The Australians continue to talk ahead of their Tri Nations opener against SA at Newlands on Saturday. Today it was the turn of Stirling Mortlock to weigh in with his opinion of the current Springbok side and the apparent improvement in the state of SA rugby (on the field, of course). (more…)
Author: Rob
South African Rugby Union deputy president Mike Stofile revealed tonight that “We are completing a letter in which we inform Jake that there will be no meeting with President Mbeki. We cannot allow this to happen. We are also writing to the minister of sport. All the presidents of the provincial unions feel the meeting should be cancelled. Jake is undermining our authority.” (more…)
Luke Watson spoke briefly about his much-anticipated Bok debut against Samoa. (more…)
Mukoni Ratshitanga, spokesperson for the Presidency, has confirmed that Jake White will meet with SA President Thabo Mbeki. He said the “courtesy call†between the two would take place in Cape Town on Friday. (more…)
Ou Grote paid another visit to Video Town and brought back four more videos. And another Betamax machine in a steel case. See a monster drop from Frans Steyn, Philip Burger clowning around, a ref tackled by a Scot and Monty upended by Habana. (more…)
Legendary former All Black captain Sean Fitzpatrick, writing in his weekly column in New Zealand’s Sunday Herald, explained why he thinks the Boks are the biggest threat to the All Blacks. (more…)
Do you agree with our player ratings for the game vs. Samoa? (more…)
The soap opera that is SA rugby continues… (more…)
Jake White: “Those four injuries (Luke Watson, Ricky Januarie, Wayne Julies and Ashwin Willemse), added to the fact that we made 13 changes for this match, saw us lose structure in the second half. (more…)
The Boks second string failed to completely impress, despite outscoring the Samoans by five tries to one. (more…)