When the story about schoolboy rugby sensation Johann Sadie’s request to be released from his R1.4m per annum Bulls contract made waves yesterday, I couldn’t but wonder, if Heyneke was still the Bulls Director of Rugby, would two of the players he personally headhunted – Daniel Adongo & Sadie – with a different style of play in mind, be on the out or on the way at the Loftus? [...]
Posts tagged with: William Small-Smith
Staring into the Blue abyss
Blow for Junior Boks as Small-Smith ruled out
Last night’s superb victory over Los Pumitos did not come without cost for the SA Under 20 side, with on-field captain William Small-Smith sustaining a serious knee injury late in the game. [...]
Junior Boks thrash Argentina
Dawie Theron’s Junior Springboks kicked on nicely after a famous win against England in midweek to annihilate Arengtina in a one-sided semi-final at Newlands last night. The Under 20 side booked a place in Friday’s final – against the Junior All Blacks – with a four-try-to-nothing 35-3 victory. [...]
Baby Boks face Argentina
The South African Under 20 side play Argentine tonight in their IRB Junior World Championship semi-final match. [...]
Baby Boks thump England in rousing second-half
Dawie Theron and Brenden Venter will have seen their lives flash before there eyes a number of times at the Cape Town Stadium yesterday, as their patchwork SA Under 20 side at first faltered, before rallying in the second half to record a resounding win over the England juniors. In picking up a try bonus point in the 28-15 win, the Junior Springboks booked a place in the semi-finals of the IRB Junior World Championship in the process. [...]
Theron makes wholesale changes
Dawie Theron has made eleven changes to his team that lost to Ireland on Monday night, with the short turn-around time between matches blamed for the changes, and not the surprise loss. [...]
Bulls great makes a return for his country
Well okay he’s not quite a great yet but Bulls star in the making, super junior player Jan Serfontein is once again fit and raring to go.
Written by a Bulls fan wearing his neutral cap today.
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Baby Boks pip Ikeys at the death
South African under 20 coach Dawie Theron was smiling on Saturday evening after watching his charges dig deep to record a 31-29 win over Varsity Cup champions, the Ikey Tigers in their first warm-up game. [...]
Baby Boks named for Ikeys clash
Coach Dawie Theron has named his SA Under 20 side to take on the Ikey Tigers in a trial match in Cape Town tomorrow. [...]
Baby Boks release Jordaan
Dawie Theron’s SA Under 20 training squad will reassemble in Stellenbosch today as they continue their preparations for the IRB Junior World Championship later this year; Sharks utility back Paul Jordaan will not be among their number this time around, however. [...]
Six Sharks make Baby Bok cut
SA Under 20 coach Dawie Theron has announced a trimmed-down 33-man squad to take part in a training camp in January, including six members of the Sharks junior structures. In a surprising move, Paul Jordaan has been included as a wing. [...]
Sharks well represented in SA under 20 group
SA Rugby has named a large squad of players to take part in a first round trial for the 2012 SA Sunder 20 squad. A decent smattering of Sharks players has been included amongst the 100-strong group, who will assemble in Kimberley next week for a week-long camp that will culminate in trial games on 8 and 10 November. [...]
U19 + U21 – Bulls vs Sharks
The curtain raisers at Loftus today should make for some interesting rugby as the Sharks are away to the Bulls, and with three games taking place, both unions will be looking for a clean sweep. [...]
U19 Currie Cup: Sharks vs Bulls
The Sharks U19’s host the Bulls U19’s in the first of two curtain raisers before the main game. [...]
Youngsters on the move
There has been a lot of movement in the ranks of the lads currently busy writing Matric finals. Post the festivities in Plett, some of our finest rugby talent will be packing their bags and moving on from the fields where their rugby was learnt. [...]
