I must admit, it has been hectic getting hold of Mr Craig Bruce Burden. He had a Heineken Cup final, Top 14 final and a match against his country! However Craig made time! In a massive week in his career! […]
Posts tagged with: Heineken Cup
A chat with a Toulon star
17 Jun 14 13:11 by Benedict Chanakira (bchanakira2) | 33 Comments
Shaun Sowerby joins EP Kings
1 Apr 14 09:26 by Pierre McLeod (pierre_mackie) | 21 Comments
Former Springbok and Sharks captain, Shaun Sowerby, became the newest member of the EP Kings’ coaching staff ahead of their entry into the Currie Cup Premier Division. […]
Burden move official
14 Oct 13 09:26 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 7 Comments
We all knew it, but it is now official – Craig Burden has signed with French club Toulon. […]
Lead, SA!
13 Sep 13 12:27 by Jonathan Burt (VinChainSaw) | 31 Comments
Possibly the biggest changes to the professional game are currently afoot, with South Africa sitting in the middle of what could become a fascinating tug-of-war. […]
Could North be the answer?
13 Sep 13 09:40 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 33 Comments
This really isn’t going to be a detailed piece – really more a fact-finding mission to gauge how fans would feel; perhaps it will lead to a detailed piece next week. […]
The new Super Rugby: 2016 and onwards
27 Aug 13 12:41 by Stephen Smith (StevieS) | 12 Comments
Reading the comments on Sharksworld and based on my own opinion Super Rugby is not so super anymore! It would seem that SANZAR missed the plot when they moved away from the Super 14, with some even arguing that they shouldn’t have moved away from Super 12! […]
Have a flutter on the game up north
22 Jul 13 09:08 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 7 Comments
The pride and the passion that the best players from England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland brought to the British and Irish Lions’ jersey by overcoming the mighty Australians down under illustrates the strength in depth of the domestic game in the UK and Ireland. The advent of professionalism, the newly found multinational nature of rugby union and the latest success of the Lions, mean that interest in the game worldwide has never been higher. […]
Bakkies out for 2 months
18 Dec 12 08:07 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 4 Comments
Former Springbok lock Bakkies Botha has been ruled out of rugby for up to eight weeks after fracturing an eye socket during a Heineken Cup match this weekend. […]
Botes Ulster move appears to be off
2 Jul 12 07:58 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 1 Comment
Courtesy of our friends at the Front Row Union, we’ve learned that Jacques Botes’ rumoured move to join up with Johann Muller and Ruan Pienaar in Belfast seems to have hit the skids. […]
Farewell Oom Stef
21 May 12 13:24 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 42 Comments
Former Sharks winger/fullback/centre Stefan Terblanche has called time on his career, and fittingly so, in front of a near full Twickenham in the Heineken Cup final this past weekend. […]
Irish clubs to close ranks
23 Dec 11 09:53 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 6 Comments
The Irish Rugby Football Union has passed new regulations that could seriously limit the number of foreign players eligible to represent their top three club sides. Under the new restrictions, set to come into force in time for the 2013 season, Ulster, Leinster and Munster would need to field sides comprising mostly Irish-qualified players. […]
Terblanche poised for Ulster debut
6 Dec 11 17:38 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 10 Comments
After waiting for what seems like an age for all his paperwork to be finalised, Stefan Terblanche has finally arrived in Northern Ireland and started training with his new Ulster team mates yesterday. […]
Theron names his assistants
29 Nov 11 08:18 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 18 Comments
SA Under 20 coach Dawie Theron has named his assistant coaches for the 2012 season, as a squad of 45 players gathered in Cape Town yesterday to take part in the first of a number of training camps ahead of next year’s Junior World Championship. […]
WPRU so sharp they cut themselves
18 Nov 11 10:37 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 36 Comments
The much anticipated Heineken Cup game between Saracens and Biarritz, scheduled to take place in Cape Town in January, has been relocated to London at the behest of the London club, citing in-fighting between the Western Province Rugby Union and the City of Cape Town as the reason behind the decision. […]
Heineken Cup semi-final preview: Northampton v Perpignan
29 Apr 11 23:17 by Gwyn Pratley (Hertford Highlander) | 9 Comments
James Mortimer reports on All Blacks.com that Northampton Saints, winners of the Heineken Cup in 2000, will meet the only team left in the 2010/2011 tournament not to have claimed Europe’s most prestigous domestic title. […]