I just could not let this pearl of a column from JJ Harmse pass by…
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I just could not let this pearl of a column from JJ Harmse pass by…
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Nuwe Springbok afrigter, Heyneke Meyer, gesels met Hanlie Retief van Rapport oor sy drome, planne en hoe hy al van skooldae af geweet het hy sal eendag die Springbokke afrig.
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Springbok rugby legend Naas Botha on Monday said he saw no reason why current coach Peter de Villiers could not remain part of the Bok set up.
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The leader of the Stormers, Schalk Burger, is the right man to take over the captaincy of the Springboks.
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A world club championship is on the cards after the 2015 Rugby World Cup, Premiership chief executive Mark McCafferty has claimed.
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The Golden Lions Rugby union on Thursday hit back at rumours on social media and websites that they are bankrupt.
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According to news reports from the United Kingdom, a ‘violent breakaway’ from current rugby controlling bodies to form a new global league may not be too far off.
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Saracens boss Edward Griffiths says the South African Rugby Union (SARU) should consider playing its international rugby in the Northern Hemisphere in future.
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Rugby is in danger of muscling out the flair and skills that have made it such a great game, according to Argentina’s leading points scorer and former captain Hugo Porta.
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I came across the really interesting piece written by an author who obviously follows NFL first and got introduced to rugby union second.
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Respected sport scientist and long standing friend of RuggaWorld, Dr. Ross Tucker, offers his views on the Rugby World Cup and specifically referees and how their performance is damaging the game’s credibility.
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There seems to be no respite for the IRB as opinions from respected rugby experts slamming the organisation and its referees continues to dominate Rugby World Cup headlines.
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Current Springbok coach, Peter de Villiers, received some sympathy from an unlikely source – World Cup winning coach Jake White.
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Just as the dust started to settle on the unsuccessful defence by the Springboks of their Rugby World Cup title, respected sports science guru, Professor Tim Noakes has dropped another bombshell.
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I had to re-post this article here because as I read it, I wondered why no respected SA journalist could come up with a fitting tribute like this.
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MIKE Miller, the chief executive of the IRB, has given 10 out of 10 for this year’s Rugby World Cup tournament as eight teams prepare to play out the finals. This is a strong vote of confidence in the host union for the tournament, the NZRU.
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Paddy O’Brien, the IRB’s head of refs, told me before the start of the tournament that no World Cup had ever been decided by the man in the middle.
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Brian Moore: so New Zealand are protecting world rugby, are they? What a fraud
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A major attempt to end, or at the very least curtail, the problems associated with one of the most boring phases of rugby is being made by a former Australian prop forward.
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Former Springbok prop Ollie le Roux says there should be no place for John Smit in South Africa’s 22-man line-up.
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As focus now shifts the the oldest domestic competition in the world, JJ Harmse contemplates who will walk away as ABSA Currie Cup champions in a Rugby World Cup year.
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You don’t need to be a scrum guru to figure out why the Stormers (and most SA scrums) have buckled against teams like the Crusaders.
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I came across this brilliant piece by Tom Dawson-Squib on Rugby365 where he highlights just how frail we are as a sporting nation – enjoy.
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In his Sport24 column, JJ Harmse, believes there is simply too much rugby at the moment and that South Africa and New Zealand have been conned by the Aussies.
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The captaincy of Victor Matfield was a crucial factor in the Bulls’ Super Rugby victory over the Stormers at Newlands on Saturday, coach Frans Ludeke believes.
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Eddie Jones is mystified that no World Cup teams will be using Sherylle Calder’s expertise during their campaigns.
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Springbok coach Peter de Villiers believes Sonny Bill Williams’s game is “high risk” and “against rugby principles”.
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Never short of a word and never afraid to speak his mind, former Bok and current Italian coach, Nick Mallett, believes the Rugby World Cup might come down to sentiment and referee favouritism more than ability, as Peter Bills reports for the New Zealand Herald.
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