Archive for February, 2008

S14 2008 – Game 17 – Stormers vs Crusaders

February 29, 2008
Posted by Deon

Forget about the queen, save the Stormers!!!
Read more »

Posted in Super 14 | 111 Comments »

New rules are being set up to fail

February 29, 2008
Posted by Rasputin

The chances of the IRB introducing the experimental law variations at the 2011 World Cup in New Zealand appear increasingly unlikely.
Read more »

Posted in ELV's, Laws and Technical Issues | 8 Comments »

S14 2008 – Game 16 – Lions vs Force

February 29, 2008
Posted by Rasputin

Lions versus Force.
Read more »

Posted in Super 14, Super 14 Fantasy League | 123 Comments »

It‘s D-Day for SA teams in the Super 14 rugby series

February 29, 2008
Posted by Rasputin

It is D-Day for several leading South African franchise teams taking part in this year‘s Super 14 rugby series.
Read more »

Posted in Super 14 | Comments Off

Sharks Have Not Forgotten a Thing

February 29, 2008
Posted by Rasputin

Do not be fooled by the Sharks’ insistence that their heartbreaking 20-19 defeat against the Bulls in last year’s Super 14 final will mean nothing when the teams meet at Loftus Versfeld tomorrow.
Read more »

Posted in Super 14 | 5 Comments »

Saders aim for SA sweep

February 29, 2008
Posted by Rasputin

Memories of two years ago, and the fact they haven’t gone through South Africa unbeaten since 2002, have the Crusaders casting a wary eye towards the Super 14 rmatch against the Stormers.
Read more »

Posted in Super 14 | 2 Comments »

Interference worries Hoskins

February 29, 2008
Posted by Deon

The more he studies the contents of the Sport Act, the more concerned SA Rugby president Oregan Hoskins becomes.
Read more »

Posted in Rugby Administration | 36 Comments »

S14 2008 – Game 15 – Hurricanes vs Chiefs

February 29, 2008
Posted by Deon

Week 3 kicks off with a New Zealand derby.  Enjoy the audio coverage at http://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/.
Read more »

Posted in Super 14 | 11 Comments »

Sports stars outshined in SA

February 29, 2008
Posted by Deon

So I notice that that parliamentarian loudmouth Butana Khompela is at it again.
Read more »

Posted in General Discussions | 17 Comments »

Stormers named for Australasia

February 29, 2008
Posted by Deon

Stormers coach Rassie Erasmus announced the names of the squad of 26 for their overseas leg of the Super 14 competition on Thursday.
Read more »

Posted in Super 14 | 5 Comments »

Mortlock re-signs for Brumbies/ARU

February 29, 2008
Posted by Deon

Wallabies captain Stirling Mortlock has committed to Australian rugby after re-signing with the Brumbies and the Australian Rugby Union (ARU) for another two years.
Read more »

Posted in Rugby Administration | 2 Comments »

Rassie wants continuity

February 29, 2008
Posted by Deon

Stormers coach Rassie Erasmus said he wanted the least disruption to the side that faces the daunting task of tackling the Crusaders at Newlands on Friday.
Read more »

Posted in Super 14 | 1 Comment »

Sharks sweat over Bismarck

February 29, 2008
Posted by Deon

The Sharks are still sweating over the fitness of Bismarck du Plessis ahead of their much-anticipated clash against the Bulls in Pretoria on Saturday.
Read more »

Posted in Super 14 | 1 Comment »

Super 14 week 3 teams & predictions

February 28, 2008
Posted by Morné

We enter week 3 of the Super 14 2008 where we hopefully will not see record defeats for South African teams like last week.
Read more »

Posted in Super 14 | 79 Comments »

You just can’t win

February 28, 2008
Posted by Deon

And here we thought we were wearing the pants. Guess again.
Read more »

Posted in Brannasnacht | 297 Comments »

Burger and Botha set bad example

February 28, 2008
Posted by Deon

Schalk Burger will be eating humble pie, no doubt, but the whole episode with his suspension should be a lesson to all of those involved in rugby: No one will ever be bigger than the game – and nor should they ever be.
Read more »

Posted in General Discussions, Rugby Administration, Super 14 | 21 Comments »

‘Players don’t have fitness for new laws’

February 28, 2008
Posted by Deon

A few years ago Eddie Jones proposed an inter-change bench of 13 to redefine the game of union, to make it that non-stop affair that will give the spectator sustained intensity but also give them an 80-minute contest played at pace.
Read more »

Posted in ELV's, Laws and Technical Issues, Super 14 | 10 Comments »

Cheats don’t prosper

February 28, 2008
Posted by Deon

Richie McCaw has dismissed talk of the Experimental Law Variations (ELVs) allowing breakdown cheats to prosper.
Read more »

Posted in Super 14 | 2 Comments »

Trinations vs Six Nations

February 28, 2008
Posted by Deon

The Hong Kong Rugby Football Union (HKRFU) said Wednesday it would lobby to host the first ever play-off between the winners of the Six Nations and Tri-Nations championships.
Read more »

Posted in General Discussions, Other Tournaments, Rugby Administration | 1 Comment »

ELV’s – so what has changed?

February 28, 2008
Posted by Morné

The ELV’s have been the flavour of the month and now those defending it have pulled out the stats.
Read more »

Posted in Columnists | Comments Off

Eastern Cape getting S14 franchise

February 28, 2008
Posted by Deon

Fasten your seatbelts, Super 14 rugby is coming the way of the East and Southern Cape. It may only be in 2010 or 2011, but the Eastern and Southern Cape regions will be represented by a team in the Super 14 competition.
Read more »

Posted in Super 14 | 12 Comments »

What is holding us back?

February 28, 2008
Posted by Morné

After the first week of games of this year’s Super 14, I told a blogger on this very site that this was about as good as it was going to get for our teams.
Read more »

Posted in Columnists | 41 Comments »

Bakkies is back

February 28, 2008
Posted by Deon

The Bulls have included their fit-again World Cup Springboks Bakkies Botha and Akona Ndungane in the team to play the Sharks at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday in a repeat of last year’s Super 14 final.
Read more »

Posted in Super 14 | 5 Comments »

One change for Cheetahs

February 28, 2008
Posted by Deon

Cheetahs coach Naka Drotske has made only one change to his starting lineup for Saturday’s Super 14 match against the Blues in Bloemfontein.
Read more »

Posted in Super 14 | Comments Off

Schalk apologise – no appeal

February 28, 2008
Posted by Deon

Rassie Erasmus has resisted any temptation he may have had to move Luke Watson back to his preferred No 6 flank position for Friday night’s Super 14 showdown against the Crusaders at Newlands.
Read more »

Posted in Super 14 | 3 Comments »

Bok coach unhappy over Dollie

February 27, 2008
Posted by Deon

Springbok coach Peter de Villiers did not mince words when he heard that Isma-eel Dollie had been excluded from the Stormers squad for their Super 14 fixtures in Australasia.
Read more »

Posted in Super 14 | 111 Comments »

Offers roll in for Schalla

February 27, 2008
Posted by Deon

Stormers star Schalk Burger, already the highest earning rugby player in South Africa, has been approached by French and English clubs Toulon and Harlequins with offers of €650 000 (around R7-million)and £450 000 (around R6-million) respectively to sign for the European clubs.
Read more »

Posted in General Discussions, Rugby Administration, Rugby Personalities | 20 Comments »

Seems everyone is struggling

February 27, 2008
Posted by Deon

The Canterbury Rugby Football Union has reported a $428,000 loss after settling a half-million-dollar taxation dispute and has been unable to pay its annual $300,000 discretionary grants to clubs.
Read more »

Posted in Other Unions / Teams, Rugby Administration, WC 2011 | 11 Comments »