Lions CEO Manie Reyneke today laid an official complaint against the Sharks regarding their decision to play Willem Alberts last night. […]
Posts tagged with: Louis Ludick
Lions lay complaint about Alberts, Ludik
Are you in or out?
Presently, the Lions are locked in a number of legal battles, not releasing players to play elsewhere after their contracts apparently have more loopholes than Holland’s dykes. […]
Fourie leaves the Lions
Jaque Fourie has been found to be without a legal and binding contract with the Lions and is now free to sign with Western Province with immediate effect. […]
Lions to lose Alberts, gain Meyer
Lots of little birdies whispering conflicting stories in my ear at the moment – all to do with the Lions. […]
What’s going on at the Coke Tin?
Amazingly enough, while there should be so much focus on the four teams that actually made the Currie Cup semis, it’s the Lions that seem to be grabbing the headlines. […]
Mossie’s Lions contract is “not a contract”
How’s this for a bizarre turn of events? It turns out that Jaque Fourie doesn’t really have a contract with the Lions after all – or at least, that’s what his lawyer, Frikkie Erasmus, believes. […]
Should Adi play 12 for the Sharks?
If the talk is to be believed, Adrian Jacobs is poised to take over from the departing Jean de Villiers at inside centre for the Springboks. It’s hardly surprising, given that Bok coach Peter de Villiers used Jacobs at 12 back in the duo’s Valke days, with great success. […]
Pienaar is our flyhalf
One of our regular readers, jarsonx, pointed out an interesting article that appeared on the Beeld website two days ago. It’s in Afrikaans, so for those of you not comfortable in that language, I’ll summarise it here and provide my rebuttal. […]
Anyone keen for Currie?
Hey guys – the Currie Cup kicks off this weekend. Here are a few snippets of news. […]
Double blow for Emerging Boks
The Emerging Springbok team was dealt a double blow on Thursday, with the news that two key players – fullback Louis Ludik and flyhalf Burton Francois – have both been ruled out of the encounter with the British and Irish Lions. […]
Big Willem’s season is over
Lions number 8 Willem Alberts has paid a heavy price for the deft chip that set up the Lions’ first try against Free State last weekend. The burly loose forward went over badly on his ankle in the process and the resulting ligament damage will see him play no further rugby this season. […]