Yesterday SARU and Klipdrift announced a 5 year partnership deal at the Klipdrift distillery in the scenic town of Robertson. I was lucky enough to attend. [...]
Springboks
Met eish ja, met eish
England to play “best of the rest”
In news sure to be music to the ears of the traditionalists amongst us, it’s been announced that this year’s England tour will feature – shock horror! – midweek matches against two invitational sides, in addition to three tests. [...]
Fourie not available for Meyer
Former Stormers and Western Province centre Jaque Fourie, has ruled himself out of any further Springbok appearances, or at least for the next two seasons. [...]
Some perspective on the Matfield saga
Nothing like a little bit of misinformation and conjecture to liven up an otherwise-dull Tuesday, eh? That seemed to be very much the case yesterday as the South African rugby world tied itself into a frenzy about a ridiculously premature – if not outright fanciful – story that Victor Matfield was about to join the Sharks. [...]
Butch calls time on test career
Maritzburg College’s finest – former Shark and World Cup Winner Andrew David James – has opted to retire from test rugby at the age of 33, according to a press release from SARU. [...]
Congrats, De Jongh!
A lot has been said in recent days about several high profile appointments to the Bok coaching and management team, but if you’ll all indulge me, I’d like to take a few moments to also congratulate De Jongh Borchardt on his elevation to the Springbok Communications Manager role. [...]
New (blue) Bok era dawns
Yesterday’s somewhat unprecedented Sunday press conference, in which SARU finally revealed its worst-ever-kept secret by confirming Rassie Erasmus as Bok High Performance Manager, couldn’t have happened in a more fitting location than Pretoria; in fact, those who have grown used to the 100-year-legacy of a Cape Town power base running South African rugby should probably prepare themselves to shift further North for the foreseeable future, even if just mentally. [...]
Springbok planning starts
As the June International tests against England come closer, Springbok coach Heyneke Meyer has announced that he will have three planning camps with players from various Super Rugby franchises, in an attempt the prepare for the three test series. [...]
Smith pauses rugby career
According to Die Volksblad, Cheetahs and Bok flank Juan Smith has decided to take an indefinite hiatus from rugby as he continues to struggle with the Achilles injury sustained during his side’s opening Super Rugb match over a year ago. [...]
A timely look
We have seen six rounds of Super Rugby action so far, and a lot has been mentioned about Sharks hooker Bismarck du Plessis playing every single minute of rugby so far in the six games that the Sharks have played. [...]
Meyer preparing for 2015?
With the news of Frans Steyn rejecting an offer to extend his contract at Racing Metro (well done to Rob who picked up on this before most news sites) the rumour mill regarding other overseas players being contacted by newly appointed Springbok Coach, Heyneke Meyer, is heating up. [...]
Steyn calls time on French sojourn
Racing Metro have today confirmed via their website that Frans Steyn has rejected a contract extension in order to return to South Africa. [...]
Meyer’s captain to accept his destiny?
Ok, let me apologise up-front for the ridiculous headline – but in a move that’s unlikely to really shock anyone, former Bulls scrumhalf Fourie du Preez has hinted that he might reconsider his decision to retire from international rugby.
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Meyer keen to raid Bulls?
According to a recent report on SuperSport’s website, new Bok coach Heyneke Meyer has put together a shopping list of desired assistant coaches, with many of those targeted somewhat unsurprisingly currently contracted to the Bulls. [...]
Back to basics please, Bissie!
During the dark days of the “John Smit v Bismarck du Plessis” battles, many column inches and much ire and outrage were devoted to the perceived travesty of the “best hooker in the world” having to play second fiddle to an “overweight has-been”.
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