By Duncan Newton Keal
At the completion of the test series between India and South Africa, a series touted as being the 'world championship' of Test cricket, I can not help wondering how good South African really is.
When the Proteas made hist...
Sport, being the great equaliser that it is, simply waits for no man and respects no reputations.
This time last year, the world was Graeme Smith's oyster as he led a team brimming with talent, luck and confidence to burst Australia's bubble in u...
By Michael de Vries
South African cricket is going through a "golden period", if the hype is to be believed then our national team has not had this much quality and depth in the post-isolation era. It's great for those who never stopped believing....
Why the fecking hell are Saru continuing to allow themselves to be bullied by Aus in the Sanzar alliance? It makes absolutely no sense at all from any angle.
New Zealand has 145 472 players registered with its 26 (mainly marginal) unions.
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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 ...
It may be somewhat surprising when you think about how, in over 13 decades of cricket's well-documented existence, we only have one known way to judge cricketers -- batting and bowling averages. The void that this leaves is quite huge.
Measuring c...
Seneca, the stoic Roman philosopher, said "it is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness". He makes a fine point. Great men only emerge once they have endured trial and tribulation, exposing the barest shivers of their true character, whi...
Come June, SA Rugby will need to come up with guarantees of R3 billion for an event to be staged in 2015 and 2019. And a strategic plan of note.
This is the same organisation that if you pop along to their site you will see they are opera...
1. Stormers vs Saracens
The Stormers ran in six tries in their 43-33 win over the English tourists Saracens in the international friendly clash at a sweltering Newlands on Sunday afternoon.
26 000 spectators turned out to watch the nine tries...
“Australian Rugby Union officials are pushing for top European nations to be included in an expanded Tri-Nations tournament and teams from North and South America, Japan and the Pacific to be involved in an expanded Super 12 competition.
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