Springbok kickers Derick Hougaard and Ruan Pienaar will be using an Australian made Summit ball in Saturday’s test against the Wallabies, and apparently it’s totally different to the Gilbert ball they are accustomed to. They don’t like it. (more…)
Year: 2007
Five days to go until the so-called Springbok “B” team takes on the Whingeing Wallabies. We all wait in anticipation of the…
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An exciting week two in the ABSA Currie Cup saw plenty of upsets. (more…)
Follow this huge Bledisloe Cup clash between trans-Tasman rivals the All Blacks and the Wallabies live on Ou Grote with blow-by-blow commentary. (more…)
Australia and New Zealand meet on Saturday in the third Tri Nations test of the season. It promises to be another classic Bledisloe Cup encounter between the two sides and 75000 tickets have already been sold at the MCG. The last time they met at the stadium in 1998, the Wallabies won 24-16. (more…)
The Free State Cheetahs scored six tries to one in securing a bonus point win over the Valke in Brakpan on Friday night. (more…)
David Moffett, former boss of the New Zealand Rugby Union, writing in The Press on 30 June 2007 labelled the South African Rugby Union an absolute disgrace. I think most of us would agree with him on that one – but he’s talking about the latest Springbok B-team fiasco, and not the usual goings on at SA Rugby HQ that regularly keep us amused. (more…)
In a meeting of the Western Province Rugby board, convened on Friday to discuss former Springbok coach Nick Mallett’s position of Director of Rugby, it was decided that the role should include the responsibility of coaching the Stormers Super14 team. (more…)
Ex Cheetahs Super 14 coach and current Bok technical adviser Rassie Erasmus has become the front-runner for the post of Stormers coach for the 2008 Super14 competition. (more…)