Like a Parktown prawn that laughs in the face of doom, the Currie Cup continues to show a resilience that belies the crowded environment of its scheduling every season. Players keep going, or get injured and in most cases come back a few weeks later....
Note: This was written on a Friday, before the weekend's carnage fully materialised.
Click goes the remote as a Lions fan has to absorb yet another loss in the Super 14. There is some spilt beer on the floor, a King Carlos moniker on a dart board ...
1. The Stormers will win the Super 14. That is the local pre-season tourney for the top 14 clubs in the Province/Boland area.
2. Rassie will dictate on field moves via strobe lights from the top of Table Mountain.
3. The Bulls machine will rumb...
The Sharks and Western "Problems" are in.
The Bulls are a shoo-in and Griquas should be able to do enough to make it. I'm backing Griquas over the Cheetahs because with the Sharks needing a full house of points, the game is surely to open up and G...
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 Cheetahs are fresh out of wings (and ideas it seems), just last week we dispensed of the milk dispensers formerly known as Die Bulle with a brilliant Union interpretation of “Dutch Total Football”, the Lions are battling to keep their players...
What is the leadership of Sanzar thinking by announcing a proposed expansion of the Super 14 finals to a Top Six play-offs series next year? This certainly does not address the problematic issues of the tournament.
The problem with the Super 1...
Almost three years ago to the day, on June 8 2005, SA Rugby's presidents' council put in motion a unanimous council resolution -- a transformation charter of sorts that was a groundbreaking plan to fast-track transformation and representativeness in ...
If you are a Sharks fan you would have been extremely disappointed with the Sharks' dismal performance in the Super14 semi-final against the Waratahs. However, when looking back clinically, it was always going to be a tall order after travelling half...
