After this weekend’s Six Nations fixtures, the Scots have fallen from the top 10 rugby nations and now lie in 11th spot, behind two Islander teams in Tonga and Samoa. [...]
Posts tagged with: Springboks
Movers and shakers in rankings
7 Feb 12 08:00 by Richard Ferguson | All Blacks, Original Content, Six Nations, Springboks, Wallabies | 6 Comments
Meyer looking for assistants
The Rapport newspaper has reported that SARU and new Springbok coach Heyneke Meyer will meet with Rassie Erasmus this week to discuss his role within the Springbok national team setup. [...]
Influx of overseas Springboks?
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: [...]
Boks won’t get a break
31 Jan 12 08:30 by Richard Ferguson | Currie Cup, Original Content, Springboks, Super Rugby, The Rugby Championship | 7 Comments
New Springbok coach Heyneke Meyer is making all the right noises early in his new job, after being quoted in the Beeld that he would not prevent his Springboks from participating in the Currie Cup. [...]
Erasmus linked to Bok role
Weekend newspaper speculation has linked Rassie Erasmus to a permanent technical advisor role with the Springboks, suggesting that the former WP director of rugby will be roped in as a key assistant to the new Bok coach when he is named on 27 January. [...]
Is Steyn’s agent at it again?
We all know the feelings that were aired and accusations that were made against Francois Steyn’s agent Gerrie Swart when Steyn left the Sharks and when Steyn withdrew from the Springbok match against Wales in 2010. Well from reading recent news items it seems, to me anyway, as if Swart is not out to make himself any new friends. [...]
Can we PLEASE stop the excuses?
I’m not sure whether to view the latest round of excuses coming out of Durban with mirth, or disdain, although I’m tending towards the latter. I’m referring, of course, to John Plumtree’s post-Final utterances about how difficult it was to re-integrate the returning Springboks into his side and that there wasn’t enough time to do so successfully… and so on. [...]
SA vs Sharks
A phrase that we seem to be hearing a lot these past few days is: “They deserve it”. Blah…blah…blah…
The heat is on, and it’s cooking time. Time for the Currie Cup Final! [...]
Sharks pack the bench with Boks
The Sharks have opted to use all of their returning Springboks – with the exception of John Smit and Beast Mtawarira – for this weekend’s game against the Lions, with the bulk of those playing off the bench. The return from injury of Craig Burden and Ryan Kankowski further strengthens the match 22. [...]
No pressure whatsoever
6 Oct 11 16:52 by Richard Ferguson | Bulls, Cheetahs, Lions, Original Content, Sharks, WP | 57 Comments
I was shocked to learn that SARU’s commercial manager, Andy Marinos, was quoted as saying that should the Boks be eliminated from the World Cup this weekend, the players would be able to join their unions and bolster squads ahead of the final weekend of round robin matches. [...]
Is this really the pride of the provinces?
I’ve been sitting and watching, silently, for weeks now. At first I was upbeat and positive that this year’s Currie Cup would be exciting and full of spice, not in spite of South Africa’s “star” players being whisked away on Springbok duty but BECAUSE of them being absent… [...]
Introducing: Bokworld
It’s the 2nd of September and the 2011 Rugby World Cup is just a few short days away. We’ve been beavering away behind the scenes to prepare a special surprise just in time for the start of the greatest rugby competition on earth and are proud to announce the birth of our sister-site (insert drumroll)… Bokworld! [...]
Bok-filled backline for Bulls
31 Aug 11 13:39 by Richard Ferguson | Bulls, Currie Cup, In the news, Original Content, Sharks | 33 Comments
The Bulls team to face the Sharks at Loftus on Saturday has been announced with Springbok flanker Dewald Potgieter returning to the side of the scrum. [...]
Step into their shoes
24 Aug 11 08:00 by Richard Ferguson | Currie Cup, Original Content, Sharks, Super Rugby | 92 Comments
I sat myself down on Sunday, still feeling the effects of a below par Sharks team scraping yet another win against a minnow team, and decided to voice my concern in an article highlighting the centres at the Sharks. This was met by some interesting comments, most that I did not expect, about which players should be bought, from an over the hill Doppies la Grange to a player who has not played any Vodacom Cup, Currie Cup or Super Rugby in JP du Plessis. So this got me thinking…
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Rent-a-Quote grinds his axe again
Some love him some dislike him, I don’t like using the word but my feeling for this guy are much stronger than dislike. [...]
