The Cheetahs, facing a must-win game at Loftus in the Currie Cup this weekend, are hoping that their Bok trump-card, prop Coenie Oosthuizen, will be passed fit to play some role against the Blue Bulls. […]
Posts tagged with: Kabamba Floors
Cheetahs banking on Coenie
19 Sep 12 06:41 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 2 Comments
Brussow, Strauss return for Cheetahs
6 Sep 12 09:27 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 5 Comments
The Cheetahs have been forced to make changes to their loose trio for this weekend’s game against the in-form Western Province, after both Frans Viljoen and Kabamba Floors suffered injuries against the Sharks last week. […]
Brussow in line for return
4 Sep 12 08:32 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | Comment?
There’s a bit of a silver lining to Naka Drostke’s loose forward injury cloud this week, with the news that Heinrich Brussow is expected to be fit to face Western Province in the Currie Cup this week. […]
New halfbacks among several Cheetah changes
16 Aug 12 08:30 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 2 Comments
Free State coach Naka Drotske has wielded a heavy axe after his side’s poor performance against the Lions in round 1 of the Currie Cup, with a new halfback combination perhaps the most significant of the changes made as the team prepares to take on the Blue Bulls in Bloemfontein.. […]
Floors handed lifeline
21 Jun 12 09:06 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 12 Comments
Kabamba Floors has been given a lifeline on what seems to be a flagging rugby career, with Volksblad reporting that Cheetahs coach Naka Drotské is giving the 31 year old flanker the chance to prove his fitness ahead of the Currie Cup season. […]
Hoffmann out for 10 weeks
31 May 11 08:09 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 43 Comments
Sharks scrumhalf Conrad Hoffmann has been ruled out for ten weeks, after rupturing ligaments in his elbow during the first half of Saturday’s game against the Waratahs. […]
Cheetahs have Bulls in their sights
18 May 11 07:27 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 2 Comments
It may not seem like much, but so effective has been the resurgence displayed by Naka Drotske and his Cheetahs side since returning from their Antipodean tour that they are now starting at the distinct possibility of a respectable mid-table finish in this year’s Super Rugby competition. What’s more, it won’t take all that much for them to finish above last year’s Super 14 champions, the Bulls. […]
Just the Numbers
14 Apr 11 06:45 by Andre Bosch (KSA Shark ©) | 108 Comments
Just before the halfway stage of the competition, lets have a look at the player numbers. […]
Friendly results roundup
5 Jul 10 07:00 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 12 Comments
Most of the top sides who will contest the Currie Cup trophy this season played friendly matches against First Division opposition this past weekend. […]
Griquas to the rescue
13 Apr 10 10:00 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 9 Comments
A trio of Griquas players – two of them midweek Boks – are expected to make the Cheetahs side against the Crusaders this weekend as an increasingly desperate Naka Drotske looks to avoid yet another massive defeat on tour. […]
Cheetahs lose another Bok
12 Apr 10 06:00 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 14 Comments
Springbok loose forward Lukas “Kabamba” Floors has been found guilty of a tip tackle and banned for five weeks. […]
Francois Uys’s season is over
19 Aug 09 11:59 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 61 Comments
Promising Cheetahs number 8 Francois Uys will play no further part in their 2009 campaign, having ruptured a knee ligament in a freak training ground accident earlier this week. Kabamba Floors will take over from Uys for this weekend’s game against Boland. […]
Cheetahs shatter Sharks’ dream
12 Apr 09 07:22 by Andre Bosch (KSA Shark ©) | 21 Comments
The Cheetahs, for so long the bogey team of the Sharks, have done it again. It took them nine long weeks, but the men from Bloemfontein scored their first win of the season in beating the Sharks comprehensively, 31-6, on Saturday. […]
Juan Smith concussed again
2 Mar 09 06:56 by Andre Bosch (KSA Shark ©) | 29 Comments
The Cheetahs’ nightmare Super 14 tour of Australasia has gone from bad to worse. They will tackle the three remaining matches without inspirational captain Juan Smith. […]
Breedt not yet a Cheetah
29 Jul 08 07:24 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 5 Comments
The Free State Cheetahs might have lost flank Heinrich Brüssow to injury for at least a month, but the impressive form of two Cheetahs rookies will have eased the pain considerably for assistant coach Helgard Muller. […]