The Final Frontier

It’s the opening week of the Tri-Nations and everyone is starting to think about the biggest clash in rugby. On Saturday morning 09:35 we will all be tuning in to watch this most historic battle between rugby’s greatest enemies and fiercest rivals. The Tri-Nations has to be the toughest tournament in rugby. Even [...]

Shinging in the Rain

So in all honesty, Saturday’s match was about as much fun watching as it is to eat someone else’s toenails. The drubbing that everyone expected, never materialised. Bryan Habana didn’t score 8 tries and Joost’s record is still safe for a while. The Boks won 26 – 0 and managed to score four tries – [...]

And now for some Italian

The Six Nation Champions have come and gone. Whether they earned the respect of the Springboks and the South African supporters, that Warren Gatland wanted, is debatable. I don’t think I respect them any more than I did before they arrived. No team in the Northern Hemisphere can compete in the South and nothing [...]

KP bats for the other side

I went on holiday this past weekend to the Limpopo Province. Away from civilization, away from television and newspapers, and away from sport. Except for the rugby – I watched the Wales vs SA game in Steenbokpan (population 3). When I normally leave everything behind I’m obviously quite eager to catch up on what’s been [...]

A good start

Pick me, Pick me!!

How good was it to finally watch some test rugby with your friends on Saturday after a 6 month break? Drinking a beer with your friends while watching the Springboks are always good times. The fact that I was left pretty impressed with our boys’ performance made it even better for me. [...]