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 ...
With 2011 done and dusted, it's time for some cheer to be spread among those sportsman and suits who, in a nutshell, didn't say "The boys are disappointed" when asked how they felt about losing:
We will miss you award (if he is not reappointed)
P...
The Rugby World Cup has come and passed. New Zealand slayed the dragon, Quade Cooper was average, France are still the most predictably unpredictable team on earth and Peter de Villiers said it was the end of the road, then changed his mind.
One w...
Don't let the Springbok spin-machine or scribes who don't have the option to piss in the pot tell you otherwise: the Springboks didn't deserve to beat Wales as the Welsh outplayed South Africa. They dominated every facet of the game, except on the sc...
Four weeks ago, if you had asked Bok supporters what they expected from the 2010 Grand Slam Tour given:
1. A rancid Tri-Nations;
2. An under fire coaching team;
3. Thirteen top internationals missing;
4. Key players at the end of a gruelling se...
National rugby coaches are like lightning conductors for raw emotions and there is no such place on earth like the seat of the South African rugby coach, he gets struck multiple times with the intensity of heaven and hell colliding.
When it's good...
The 2010 Tri-Nation has been a disappointment. Some would even call it a disaster, and I would not disagree with them much.
See for me it's not that the Boks surrendered their crown to the All-Blacks. Or that we lost so heavily in the Antipodes. J...
I secretly rejoiced when Springbok coach Peter de Villiers was cleared of misconduct charges related to comments made during a Fox TV programme. It probably irked our Australasian friends intensely that the presiding authority was a South African bas...
When the Springboks left these shores they were considered favourites for the Tri-Nations title and now return in rags. South Africa has always been a fickle place for sports lovers and this was proven by the rumours, conjecture and very dismal view ...
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...
