I usually try to get something written by Tuesday. But after this weekends rugby I was just floored, shocked and angry. [...]
Posts tagged with: South Africa
The silver lining
Sweating the small stuff
This past weekend’s Rugby produced some very disappointing results for South African teams, all but the Kings lost to their Australasian opponents. The fact is there are a multitude of reasons for these results ranging from travel fatigue to injuries, but to me the most frustrating reason (more like a recurrent theme) is our inability to score with the ease that our off shore opponents do. If it were a competition to see who could work the hardest for their points I’m sure the log would look much different. [...]
Smit confirmed Sharks CEO
The Sharks (Pty) Ltd has announced that John Smit, as expected, has been appointed as the new CEO. [...]
Saders tour without Carter, Read
The Crusaders have named their squad to compete in two matches in South Africa, and a third in Australia, during their upcoming tour. [...]
Sharks struggle past Stormers
The Sharks beat the Stormers 12 – 6 at Kings Park on Saturday night, being the better of two bad teams on the night, and just doing enough to come away from the match with four points. [...]
Force tour squad confirmed
The Western Force squad to tour South African has been named, with four Wallabies coming in to strengthen the unit that went down narrowly against the Melboune Rebels last Friday. [...]
Another South African for France
Antonie Claassen, son of former Springbok Captain Wynand Claassen, has been called up to the French training squad, which will prepare to take on England in an all-important clash at Twickenham in two weeks’ time. [...]
Rest in Peace, Doc Luyt
We believe that former SARFU and Lions supremo, Doctor Louis Luyt, has passed away. [...]
Smit coming back to South Africa?
John Smit could be making a come back in the 2013 Super Rugby tournament, and not with the Sharks. [...]
Critical times in the next 8 months
We have all learnt, and specifically Sharks fans, that there is no easy match in a Super Rugby season, but there sure are important matches, key to the bigger scheme of things, which is to finally lift a Super Rugby trophy. [...]
Super Rugby officials announced
The referees to do duty during Super Rugby 2013 have been announced with 18 men put in charge of the matches, with 5 new faces officiating matches next year. [...]
BlitzBokke take 3rd place at NMB Sevens
Day two at the Nelson Mandela Bay Sevens started on a positive note when the BlitzBokke beat USA 17-7 in their Cup Qualifying game. [...]
BlitzBokke ease into Cup quarter final
After being placed in a tough group with last week’s Dubai winners Samoa, France and Australia, South Africa had no problem finishing top of their pool. [...]
BlitzBokke announce team for PE
The Blitz Bokke announced their team for the 3rd leg of the HSBC Sevens World Series to be held in Port Elizabeth on the weekend at a media briefing on Thursday. [...]
Round 3 of the HSBC Sevens
South Africa will be the host for round 3 of the HSBC Sevens World Series this coming weekend, 8 and 9 December at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth. [...]
