The announcement of Heyneke Meyer as the new Springbok coach on Friday overshadowed another important day for Cricket South Africa (CSA), with it being the last of oral submissions to the sports ministry's inquiry into the bonus saga that has affli...
Deserts are an ever-changing landscape. From one day to the next the dunes shift from place to place, rolling over the landscape made asunder with the assistance of the wind. The only constant is the sun and as an Arabic proverb states "all sunshine ...
To be Mahlatse Ralepelle. "Chilliboy" to the okes. Talented schoolboy player with great leadership potential. Rose up the ranks smoothly enough, earning his stripes along the way and maturing into a better rounded player. Then out of the blue (a then...
The British and Irish Lions got it wrong.
South Africa may have played a terrible 70 minutes in the second Test on Saturday, but they proved they are worthy world champions by coming from the depths of defeat to overcome tough opposition.
Gran...
WHAT a time it is to be a South African sports fan and even more so to be a follower of Graeme Smith and his burgeoning troop of talented cricketers who can now lay claim to being the finest Test outfit in world cricket. That they are not nearly the ...
Comeback Of The Year
Adi Jacobs was one of the most contentious selections in PdV’s first squad. Long written off as a lightweight show pony impact player not suited to the grind of Test rugby by those who had forgotten how he made Etienne Botha...
The England-South Africa Test series is upon us and sets up as a mouth-watering prospect. Let’s look at some of the match-ups.
Graeme Smith vs Ryan Sidebottom
Biff no doubt has some fairly decent memories of the 2003 tour, but a lot’s change...
I was surprised, I have to say, at the Boks’ performance on Saturday, and if I am being really honest, disappointed, as I was hoping for a full on battle of a test match. England had not managed to pressure the All Blacks for any great length of ti...
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...
So what have we learnt from Peter de Villiers’ tenure so far? Certainly there hasn’t been enough sustained evidence of the promised shimmering new expansive game plan in the three Tests thus far. That though, I believe can be attributed to the na...
