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...
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...
Unlike the Fifa World Cup where even a favourite team can be eliminated in the pool stages, the outcome of rugby's premier tournament is far more predictable. The winner must be one of New Zealand, Australia or South Africa, with England and France i...
In the fourth season of the American political drama The West Wing, Martin Sheen's President Bartlet is preparing for the presidential debate against James Brolin's Governor Ritchie. Apart from Brolin's southern accent and immaculate white hair, an a...
A while ago and a few times on air I have said that I believe the Australian rugby team looks perfectly poised to rob the Rugby World Cup from the favourites and hosts, the New Zealand All Blacks. I have, at the same time, also felt much contempt for...
I was watching my son’s rugby team play Kasselsvlei on Saturday morning and so I missed the televised All Black/Springbok Tri-Nations clash at Westpac Park in Wellington. The night before, I had chuckled at a Facebook warning sent to a friend liv...
Have you ever seen a film where there are two characters, each pushing their own agenda, whose paths are destined to collide because it is just so? It's a popular story arc in fictionalised works all over the world, since it gives a clear distinction...
2010 will in South Africa be known as the year of Ayoba! (The marketing person who latched on to that one should either be stoned or applauded.) The Soccer World Cup came to the shores of the Republic, and for once, the country didn't descend into it...
I happened to be in a mate's car driving past Loftus Versveld after the game against Australia, and what struck me was the sombre attitude of the supporters leaving the heartland of Bulle rugby. I've been privileged enough to watch the last two Tests...
Saturday night's absorbing Test match in Soweto left the rugby heartlands of South Africa in a state of suspended animation following Richie McCaw's 78th-minute try, and most cruelly, Israel Dagg's 80th-minute effort. Was it the fair result?
John ...
