It’s true, some of my best friends support the Sharks and I promise you that I am not saying it like an admission of guilt or the way a father would tell a colleague at work that his only daughter has just gotten married – to an Australian! […]
Posts tagged with: Earl Rose
Some of my best friends are Sharks Supporters…. (Confessions from a Lion)
1 Aug 12 12:52 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 38 Comments
Rose without a Garden
10 Nov 11 08:50 by Iza Loubser (Ice) | 92 Comments
I beg your pardon, I never promised you a Rose garden…Griquas will not be renewing Earl Rose’s contract. […]
Viljoen left at home for Griquas clash
7 Sep 11 14:58 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 13 Comments
Griquas have named their team to face the Lions in Johannesburg in the Friday night fixture, and will see more backline shuffling after Riaan Viljoen has been left at home. […]
Pretorius returns for Griquas
17 Aug 11 15:09 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 7 Comments
Top Super Rugby try-scorer, scrumhalf Sarel Pretorius, will start for Griquas against the Blue Bulls on Friday as he marks his return from injury. Pretorius will make his first appearance of the Currie Cup season in a strong Griquas side. […]
Griquas team to face the Sharks
3 Aug 11 15:33 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 33 Comments
Griquas have named their team to face the Sharks in Kimberley on Friday night, with a few changes to the side that beat the Pumas last weekend, a game that could have gone either way had the Griquas team not built up quite such a big lead. […]
New halfbacks for Griquas
27 Jul 11 09:10 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 8 Comments
Still reeling from their big loss against the Lions, Abrie Minnie’s Griquas side have been dealt a double blow ahead of their round 3 Currie Cup encounter with the Pumas, in Nelspruit on Friday evening. […]
Earl Rose now a Stormer
27 May 11 08:51 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 122 Comments
Peter Grant has been ruled out of the Stormers’ match against the Brumbies tomorrow and will be replaced by Kurt Coleman, who was bracketed in along with Grant when the team was announced. […]
Downey named to face former team
31 Mar 11 08:01 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 18 Comments
Former Sharks loose forward Justin Downey will face his old teammates for the first time on Friday as he continues his good run in the Griquas number 7 jersey. […]
Rose brothers go AWOL
27 Sep 10 13:11 by Wesley Weber (wpw) | 21 Comments
Errant Springbok Earl Rose can almost certainly kiss goodbye any hopes of a new contract offer from the Lions, after he went AWOL at a Sevens tournament at the weekend. […]
Rose says no to Leopards, waiting for Bulls offer
13 Sep 10 18:44 by Andre Bosch (KSA Shark ©) | 64 Comments
Forgotten Springbok Earl Rose could pay dearly for the fatal decision to turn down an offer to play Currie Cup rugby with the Leopards. […]
Cheetahs: ‘Keep Rose and his baggage’
23 Jun 10 15:55 by Wesley Weber (wpw) | 35 Comments
No thanks! That is the unequivocal message from the Free State Cheetahs to the agent trying to peddle enigmatic Springbok utility Earl Rose to them, in exchange for fellow Bok tourist Ashley Johnson. […]
How PdV stumbled upon Grant
25 Apr 10 15:22 by Andre Bosch (KSA Shark ©) | 30 Comments
Springbok coach Peter de Villiers was probably engaging in a spot of double-bluffing when he claimed to have a secret flyhalf – who wasn’t Ruan Pienaar – up his sleeve as backup to Morne Steyn early in the Super 14. […]
Dick wields the axe
7 Apr 10 13:46 by Wesley Weber (wpw) | 70 Comments
Dick Muir has made the decision to drop a number of underperforming players and has relegated them to the Vodacom Cup team to face the Pumas on Friday. […]
Earl ‘The Tiger’ Rose axed!!
24 Mar 10 11:13 by Wesley Weber (wpw) | 66 Comments
So it has finally happened!!
Earl Rose has been dropped from the Lions starting XV for their upcoming match against the Highlanders. According to reports on most rugby websites, Earl has been the Lions’ weakest defensive player since the competition kicked off (as if we didn’t know this already) […]
Muir is full of surprises
10 Feb 10 19:23 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 55 Comments
Dick Muir has named his team to take on the Stormers this weekend and to say that the new Lions boss has made some surprising selection would be somewhat of an understatement. […]