Archive for May 31st, 2010

Boks scary, but no need for panic

May 31, 2010
Posted by Boertjie

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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Ominous signs from the Boks

May 31, 2010
Posted by Boertjie

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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Welshbok wins the Toaster

May 31, 2010
Posted by Boertjie

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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‘No grounds’ for Schalk’s whine

May 31, 2010
Posted by Boertjie

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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Jean and CJ joins Stormers

May 31, 2010
Posted by Morné

Test veterans Jean de Villiers and CJ van der Linde will join the Stormers Super 15 campaign next year.
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Stormers cheated out of fair contest

May 31, 2010
Posted by Morné

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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Stormers have bright future – Meyer

May 31, 2010
Posted by Morné

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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Boks have clean bill of health

May 31, 2010
Posted by Morné

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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Bosman heading for Durbs?

May 31, 2010
Posted by Morné

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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