Duane Vermeulen won a well-deserved SARU Player Of The Year accolade over the past weekend, and I’m sure he’s feeling pretty chuffed after putting in some massive performances for the Boks. He’s been immense this year and is challenging Reid for the mantle of best no8 on the planet. [...]
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Player of the year
10 Feb 15 10:00 by Johann Pollard (Dragnipur) | 8 Comments
Boks home vs Boks away
5 Sep 13 08:45 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 23 Comments
Yesterday we had a break from reality and delved into selecting a dream team of coaches for the Springboks, however unlikely those selection may be. Today, we look at something that may seem unrealistic at first, but could well be one of the most entertaining matches thought out. [...]
Who should we have seen more of?
14 Jan 13 08:30 by Chris Smith (ChrisS) | 28 Comments
The Super season is yet to kick off so this is a fun opinion piece, just to wake everyone up a bit. [...]
Springbok selection – Your turn
8 Nov 12 12:30 by Chris Smith (ChrisS) | 101 Comments
Everybody has an opinion on the Bok Team selected to face Ireland but let’s enter the realm of fantasy for a minute and put on our own selectors hats. [...]
Join Barney’s Army at Kings Park
6 Jun 12 10:00 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 12 Comments
Tickets for John Smit’s upcoming testimonial game are now on-sale, according to the Sharks website, with a fun-filled evening of rugby in store for fans on Friday 22 June. [...]
Influx of overseas Springboks?
31 Jan 12 10:52 by Chris Smith (ChrisS) | 87 Comments
Heyneke Meyer has gone on record recently as stating that he’ll be travelling overseas to chat to potential Springbok players. The likely suspects are: [...]
Div is spot on
8 Jun 10 07:00 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 87 Comments
Despite all the hysteria, Peter de Villiers was actually spot on. And as much as it pains me to say so, the only call he got wrong in this latest round of selections was to not drop BJ Botha along with the rest of the so-called foreign “stars”. [...]
Euro Boks ‘well below par’
7 Jun 10 18:09 by Andre Bosch (KSA Shark ©) | 48 Comments
Springbok coach Peter de Villiers took aim at the standards of rugby in Europe on Monday, when he said that the South African players from abroad are behind their domestic counterparts. [...]
Butch survives the cut
7 Jun 10 17:39 by Andre Bosch (KSA Shark ©) | 74 Comments
Bok coach Peter de Villiers on Monday axed five players from the squad that beat Wales 34-31 at the weekend, when he named a 27-man squad for the remainder of the June internationals. [...]
Umaga back playing to help save Toulon
26 Jan 09 20:15 by Andre Bosch (KSA Shark ©) | 2 Comments
Former All Blacks captain Tana Umaga has kept his job as Toulon manager but will now resume his playing career to try to help the French club side escape relegation. [...]
Some snippets from France
8 Jan 09 10:54 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 27 Comments
Two South Africans, at least, seem to be doing great things with their respective French clubs. [...]
Big money Euro offers are the norm
6 Nov 08 11:06 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 20 Comments
Hey guys – did you hear? Frans Steyn is being chased by a foreign club and they prepared to pay 7 bazillion Euros a minute for his services! Surely the Sharks are set to lose one of our brightest young stars? [...]