South Africa now knows how Wales felt at the beginning of this Rugby World Cup. The Springboks scarcely deserved to beat the Dragons, and after watching Sunday's quarter-final, the Wallabies didn't deserve a place in the semi-finals. They were "under...
I'm currently in Cape Town, and after getting through the frequent stop and goes along the N1, the town of Colesburg (home of an awesome Wimpy breakfast and many a speed camera) was where I and a friend spent the night. Whenever travelling through th...
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...
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...
One of the advantages the information age has brought to the world of sports is the invention of the Fantasy League. America could arguably be said to have pioneered the concept. The internet first came to prominence there and with the United States ...
The rugby world is slowly edging to its Holy Grail, one which only appears every four years. Plans are concocted, armies assembled and opponents vanquished in the four-year dash for the Rugby World Cup, a tournament which forms the primordial soup of...
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...
