TANGLED Running Time: 100min Age Restriction: PGV Synopsis: Disney Presents a new twist on one of the most hilarious and hair raising tales ever told. Your whole family will get tangled up in the fun, excitement and adventure of this magical motion picture. When The kingdom’s most wanted and most charming bandit Flynn Rider hides... Continue Reading →
Gallant Springbok Sevens beaten by NZ in Adelaide Cup final
South Africa lost an absorbing Adelaide Sevens Cup Final 28-20 against New Zealand at the Adelaide Oval on Sunday morning (SA time). The Adelaide Oval has proven to be a happy hunting ground for the fast South African team in the past, who were playing in their third Cup Final in four years in Australia.... Continue Reading →
There were no excuses from the Sharks camp on Saturday night
MIKE GREENAWAY There were no excuses from the Sharks camp on Saturday night following their 16-6 home defeat to the Stormers, and fair enough because the visitors had the upper hand throughout and the jaded Durbanites looked half asleep at times. “We were a couple of percent off the pace pretty much in every area... Continue Reading →
rugby sharks v Stormers match report
SHARKS (6) 6 STORMERS (13) 16 by MIKE GREENAWAY AT KINGS PARK THE super-charged Stormers rendered the Sharks positively leaden-footen in their unfortunate homecoming to the Shark Tank yesterday and the four log points the visitors banked will render inconsequential the debate as to whether the home side were stricken by their recent heavy travel... Continue Reading →
Sade – The Ultimate Collection Album and tour news
As a follow up to the platinum-selling Soldier Of Love, which reached number four in the UK album chart and garnered a well-deserved Grammy, Sade is back with The Ultimate Collection. In addition to classic Sade songs, the must-have album will include three new, never-before heard songs, including “Moon & The Sky” (featuring Jay-Z). Here... Continue Reading →
savage Super Rugby showdown between the Sharks and the Stormers at Kings Park tomorrow
THE signs are that this is going to be one savage Super Rugby showdown between the Sharks and the Stormers at Kings Park tomorrow (5pm) and the team with the most key players still standing at the death, and the most accurate goal-kicker, will be the likely winner. That might sound dramatic but consider this:... Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
crunch time for the Sharks
MIKE GREENAWAY THE next fortnight will be crucial to the ultimate outcome of the Sharks’ 2011 Super 15 campaign reckons coach John Plumtree of his team’s matches this week at home to the Stormers and away next week to the Lions. The much-travelled Sharks will then enjoy their bye week and will take stock of... Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
Crusaders team to play Sharks on Sunday
Crusaders team to play Sharks There are two changes to the Crusaders team to play the Sharks in the historic Investec Super Rugby match at Twickenham on Sunday, March 27. Loosehead prop Wyatt Crockett replaces Ben Franks and left wing Zac Guildford comes in for Adam Whitelock. Guildford came off the substitutes bench in the... Continue Reading →
Goosen steers SA U20s to Argentinean double
SA U20 flyhalf Johan Goosen kicked five penalties and a conversion to steer his team to a 22-13 victory over Argentina U20 in the second international match played at the Lions Rugby Club in Santiago del Estero on Thursday night. The Baby Boks and Vodacom Blue Bulls winger Courtnall Skosan scored his team’s only try... Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →