It’s that time of the year again, time to haul out the Bok jersey and, after the recent performances against the All Blacks, we can do this with pride. [...]
Posts tagged with: Gloucester
Boks vs England Preview
Lions lose Ackermann
Lions coach Johan Ackermann has just announced at a press conference that he will leave his post at the end of the current Super Rugby season. [...]
Pumas show the Boks how it’s done
I was watching the Baabaas play against Argentina and, based on the strength of the Baabaa’s side and the way they gelled against Gloucester, I was sitting back to enjoy a victory for the famous club in their 125th year. [...]
Lambie in BaaBaas start
Patrick Lambie will wear the number 10 jersey when the Barbarians take on Gloucester at Kingsholm on Tuesday night. [...]
Italian sojourn for Meyer
Zebre Rugby in Italy have announced the signature of Sharks loose forward Johan Meyer. [...]
Aviva Premiership Round 17: Preview and Predictions
Round seventeen of the Aviva Premiership season sees three tough away fixtures for the league’s lowest placed sides. Bottom place Sale visit Leicester, London Welsh go to Saracens, and London Irish visit Northampton Saints. The results of these matches could still have a crucial impact on relegation this year, even given Welsh’s impending points deduction. Elsewhere, the west-country derby at The Rec will be one of the weekend’s most intense encounters; old rivals Bath and Gloucester face-off on Friday evening. [...]
Plumtree denies fresh exit rumour
Yet another foreign news article has linked Sharks coach John Plumtree with yet another coaching shortlist – which the Sharks mentor has summarily booted into touch, insisting that his current contract still has a year to run. [...]
May summoned to join England
Uncapped 22-year-old centre Jonny May has been summoned to join the English tour party as an injury replacement for Harlequins back George Lowe. [...]
Yet another Plumtree rumour
A week after rumours surfaced that Sharks coach John Plumtree has been linked with a coaching role at the Force, a new set of rumours linking him to the U.K. has hit. [...]
Breaking the bank for a has-been
The Lions have done it again, folks, in offering a South African record contract to an over-the-hill former great. An obsession with experience would appear to have blinded the Lions’ management to the fact that Carlos Spencer simply isn’t worth a record contract these days. [...]
RFU re-opens dismissed citing case
Gloucester hooker Olivier Azam is to reappear before Rugby Football Union disciplinary chiefs following a review of his dismissed citing. [...]
Carter set to play in World Club Challenge
French rugby powerhouse Perpignan will battle for Singapore’s World Club Challenge this year, after they were named as the fourth and final side for the inaugural clash of the hemispheres. [...]
Guinness Premiership Round 10
Michael Claasens scored two tries as Bath climbed back to the top of the Guinness Premiership table with a 25-14 win over Northampton on Saturday. Here is a review of all the weekends action. [...]
Gloucester 2nd after derby romp
A review of the weekend’s action so far in the Guinness Premiership. [...]