THIS year’s Super14 final between the Bulls and the Stormers had a one-minute 39-second, all-hell-breaking-loose start to a thunderous match. Your favourite scribe from abroad gives his views.
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THIS year’s Super14 final between the Bulls and the Stormers had a one-minute 39-second, all-hell-breaking-loose start to a thunderous match. Your favourite scribe from abroad gives his views.
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VIEW FROM OZ The New Zealand Rugby Union chiefs are hovering around Sonny Bill Williams as if they’ve just unearthed another Colin ”Pinetree” Meads. The South Africans are in a similar state of frenzy, showing off the best they have to offer – and it is quite impressive – during a quality Super 14...
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A bit late with the news, but the toaster goes to WELSHBOK, who got the final score of 25-17 to the Bulls spot on. Veels geluk!
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SANZAR will only on Tuesday decide whether to act on statements by the Stormers’ captain Schalk Burger and coach Allister Coetzee about the handling of the match by referee Craig Joubert, but statistics to a large degree prove the Stormers allegations to be groundless.
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Test veterans Jean de Villiers and CJ van der Linde will join the Stormers Super 15 campaign next year.
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I KNOW northern and southern hemisphere rugby is played to different laws, but I never knew that the northern and southern discrepancy applied to South African rugby.
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The Stormers may have lost Saturday’s Super 14 final to the Bulls, but Heyneke Meyer is predicting a bright future for the team from Cape Town.
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The Springbok squad to face Wales in a one-off Test in Cardiff on Saturday, June 5 was cleared to tour ahead of their departure for the United Kingdom.
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Meyer Bosman, who will be on the Springboks’ substitute’s bench for Saturday’s Test against Wales in Cardiff, may soon play for the Sharks.
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Soweto might get to see even more high-profile rugby this year if the Lions make good on a plan to host their Springbok Test at Soccer City. “Proper use of white elephants.”
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Nothing kills the joy of soccer like a bunch of wailing vuvuzelas. This instrument, which emits a sound akin to that of a goat on the way to slaughter, is now at the centre of a growing row in international football, writes MONDI MAKHANYA.
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Stormers captain Schalk Burger did not endear himself to officialdom with his ungracious post-match outburst, after the Stormers lost 17-25 to the Bulls in the Super 14 Final at the weekend. “He penalized one team and coached the other” – Allister Coetzee
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THERE was certainly a buzz about the Super 14 final. Perhaps that’s because it was played inside a beehive. Just when you thought it wasn’t possible for South Africans to be any more annoying, they up and surprise you.
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Lions have announced a dream team of coaching staff for the Currie Cup campaign… now they just need a few players…
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Hardly anybody ever agrees with the rating of players, so here you can have a go at the job done by Rugby365.
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The Bulls beat the Stormers by 25-17 to claim their third Super 14 trophy in their historic final at the Orlando stadium.
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After 15 weeks of planning, plotting and playing it comes down to this: An 80-minute resolute and unwavering arm-wrestle for the most prized possession outside of the Test arena.
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Okay seeing as i am one of the few neutral supporters in this wekeend’s final as usual (a situation I am rather frustrated about) I have decided to see if we can stir the pot a bit.
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UPDATE: PROBLEM WAS WITH STEYN’S AGENT Frans Steyn has confirmed his availability for the Springboks in their Test match against Wales in Cardiff on June 5, following a meeting with Springbok coach Peter de Villiers on Friday.
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Arthob Petersen announced his resignation as Springbok manager.
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“Why would I apologise for . . . something that’s true?” All Black great Andy Haden last night refused to back down from his claims of racial quotas in rugby and said he wouldn’t resign as a Rugby World Cup ambassador.
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OK, let’s have your prediction for the Great SA Super Final. We’ve upped the prize: this time you can win a Four Slice Toaster!
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Springbok flyhalf Gaffie du Toit, who scored 108 points for South Africa in 11 tests, and 153 points for the Springboks in other matches, has decided to hang up his boots.
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Melbourne Rebels announced today the signing of Veteran Super Rugby prop, Nic Henderson and Chiefs’ lock, Kevin O’Neill.
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Ulster have completed a major transfer coup with the signing of South African utility back Ruan Pienaar on a two-year deal.
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MATT BURKE FANCIES CAPE SIDE Why are those guys such bullies, Dad?” Even a seven-year-old girl can understand the Stormers’ tactics: What they lack in finesse they try to make up for with brawn. And they’ll need all of it against the Bulls in the Super 14 final.
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KIWI VIEW Graham Henry would give to have Springbok coach Pieter de Villiers’ selection headaches.
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Players and fans in the black rugby stronghold of South Africa’s Eastern Cape say officials have broken promises to get their local side into Super Rugby.
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