Well seeing that it has been 20 years since the game became professional in 1996 I have decided to name my Top 20 players. [...]
Posts tagged with: Tana Umaga
Top 20 players of the professional era
21 Nov 16 09:58 by Henko Pienaar (Mutley) | 74 Comments
Catching up with Swannie
30 Apr 14 09:03 by Benedict Chanakira (bchanakira2) | 14 Comments
Our man Benedict grabbed a few minutes with former Sharks centre Riaan Swanepoel this week. [...]
Rugby questions
8 Oct 12 00:27 by Gwyn Pratley (Hertford Highlander) | 51 Comments
In the wake of the All Blacks win in Soweto my thoughts have now turned to what other twists and turns the rugby season may hold: [...]
Adongo heads to New Zealand
10 Jul 12 13:52 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 89 Comments
Brenden Nel, writing for the SuperSport website, has revealed that the Bulls have released former Sharks XV forward Daniel Adongo after just 6 months. The big Kenyan utility forward has already left for New Zealand, where former All Black Tana Umaga has snapped him up to play for Counties Manakau in the ITM Cup. [...]
The IPL… of rugby…
11 May 12 15:16 by Ryan Quirk (The Quirk) | 14 Comments
I remember the first few guises of Super rugby, the Super 8, Super 10 and the Super 12. I was a youngster when it started, quite surprised that suddenly our much loved local teams were taking on these teams from overseas, littered with great All Blacks and Wallabies that I’d only seen during Springboks tours and during the 1991 and 1995 world cup.
A sad farewell
30 Aug 11 14:51 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 29 Comments
The Tri Nations has come to an end for the 2011 year, and it is with a sad feeling that we say good bye to the premier tournament in the Southern Hemisphere as it will be extended to a four team competition next year to include Argentina. [...]
Things Fall Apart; The Centre Cannot Hold…
23 Aug 11 07:00 by André Meyer (Culling Song) | 15 Comments
Vat of hallucinogens, to be used as inter-dimensional portal, one of? – Check
Electric home appliance, to be used as energy source, one of? – Check
Electric appliance energised? – Check
Intrepid multi-dimensional cosmonaut/reporter, one of? – Check
Adult diapers, for use in the event of cosmonaut/reporter being less than intrepid and ..er… having an “accident”, one bag of? – Check [...]
South Africa joins the circus – as ‘The SBW Show’ hits town!
7 May 11 08:46 by Gwyn Pratley (Hertford Highlander) | 21 Comments
He is only in his first season of Super Rugby and has still only played a handful of matches but SBW seems to be a super star of ‘Jonah Lomu’ proportions going by the media attention afforded to Mr Williams this week in Capetown. [...]
Hurricane Pen Portraits
23 Apr 11 09:59 by Gwyn Pratley (Hertford Highlander) | 4 Comments
Hurricanes.co.nz gives us a real insight into todays opposition at the ‘Shark Tank’. [...]
Hurricanes on ‘Shark Alert’
20 Apr 11 09:40 by Gwyn Pratley (Hertford Highlander) | 32 Comments
On the Canes official website Hurricanes.co.nz it appears that the Wellingtonians are doing their homework on the boys in ‘Black and White’ before swimming with them in the ‘Tank’. [...]
ITM Cup – Round 2 Preview
4 Aug 10 17:00 by Gwyn Pratley (Hertford Highlander) | 151 Comments
Now that the dust has settled on the first round of the ITM Cup. We can see how our predictions stacked up against the actual results. The upsets of the round came from last year’s minnows, Northland and Counties-Manukau, with both beating more fancied opposition. They along with Hawke’s Bay, Southland, Waikato, Auckland and Wellington will be happy with their opening weeks work. [...]
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. [...]
Jake’s stay rubs off on Umaga
17 Dec 08 14:19 by Andre Bosch (KSA Shark ©) | 9 Comments
South Africa’s 2007 World Cup winning coach Jake White’s short stay as consultant to French championship strugglers Toulon has had a beneficial impact on coach Tana Umaga, claimed the club president on Tuesday. [...]