Rob Houwing from Sport24 believes Peter de Villiers will be the master of his own demise.

The trouble with being branded whingeing losers and the like is that when there is actually valid reason to whinge, you suddenly stop doing so.

Bob Dwyer has done it again. After clearly upsetting referee’s boss, Paddy O’Brien with his views that the All Blacks are unfairly favoured by referees Dwyer has no re-inforced the point on his website which includes some statistics.

In his latest newsletter Mark Keohane, a sports journalist who at one stage was part of the Springbok setup under Rudolps Straeuli believes the current situation surrounding Frans Steyn can only be resolved by one person, Frans Steyn.

Prof. Tim Noakes in a letter to Regan Hoskins writes that the Springboks are headig for WC disaster becaue they are too old, tired and unfit.

It’s been a hard time for referees lately, but SARU’s Refereeing Manager, André Watson, has never been one to shy away when the going gets tough. This week, he answers readers’ questions in BOKzine.

Consistency.
It is a wonderful word. One too often misinterpreted by referees across the world when it comes to this wonderful game.

Springbok assistant coach, Gary Gold, gives a frank assessment of the Springboks disastrous tour Down-under and how they plan to fix things.

The national coach and team are SARU’s most precious asset… so why not back the team… and why let old Boer mentalities dictate their reaction to Anglo-Saxon discrimination?

Given the recent scrutiny of the tip or spear tackle, I found this very good piece by Rugby 365’s Paul Dobson who discusses the offence at length.

John is too slow, Victor is past it, Ricky is rubbish, Morne is average, Meisiekind is anonymous and Kirchner is not of international class.  These are the frank views Australian World Cup winning coach Bob Dwyer gave of the Springboks.

Two recent performances from the Springboks have raised some serious questions about the team that should take us to World Cup success next year, and whether the current crop has hit the ceiling, or still has a lot to offer Bok rugby.  We asked Dr. Ross Tucker, an expert in the field of sport science [...]

The Springbok brains trust have reacted sensibly in their tweaking of the engine room to recapture lost respect against the All Blacks at Wellington on Saturday.

Perhaps its just me, but I can’t wait for the Fifa World Cup to end so we can get back to some bone-crunching action on the rugby field.

Are the Wallabies being properly conditioned for the Tri Nations Tests?
Article by Bruce Ross