The 2010 Tri-Nation has been a disappointment. Some would even call it a disaster, and I would not disagree with them much.
See for me it's not that the Boks surrendered their crown to the All-Blacks. Or that we lost so heavily in the Antipodes. J...
I happened to be in a mate's car driving past Loftus Versveld after the game against Australia, and what struck me was the sombre attitude of the supporters leaving the heartland of Bulle rugby. I've been privileged enough to watch the last two Tests...
Saturday night's absorbing Test match in Soweto left the rugby heartlands of South Africa in a state of suspended animation following Richie McCaw's 78th-minute try, and most cruelly, Israel Dagg's 80th-minute effort. Was it the fair result?
John ...
I took history as a subject at school. There were only eight of us in the class, the more pragmatic having opted for biology or geography. The teacher's name was Van der Merwe and he tutored in a high-pitched squeaky voice. But I never regretted his ...
The Springbok performances over the last two weeks have left more questions than answers. Were the All Blacks better than the Bokke? Yes. How bad were the Boks? Not sure. How good were the All Blacks? Very good, but did they make the Boks play badly?...
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...
Yes the Boks shouldn't have lost on Saturday. Yes they performed poorly. Yes they let Australia off the hook with some poor decisions after great work in midfield. Yes they didn't bring their usual fiery intensity to the match. But no, this is not th...
Right, time to don the green-tinted "everything keeps going right" Bok shades again. The Tri-Nations title is all but in our grasp and having donnered all three shades of black, gold and red out of the toughest competition in the world, no-one can di...
So what's keeping the crowds away from Bok matches this year? Is it the coach? The selections, the decision to let the Bok reserves have their crack at run-out against the Lions at Ellis Park? Or is it, as I suspect, just much simpler than that?
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Here we are a few days away from the Tri-Nations final with South Africa as spectators to the clash in Brisbane on Saturday between the All Blacks and Wallabies and all we read about in South Africa are sex, lies and video tape.
I am tracking the ...
