherness and camaraderie, that surpasses previous recent Springbok coaches.
Previously, the Springbok teams were treated like a constellation of stellar individuals playing...
Watching the Springboks take on Italy this past weekend was about as enjoyable as having my car stolen, or breaking a leg.
The atrocious weather conditions certainly played a part -- with Francois Steyn almost swimming his way over for the first ...
With their 26-0 win over Six Nations bottom-enders Italy at Newlands on Saturday, the Springboks have now achieved their third consecutive victory under new coach Peter de Villiers -- but we still are none the wiser about the much vaunted “revoluti...
This was ugly rugby, played in atrocious conditions. Stop, start, stop. Horrible stuff.
Not that I'm criticising the endeavour or willingness of the two sides to give it a go; far from it. Italy, as any side fielded by Nick Mallett, gave it their ...
South Africa is really quite a virile rugby playing nation.
We have spread our rugby spawn everywhere, well, certainly in those places that count in rugby.
More importantly, it shows how superior South Africa's strategy of "naaiamama" is to t...
