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No, I mean the REAL off season… having one of those “on this day, absolutely nothing happened” moments! [...]
Posts tagged with: Jake White
Welcome to the off-season
Worst nightmare or smart ploy?
29 Aug 11 10:11 by Richard Ferguson | All Blacks, Original Content, RWC 2011, Springboks, Tri Nations, Wallabies | 17 Comments
The Wallabies won their first Tri Nations title in ten years on Saturday morning, and this has opened the door to many questions. A few that jump to mind: Did the All Blacks peak too early, yet again? Was it a ploy to instill false confidence in the teams to face the All Blacks later in the competition? Or was a it a case of simply being outplayed on the day? [...]
The nation awaits
The South African squad to compete at the 2011 IRB Rugby World Cup will be announced in Johannesburg at 19h30 this evening and after a good win over the All Blacks this weekend, the nation has good reason to be upbeat about their prospects in the showcase tournament. The Boks, winners of the trophy in France in 2007, are aiming to be the only side in history ever to successfully defend their World Cup crown. [...]
Staaldraad II
With 42 days left to the opening of the Rugby World Cup, an embattled coach taking flack on foreign soil for his selections, the Boks coming off the back of a loss to the Australians and with the All Blacks looming in a couple of days, it was left to South Africa’s very own, self-styled Rebekah Brookes to break the worst-kept secret in SA Rugby.
‘Injured’ A-Bok in private training camp, while B-Bok prepare to get pulverised
27 Jul 11 00:28 by Hertford Highlander | All Blacks, In the news, RWC 2011, Springboks | 56 Comments
Duncan Johnston reports on Stuff.co.nz that the 21 “injured” Springboks are at a training camp in Rustenburg, South Africa, working on plans they hope will help them retain the World Cup in New Zealand in September. [...]
Keegan Daniel – Skills over Size
There is an old adage in sport (particularly boxing) that a “good big guy will always beat a good small guy”. You could translate this across to rugby, where the physiques of the modern day players have changed dramatically and are now all about huge, muscle-bound monsters. [...]
Brumbies team to face Stormers
The Brumbies have made three changes to their team that drew with the Force last weekend, to take on the Stormers on Saturday morning in Canberra. Rocky Elsom was ruled out for the remainder of the season earlier this week after suffering an ankle injury and will be replaced by Mitchell Chapman. [...]
Peter De Villiers did a Harry Viljoen
“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change.” Charles Darwin [...]
White chasing an old Shark
Rumour has it that new Brumbies coach Jake White has already earmarked a player or two to bring in ahead of the 2012 Super Rugby season, which will be White’s first Super Rugby season. [...]
Congrats, Jake!
Jake White has apparently been confirmed as Brumbies coach on a four-year deal. This development marks an (in my opinion) long-overdue return to hands-on coaching for the former Bok mentor, who hasn’t picked up the whistle in earnest since leading the South African side to World Cup glory almost four years ago. [...]
Sharks leave for Phokeng – but their skipper won’t train
It’s been a bit of a bittersweet week for Bok captain John Smit. [...]
Time for a change: Sharksworld chats to Meyer Bosman
Former Free State centre-cum-flyhalf Meyer Bosman has arrived in Durban to continue his career with the Sharks. The lanky Bosman, who was a surprise pick for Jake White’s Bok touring party as a raw 20-year-old, has made great strides in the local game since joining the Cheetahs as an under 21 player. The 25-year-old Bethlehem boy attended Oakedale Agricultural College in Riversdal, the same school as Sharks legend Johann Muller, before returning to the Free State to study. Sharksworld caught up with Meyer for a quick chat. [...]
Frans – the confusion continues
If it’s not bad enough that he’s now being asked to play yet another position in the Bok backline, it seems the continual to-ing and fro-ing between himself and coach Peter de Villiers has left Frans Steyn somewhat bemused as to exactly how and where he fits into the current Bok plans. [...]
Innovative thinking can avoid Bok crisis
Is Bok rugby heading towards a crisis? Well given that De Villiers is seemingly scrambling to get experts on-board and all of them are turning him down, it seems we are getting pretty close. [...]
Nothing that cannot be fixed
How does a team that came of such a high in 2009 hit such a low in 2010, more importantly, can it be fixed? [...]
