“I remember Paris in ’16…. two strong clubs taking to fields of green.” Something like that, anyway. […]
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Parisienne Walkouts
Alberts gets Bok call
Willem Alberts has been called up to the Springbok squad, replacing the injured Lood de Jager. […]
Off goes Omar
The Sharks have just announced the departure of defence coach Omar Mouneimne, who has been granted an early release from his contract to take up employment with Stade Francais in Paris. […]
Alberts to leave Sharks
Sharks CEO John Smit has confirmed at least one senior player departure, revealing to The Witness that Willem Alberts will indeed move to Paris to join Stade Francais later in the year. […]
A Foreign Affair
After reading an article about rugby professionals leaving their country of birth to play for an adopted country, whether through residency or ancestral lineage, and how it’s diluting the game, I decided to put down some of my own thoughts. […]
Kings bag Sharks pair
Tim Whitehead and Hansie Graaff will turn out for the newly-promoted EP Kings in this year’s Currie Cup. […]
Gerber adds steel to Sharks’ Currie Cup front row
Moving swiftly to plug the gaps in their Currie Cup playing roster, the Sharks seem to have secured the services of former Bulls tight head prop Rayno Gerber for the duration of the season. […]
Bosman linked with French switch
French team Stade Francais have announced the signing of Sharks utility back Meyer Bosman on a two-year deal. […]
Steyn heading to Paris
It’s been confirmed that Bulls and Bok flyhalf Morne Steyn will play for Stade Francais in Paris on conclusion of this year’s Super Rugby tournament. […]
Steyn to leave Bulls
Bulls and Springbok flyhalf Morne Steyn will leave the Bulls at the end of the Super Rugby season. […]
Steyn to play in France?
MornĂ© Steyn has been linked with a move to Stade Francais, in the French Top 14. […]
Another lock going up North
Yet another South African lock has packed his bags to look for greener pastures elsewhere, after a fourth Cheetahs lock has decided to head north to France. […]
Gerber leaves Bulls (again)
There’s a long-held tradition of forward supremacy up in fairest Tshwane, or so we’re told, with dominance up-front generally considered to be the major (if not only) focal point of the Bulls’ game plan. All but the most fervent of die-hards would concede, though, that it’s been some time since the Bulls had a set of props that were genuine world-beaters in their own right. […]
Kankowski exit rumours rubbished
It’s silly season up in Europe, with every Super Rugby player who isn’t literally nailed to the floor being linked with a move to some-or-other French club ahead of the new European season. […]
Bulls are a few years late if aiming to shock in pink
They say that most trends tend to catch on in Pretoria a few years late and in the case of the Bulls “out there” decision to play in a “shocking” pink away jersey, this couldn’t be more true. […]