With Sunday’s historic Super Rugby clash at Twickenham only ending at 6pm, the Sharks team was always going to be in a big rush to get to Heathrow Airport in time for their 9pm departure back to South Africa. I was quite pleasantly surprised, then, to see that John Plumtree managed to make the time to address the gaggle of assembled media types shortly after the final whistle. […]
Posts tagged with: British Press
Reflections on one hell of a match
29 Mar 11 07:00 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 161 Comments
Div doing Bakkies no favours
29 Oct 10 10:58 by Andre Bosch (KSA Shark ©) | 23 Comments
Within days of changing media managers, Bok coach Peter de Villiers has shown yet again that he cannot seem to keep his foot out of his mouth. […]
Winning the game, but not the kudos
29 Jun 09 09:03 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 149 Comments
Am I the only one left with a distinctly hollow feeling after the Boks’ somewhat fortuitous series-winning effort against the Lions this weekend? Don’t get me wrong, it was an exciting match from start to finish, but the nature of the victory, coupled with some frankly boorish gutter journalism from both camps after the fact, has left a pretty sour taste in my mouth. […]
Boks top the UK pops
24 Nov 08 06:36 by Andre Bosch (KSA Shark ©) | 25 Comments
New respect: that’s what Springbok rugby commands from the British press after their record 42-6 thrashing of dazed and damned England at Twickenham. […]