On Saturday a brawl involving about 100 students from two top rugby schools in New Zealand broke in front of the national rugby coach, Graham Henry.
The fight, between players and supporters, lasted five minutes and led to at least one sch...
Since June 8 2005 SA Rugby has carried the Eastern Cape Super Rugby franchise around its neck as a self-imposed albatross after declaring that SA had six Super Rugby franchises and this past week has seen a glaring display of dereliction of duty...
While SA Rugby deals with charges from the IRB about bringing the game into disrepute and receives a sanctioning or fine regarding the senseless "masking-tape protest" there are distractions like the roll-out of the Currie Cup around the country,...
There has been a little bit of a dust-up and finger pointing between SA Rugby and the Lions over the question of some unsold tickets and why?
The number of unsold British & Irish Lions Tour tickets after 9 matches is a staggering 170 ...
1. "They are banged up enough without me giving them a 'snorter' on the scrum machine."
Graham Rowntree -- British & Irish Lions scrumming coach
2. "The Beast was pretty impressive. There was one scrum after nine minutes when we got ...
We have witnessed five very interesting games, in which the British & Irish Lions have played and beaten:
1. The Royal XV -- 25-37
2. The Lions -- 10-74
3. The Cheetahs -- 24-26
4. The Sharks -- 3-39
5. Western Province -- 23-26
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"I met a couple of South Africans in the hotel lobby the other day and they asked me how I was involved with the Lions. When I told them I was the defence coach they just said, 'best of luck mate'."
Shaun Edwards, British & Irish Lions def...
The good news is that the South African government and Eastern Cape government, along with the Nelson Mandela Bay municipality, have collectively spent R2 billion in developing a magnificent and spectacular multipurpose sports facility in t...
The British & Irish Lions landed in Johannesburg a few days ago and have been the most gracious, complimentary visitors. They have visited under-privileged schools, some by helicopter, to which they will donate funds and resources, hold pre...
Last week Thursday, Sanzar (South African, New Zealand and Australian Rugby Unions) met in a watershed meeting in Dublin to discuss the expansion of Super Rugby from 2011 to 2015 in the Southern Hemisphere and especially the broadcast agreement t...
Tony led the change in corporate identity of South African Airways from the airline of the old South Africa to the flag carrier of the new South Africa.
Before that he was a competitive provincial sportsmen in swimming, diving, waterpolo, lifesaving and white water rafting.
Rugby was played at Bishops, NW Cape, Maties, van der Stel, UCT, Hamiltons and False Bay.
Tony singularly authored the blueprint for the establishment of Soccer City Stadium for the PSL which in 2010 hosted the opening and closing ceremonies of the FIFA World Cup and the Finals of the soccer showpiece.
He was past CEO of the Southern & Eastern Cape Super 14 Rugby franchise, the Southern Spears and now CEO of the Super 20 Rugby World Series.
Tony's links
RugbyWeek A terrific one stop rugby anthology site updated "on the whistle" which means that when the whistle blows you have the results from around the world in one site. It is one of the newer websites and focuses on all facets of rugby. Every major tournament and every major team has their own dedicated section filled with all of the latest news on that topic.
Users can visit the site once a week and be kept fully up to date with the latest news on the tournament of their choice and at the same time scan the latest news in other tournaments that they do not follow as closely.
South African Rugby Museum A rugby anthology of memorabilia, documents, apparel, blazers, trophies and artefacts collected over 15 decades of South African rugby, worth over R60m.
These private collections have placed their valuable collections on loan for the benefit of the rugby afficionado and the public.
Super XV Rugby 2012 The most comprehensive Super 15 Rugby website with all the 15 Super Rugby Teams, with links, fixtures, scores and up to the minute results and on the Final Whistle.
SuperSport The best and most successful provider of premium pay-television sports coverage across the continent of Africa.
SuperSport contributes its success to the seven departments which make up the company as well as the nine members of the management board who co-ordinate the functions of the company and the individual departments.
The Southern Spears This is the Southern Spears website with a catalogue of news, releases and thumbnail sketches of the Southern Spears team and activities set up a month after their formation.
This site carries more of a behind the scenes view.
VIP Limo Services VIP Limo Services of Cape Town & Johannesburg has it's own fleet of luxury sedans.
All vehicles have climate control systems with satellite navigation so drivers can get clients to their destination efficiently even in ever-changing Cape Town & Johannesburg traffic. VIP Limo Services drivers are professionally trained and licensed. All have a good knowledge of Cape Town & Johannesburg and a pleasant personality.
