SARU launches Springbok Experience rugby museum
· World-class facility set to open on 24th September at the V&A Waterfront · 43 Test captains provide handprints at launch ceremony · Black rugby history to be given proper representation · Heritage Day – September 24 – earmarked as opening day
If the Stormers don’t beat the Crusaders this weekend they never will !!!!
Seven times Super Rugby champions the Crusaders will be without captain Kieran Read for their South African tour . In 2011 in fact on 7th May the Crusaders also had a half backed team on the field and still won their home game at Newlands . The Crusaders, who lost their first two matches but... Continue Reading →
McCaw is on his sabbatical, taking time out from the game
These are heady PM days in sport. I'm not meaning the Prime Minister who is talking up tourism and swinging his way through The Hills in Queenstown. These are the post-McCaw days in a loose sense. The remarkable flanker who has been such a star for the Crusaders and All Blacks was spotted recently in... Continue Reading →
Bezuidenhout to join DHL Stormers on loan
Bezuidenhout to join DHL Stormers on loan Lions hooker Martin Bezuidenhout will join the DHL Stormers at the start of next week, as injury cover up front. With youngster Scarra Ntubeni (shoulder) having undergone surgery this week and Springbok Tiaan Liebenberg (back) still a few weeks away from taking contact, Bezuidenhout will be based in... Continue Reading →
On the Couch is 10 years old this year on Heart 104.9fm
Take Tapfuma Makina and Heart 104.9FM on a Saturday morning. Add Martin Myers and someone known only as Flapper and you have On The Couch, a witty and crazy sports-themed show. What started as merely a three-minute good idea over 10 years ago has grown into an hour of laughs, non-facts and food for thought.... Continue Reading →
NO All Black Rugby tests for Cape Town till after 2015 if that -see below !
The fixtures are*: Castle Incoming Tour · Saturday, June 8 (Mbombela Stadium): Scotland v Samoa; Springboks v Italy · Saturday, June 15 (Mr Price Kings Park): Samoa v Italy; Springboks v Scotland · Saturday, June 22 (Loftus Versfeld): Team 3 v Team 4 ; Team 1 v Team 2 2013 Castle Rugby Championship: · Saturday,... Continue Reading →
All Blacks spend day hugging the hotel toilets.
Just 48 hours before the final test of an arduous season, almost all of the All Blacks have been struck down by sickness. Only two members of the extended 34-man playing squad escaped the potentially debilitating bug which first swept through the team in Cardiff last week. Lock Luke Romano, who is on the bench... Continue Reading →
Thuggery from Andrew Hore overshadowed the 33-10 lesson the All Blacks handed Wales in Cardiff today.
An act of thuggery from Andrew Hore has overshadowed the 33-10 lesson the All Blacks handed injury-ravaged Wales in Cardiff today. Just like the Adam Thomson saga, Hore is set to become the sideshow that will hover over the final week of the international season in the Northern Hemisphere. The All Blacks may have turned... Continue Reading →
Dan Carter has been ruled out of todays test against Wales
Dan Carter has been ruled out of todays test against Wales with an Achilles injury that could also keep him out of next week's season finale against England at Twickenham. Aaron Cruden will be at first five eighth at Millennium Stadium , while Beauden Barrett has passed a fitness test on his injured ribs and... Continue Reading →
Dan Carter is in doubt for this weekend’s All Blacks test against Wales
Dan Carter is in doubt for this weekend's All Blacks test against Wales after pulling up with a leg injury at today's training session in Cardiff. After initially downplaying concerns around Carter's fitness this morning, All Blacks coach Steve Hansen later confirmed his star playmaker felt a twinge in his right leg during training today.... Continue Reading →
Kieran Read will captain an All Blacks team featuring 14 starting changes against Italy.
Kieran Read will captain an All Blacks team featuring 14 starting changes against Italy. With Richie McCaw being given the week off in Rome to prepare for two tougher assignments ahead, Read has assumed the All Blacks captaincy mantle for the first time this week. Sunday's test against the Italians also signals a passing of... Continue Reading →
There is potential for the All Blacks’ biggest selection overhaul since 2005 when coach Steve Hansen settles on his side to play Italy.
There is potential for the All Blacks' biggest selection overhaul since 2005 when coach Steve Hansen settles on his side to play Italy. Injuries have worsened a situation that was already going to see numerous changes to the side that beat Scotland 51-22 in the tour opener. Hansen stated all 32 of his tour party... Continue Reading →
ABSA Currie Cup photo opportunity – Wednesday, November 14 – FREE!
DHL Western Province will be giving their supporters an opportunity to have their photo taken with the Absa Currie Cup trophy on Wednesday, November 14 at DHL Newlands - for free. Gates will open at 12h00 on Wednesday and close at 19h00, sharp, with the last photo being taken at 20h00. Fans must enter at... Continue Reading →
Dan Carter’s mesmerising performance has left UK rugby scribes grasping for the superlatives
Dan Carter’s mesmerising performance has left UK rugby scribes grasping for the superlatives in the wake of yet another dominant All Black performance against Scotland today. The 30-year-old, playing his 93rd test, was the standout individual on display as the All Blacks ran in six tries to three to get their annual northern tour off... Continue Reading →
Heyneke Meyer’s failure to include Elton Jantjies in the Bok match 23 cannot be excused or justified.
This is a fantastic article ..I agree 100% with what he is saying .SA rugby has a long way to go …Read this ! Meyer’s got this one wrong on every level. A coach lives and dies by his selections but the failure to recognise the merits of Jantjies as a player is made even... Continue Reading →
All Blacks 10 starting changes for Scotland
Midfield, halfback, and the loose-forward mix are the major talking points from the All Blacks team to play Scotland in Edinburgh In a team featuring 10 starting changes and a further seven on the expanded eight-man bench, Highlanders duo Tamati Ellison and Ben Smith are the most notable additions to the new-look, and slightly lightweight,... Continue Reading →
North-South divide in world rugby is very much alive and kicking
New Zealand, Australia and South Africa bestride the world rankings and will be confident of showing once again over the next month that the North-South divide in world rugby is very much alive and kicking. The long southern hemisphere season has taken its toll in injury, however, and several big names will be absent from... Continue Reading →
Pat Lambie at 10 for Bok side for Dublin Test -(at last !!!)
The Springboks have gone for continuity in selection in their team to face Ireland on Saturday in the opening Test of the Castle Outgoing Tour at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin. There were only three changes to the team that started in the Springboks’ last Test, against New Zealand in Soweto last month. All three... Continue Reading →
