The Super 15 isn't even over and already the games have begun as the Rugby World Cup approaches. This became apparent with the South African Rugby Union's announcement of 21 players who are "injured" or who have been carrying injuries through the Sup...
Sanzar could not have asked for more.
On one side, you have the Queensland Reds. At the bottom a few seasons ago but now a thoroughbred side changing the landscape of Australian rugby. Their home ground was under water as Brisbane suffered its wor...
As we approach the business end of the inaugural Super 15, there will be much stocktaking on both sides of the Indian Ocean. The tournament itself can be won by the four teams that make up the semi-finals but regardless of where the trophy ends up, t...
There is an often-used phrase, slowly creeping on the borders of cliché, by the South African rugby media to signify the "what now?" question once a Rugby World Cup year passes. "Player exodus" along with the imposed biblical proportions of rugby pl...
Week 14 of the 2011 Super 15 is fast approaching, and with only a few weeks left till the "finals series" (feels like a bastardised PR word to me) the chaff is being separated from the wheat. The Brumbies are now certain to be the running punch line ...
The Super 14 began in earnest on Friday morning with the Hurricanes overcoming a deficit and defeat the highly talented (but inconsistent) Blues.
So, before the competition gets truly underway, it is time to place one's head on the guillotine (whi...
The New Zealand Super 14 sides announced their squads in December. Yes, December. Meaning that two months before the start of the tournament the coaches had decided which thirty players they wanted to work with, and who needed to up their game some m...
Gentlemen:
Over the past 48 hours there have been a number of reports emanating from New Zealand and Australia concerning a hybrid tournament of the Super 14.
Interesting proposals, but it clearly reveals the market is ready for change and th...
Why, oh why must South Africa always follow?
The New Zealanders are on a path of reinventing rugby tournaments in the southern hemisphere. It is time SA Rugby snapped out of it and launched its own initiatives.
Here is a report just in that wil...
