Month: March 2011

THE Springboks will be banking on this gameplan for the 2011 event.

MIKE GREENAWAY THE Springboks will be banking on the game plan blueprint of the 2007 Rugby World Cup triumph at the 2011 event. This was much suggested in the naming yesterday of what amounts to be a preliminary Springbok Rugby World Cup squad that bares little difference to that of France four years ago and... Continue Reading →

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A former Blue Bulls and South Africa U21 rugby player will appear in the Durban Magistrate’s Court

A former Blue Bulls and South Africa U21 rugby player will appear in the Durban Magistrate's Court today in connection with last week's grisly axe killings of three men in Lamontville, Umbilo and Yellowwood Park in KwaZulu-Natal. The 34-year-old played for the Blue Bulls' Currie Cup and Vodacom Cup teams and the South African Barbarians.... Continue Reading →

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Theron satisfied with progress of Baby Boks

Theron satisfied with progress of Baby Boks SA Under-20 coach Dawie Theron on Thursday insisted that he was satisfied with the steady progress of his Baby Boks following their three-match tour of Argentina. The South African national junior team secured two victories against the Argentinean U20s which included a 22-13 victory at the Lions Rugby... Continue Reading →

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Public criticism of Springbok captain John Smit should be reserved

Public criticism of Springbok captain John Smit should be reserved until he has had an opportunity in his favoured position of hooker in the Super Rugby competition, says national coach Peter de Villiers, who has expressed his frustration at not being able to judge the form of his World Cup captain. Speaking at yesterday’s announcement... Continue Reading →

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Savage Super showdown with the Stormers on Saturday

IT does not get any easier for the Sharks. Four countries in four weeks, the (relative) horror of an overseas flight in cattle class between London and Johannesburg, a jaw-droppping battle with a Crusaders team that is skilled and brutal in equal measures, and now a homecoming war with the Bulls-beating, SA Conference trend-setting, Stormers.... Continue Reading →

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Sharks and the Crusaders turned on a Super Rugby classic yesterday

THE Northern Hemisphere had a reverberating jolt of reality in their backyard yesterday when the Sharks and the Crusaders turned on a Super Rugby classic that signposted the direction in which the Rugby World Cup is headed. The New Zealanders prevailed 44-28, but the try count was closer at 5-4, and while the first half... Continue Reading →

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this afternoon two of Super Rugbys’ most enterprising teams do battle

MIKE GREENAWAY RUGBY’s northern hemisphere is set for an invigorating breath of fresh air this afternoon when two of Super Rugbys’ most enterprising teams do battle for vital competition points at the hallowed home of rugby. The recently ended Six Nations was a mostly dull affair but rugby in that part of the world will... Continue Reading →

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Collegians RFC launch

Collegians RFC, with the help of our sponsor ( Altius investment holdings), has established a professional partnership / collaboration with Randwick rugby club in Australia (http://www.randwickrugby.com.au/). Randwick is the largest and most successful rugby club in Australia with players such as David Campese, the Ella brothers and currently Kurtley Beale having played for the club.... Continue Reading →

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All Black coach Graham Henry’s challenge to Sonny Bill Williams

The Sharks are just going to love the timing of All Black coach Graham Henry’s challenge to Sonny Bill Williams to show more physicality in his game if he wants to start at the World Cup, starting with his performance for the Crusaders at Twickenham on Sunday The 25-year-old sensation has so far offloaded in... Continue Reading →

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Three of the Sharks’ wins to date have been against the bottom teams

A sceptic would point out that that three of the Sharks’ Super Rugby wins to date have been against the bottom teams – the Cheetahs, Force, and Rebels – the other win being an impressive one at home against the Blues, who are second in the New Zealand conference and fifth overall. An optimist would... Continue Reading →

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Playing the Crusaders at the neutral venue of Twickenham will give the Sharks a helping hand

Playing the Crusaders at the neutral venue of Twickenham will give the Sharks a helping hand, reckons captain John Smit, but they will nevertheless have to pull serious finger if they hope to live with the red-hot, seven-time champions. “Playing them in London is a little less frightening than playing them in Christchurch, but only... Continue Reading →

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Sun City is an Electro-Indie-Pop duo from the sunshine capital of the world…Perth, Western A ustralia

My great friend Dave Thompson sent me this biog and song to play on our mesport show on the taxi between 2 and 3pm on Thurs which we will do ..Please log onto http://www.thetaxi.co.za , Tell us what you think, is the music better than the Western Force play rugby? Sun City is an Electro-Indie-Pop... Continue Reading →

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Evolver One on Hollywood bill at Worldwide Radio Summit

EVOLVER ONE ON HOLLYWOOD BILL AT WORLDWIDE RADIO SUMMIT Johannesburg, 23 March 2011: Johannesburg-based rock band Evolver One has been selected as one of 16 acts internationally to perform at a showcase at the Worldwide Radio Summit in Hollywood on 29 - 30 April 2011. The band, selected via a rigorous selection process from submissions... Continue Reading →

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There are so many different slants we can take on the phenomenal throw-up of a Sharks versus Crusaders match at Twickenham

There are so many different slants we can take on the phenomenal throw-up of a Sharks versus Crusaders match at Twickenham, but the most significant from a rugby point of view is that the Sharks have their best chance in years of beating the seven-times champions in an ‘away’ fixture, and the Durban team’s decision... Continue Reading →

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Rugby World Cup 2011 (RWC 2011) Tournament partners have reluctantly announced that Christchurch will be unable to host the seven matches currently scheduled

Rugby World Cup 2011 (RWC 2011) Tournament partners have reluctantly announced that Christchurch will be unable to host the seven matches currently scheduled to be played at Stadium Christchurch and that, as a result, these matches will now be reallocated to be played at other venues in New Zealand. This follows a detailed review of... Continue Reading →

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Canterbury Crusaders will host the Sharks in a historic, one-off match at the hallowed home of rugby, Twickenham in London, on Sunday March 27.

A ripple effect from the tragic Christchurch earthquake of February 22 is that the Canterbury Crusaders will host the Sharks in a historic, one-off match at the hallowed home of rugby, Twickenham in London, on Sunday March 27. England’s Rugby Football Union yesterday agreed to permitting a match which is likely to be the first... Continue Reading →

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