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by Peter Church on February 4th, 2010
So the Springboks have an end of season Grand Slam tour scheduled. Very tempting to knock over Ireland, Wales, Scotland and England -- (throw in a game against the Barbarians for good measure) -- on consecutive weekends after a full Tri Nations and a...
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by Adam Wakefield on February 4th, 2010
South African rugby enjoyed a great season in 2009, with the Springboks beating the British Lions, clean sweeping the All Blacks on the way to Vodacom Tri-Nations glory (including both the Freedom Cup and Mandela Plate) and the Springboks Sevens team...
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by Lungani Zama on February 1st, 2010
So now England may be in the market for a new captain.
Since John Terry's Tiger-esque demise -- in the space of one weekend, the entire Soccer World Cup campaign has apparently been jeopardised because Wayne Bridge can't stand to be in the same ro...
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by Adam Wakefield on January 27th, 2010
It was a so-so day, with the humming of work and industry (there is an auto-repair shop adjacent to my office) filling the air with rands and cents. During a moment of "downtime" (ie procrastination), I was surfing the web and was surprised to read o...
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by Setumo Stone on January 26th, 2010
I note the extent to which the talks around ownership to the vuvuzela have since degraded to the shallow, and shudder with remorse as to how Africans continue to be accomplices in the death of their own destiny. But frankly, I couldn't care less abou...
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by Siyabonga Ntshingila on January 26th, 2010
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Fourie du Preez. The IRB brainfart notwithstanding, he was indisputably head, shoulders and socks above every other player in the world last year. The question this year will be whether he can maintain that level of performanc...
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by Siyabonga Ntshingila on January 20th, 2010
The Bulls: Take probably the best provincial/regional team ever assembled, lose probably the best winger of the last five years, add two returning heroes, plus Heyneke Meyer back pulling the backroom strings and what do you get? A very likely repeat....
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by Adam Wakefield on January 21st, 2010
Ke nako! It is time!
That's right soccer fans, 2010 has arrived and the country is being revved up for the biggest month long party we have seen since the 2003 cricket and 1995 rugby World Cups. Much has been made of SA's ability (with many of tho...
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Thanks for the comment Phillip.
Agreed. While they don't get everything right (that's for sure), sometimes we should just 'chill' and enjoy the game. Super 14 is here...be prepared for an epic season!...
Adam Wakefield on The Champion Tour - a great initiative
Fine points made here. The English didn't send a full strength side, so why should we?
I think that seems to be the correct path to go, especially to protect the older players and those who inevidtably see too much rugby (Bakkies, Smit, Bryan, Mo...
Adam Wakefield on Grand Scam
Steady on Ian. Pete can certainly write but that is not a qualification to coach. The end of year fixtures are all about "filthy lucre" not about taking care of the players. SA Rugby want it both, in fact all ways - win the Grand Slam and the 2011 RW...
Paul Burton on Grand Scam
Nice article Pete . . . and very true . . . why are you not coaching both the rugby and the criket sides? I just don't know? :-)...
Ian Kingon on Grand Scam
[...] Sports Leader » Peter Church » Grand Scam [...]...
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Great Idea - Rugby, irrespective of all the political hoohaa, is one of RSA's greatest success stories and should inspire others, including government and other corporate entities to celebrate their successes in public - The success of SA Rugby shoul...
Phillip on The Champion Tour - a great initiative
Joe...
Check out my domain sometime.......
Poor Wayne Bridge - he's not even first choice with his wife.
John Terry has announced he's lost his England captain's armband. Fabio Capello told him to ask Wayne Bridge to check under the bed....
Banana on John Terry, you absolute plonker!
Lungani,
I am not so sure that we as South Africans are in any position to adopt the moral high ground or comment on the indiscretions of England's soccer Captain, given the recent revelations of our own leader (of the COUNTRY, ffs, not just a socce...
Peter L on John Terry, you absolute plonker!
Oh, forgot to say that Terry is certainly a plonker, in long standing as far as I'm concerned! I enjoyed the article thoroughly whether I agreed regarding particular performances or not. And David James might not be the worst idea....
Bella on John Terry, you absolute plonker!
Well as long as we are focusing on the tiny bit that refers to David Beckham, I should point out that his strayin' in Spain is to this day only alleged. The Terry story seems to carry a bit more weight, in part because it wasn't purchased at great ex...
Bella on John Terry, you absolute plonker!
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Dale Steyn attributed his success with the ball on Monday to detailed planning before the start of the two-Test series against India.... Administrators are looking to this year's Super 14 to provide a much-needed turnaround in television audience share and fan disillusionment... Dale Steyn bowled with fierce pace to return a career best 7-51 and take SA close to victory over India on the third day of the first Test on Monday.... Hashim Amla was thrilled that his double century had put South Africa in a strong position in the first Test against India on Sunday.... Spaniard Feliciano Lopez won his first ATP singles title in almost six years by beating Stephane Robert in the SA Open final on Sunday. ... Mamelodi Sundowns boosted their title hopes with a hard-fought 1-0 win over Ajax Cape Town at Athlone Stadium on Sunday.
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