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13 May 2013
Duane Vermeulen is out of the June Tests. Stormers strong man Duane Vermeulen returned home from the Stormers Super Rugby tour because of injury and conservatively won't play again until July. It could be that he is out for the remainder of the Super Rugby season as well because of knee ligament damage. Stormers loose-forward Rynhardt Elstadt is also out for at least six weeks as the Cape-based franchise's season went from bad to worse in Sydney. Vermeulen, Meyer's first choice No 8, will be nursed back to action for the Rugby Championship in August. His injury means a likely Bok start ... Read Article21 May 2013
JP Pietersen is set to miss the remainder of the Super Rugby season. Pietersen left the field of play in the Sharks’ victory over the Force, their final tour game. Pietersen’s scans revealed that the winger, who did duty at outside centre, will require surgery to rectify a groin injury. Pietersen was playing in the 13 jersey following a serious injury to Paul Jordaan and Tim Whitehead not taking part in rugby this season to date. Pietersen’s injury is a big loss for the Sharks, yet the bigger problem is which player will wear the 13 jersey this weekend against the Bulls. The Bulls ... Read Article25 Apr 2013
Jan Serfontein, the player of last year's under 20 World Championship, will head the baby Boks defence in France. Serfontein and Kings wing Sergeal Petersen are two Super Rugby regulars to make Dawie Theron's squad and brilliant flyhalf Handre Pollard is another to play in a second successive tournament. Theron's squad lost a three-match series 2-1 to Argentina in Argentina. Serfontein, Petersen and Western Province's Cheslin Kolbe did not play in those matches. Bulls loose forward Ruan Steenkamp is captain. Serfontein and Pollard are the only two squad members from last year's ... Read Article14 May 2013
All Blacks coach Steve Hansen has selected several uncapped Blues players in his training group. Hansen confirmed 38 names and this included many from the potent Blues backline. The Highlanders, despite only winning one match in this year's Super Rugby competition, have six players in the group. An obvious area of weakness is at hooker where Hansen has selected veterans Andrew Hore and Keven Mealamu and Canes Dane Coles. Options are limited and it certainly is a concern for New Zealanders. No overseas-based players were considered, as it is NZRFU policy. Among the uncapped players ... Read Article15 May 2013
French coach Philipe Saint-Andre has included three South African-born players for the three-Test series against the All Blacks in New Zealand. Racing Metro flank Bernard le Roux and Clermont prop Daniel Kotze join Antonie Claassen in a squad that includes eight new caps. Fijian-born Clermont winger Noa Nakaitaci is among the newcomers. Saint-Andre has rested flyhalf Francois Trinh-Duc, but included Toulon's Frederic Michalak. France play world champions New Zealand on June 8, 15 and 22 in Auckland, Hamilton and New Plymouth respectively. French super club Toulon's foreign dominance ... Read Article5 Mar 2013
MARK KEOHANE writes the Varsity Cup in its first year rocked. Since then it's just another professional tournament. The Varsity Cup may have the innovation of doing a few things differently, but what was supposed to be a celebration of student rugby somehow just seems like another tournament, in which the traditional power houses remain the traditional strengths in the tournament. Much has been made of the Port Elizabeth-based Nelson Mandela University display this season and equally there has been bewilderment at how poor Shimlas have been. But it seems the old one two of Stellenbosch University ... Read Article12 May 2013
Marcus Watson scored in extra time to beat the Blitzbokke in the London World Series Sevens Cup quarter-finals. The teams were level 14-all at full time. Watson's try came four minutes into extra time. England won 19-14. England had the chance to win the match with the last play of the game in normal time. They were awarded a penalty and opted to take a drop kick for goal. It missed. Watson then rounded off a move after England had retained possession for two minutes. South Africa suffered further embarrassment when they lost for a second time in the tournament to the USA and were eliminated ... Read Article8 Jan 2013
Limpopo will play in the Vodacom Cup as a separate side for the first time this year. The region, which is a sub-union of the Blue Bulls Rugby Union, has been granted a place in the tournament in its own rights to help foster rugby in South Africa’s far north. They join the 14 provincial unions as well as the returning Pampas XV from Argentina in the tournament, which kicks off in the second week of March and concludes in mid-May. The Polokwane-based Limpopo team will play in the North Section of the competition, along with the Blue Bulls, Golden Lions, Griffons, Leopards, Pumas, Valke ... Read Article1 Feb 2006
The Hamilton Hornets, a Canadian club, is desperately looking for a new head coach.
However, with rugby being such a small sport in Canada they are battling to fill the position. Apparently, there just aren’t enough coaches to go around and good coaches are hard to find.
The Hornets are looking into visas and travel arrangements for a South African to come and coach for a season or two.
Anyone who is interested can send their CV to peter.vanzyl@sympatico.ca
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JP Pietersen is set to miss the remainder of the Super Rugby season. Read More
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The Rugby Football Union has turned down a proposal from their Welsh counterparts to stage the 2015 World Cup pool match between England and Wales in Cardiff. Read More
Marcus Watson scored in extra time to beat the Blitzbokke in the London World Series Sevens Cup quarter-finals. Read More
French coach Philipe Saint-Andre has included three South African-born players for the three-Test series against the All Blacks in New Zealand. Read More
All Blacks coach Steve Hansen has selected several uncapped Blues players in his training group. Read More
36 Comments
1 Feb 2006, 12:03 pm
peter van zyl. did he change the spelling of his first name?
1 Feb 2006, 12:04 pm
Rudolf Strooilie?
Kevin Putt?
Rudi Joubert?
lol
1 Feb 2006, 12:17 pm
Hyena v Rooyen and the rest of his appointed pack.
1 Feb 2006, 12:18 pm
RC,
Have a look at this:
Question Andre Nel’s parentage and sexuality all day, if it’s good for a laugh. And remind all the players that you know what single men do for gratification on tour when their wives are back home. South African crowds will do the same over there next month.
All sportsmen need a thick skin. But it doesn’t matter what colour it is. As Makhaya Ntini said: “You can swear at me, you can tell me my Mum is a so-and-so, but when it comes to those words nobody can take it. As South Africans we are united now. We are singing one song and we play sport with one heart.”
1 Feb 2006, 12:23 pm
Andre Nel is great. The SA cricket team is dull without him.
1 Feb 2006, 12:30 pm
Sheeesh Redcard – no need to send poor Canada back to the dark ages.
1 Feb 2006, 12:31 pm
I nominate Kobus VD Merwe think he is ideal for the job.
1 Feb 2006, 12:32 pm
Boys when the Aussies are here remember to ask Gilcrist if Michael Slater really did get hold of his wife and how their son is doing.
I see Hayden said that nothing would upset them, I’m sure this would.
1 Feb 2006, 12:35 pm
Redcard, what does that have to do with Matthew Hayden?
1 Feb 2006, 12:37 pm
i nominate the most underrated coach in SA.
Chester Williams
BWAHHAAHHAAHAHHAHAAHHAAHA
1 Feb 2006, 12:37 pm
He said that nothing the public say whilst they are here would upset them, I beg to differ, The UCB PR had to calm them the last we asked the question.
1 Feb 2006, 12:37 pm
Or Paul Treu!!!
lol
1 Feb 2006, 12:39 pm
Red card
Good one !!
1 Feb 2006, 12:41 pm
yip, i think that their boys need to be given the full treatment when they tour. Its only fair, i mean **** if that fat little warnie fruitcake isn’t ripe for the picking; i dont know. I reckon that is one ego that can be splattered big time, and those surfer-boy highlights, do me a favour.
1 Feb 2006, 12:46 pm
cab, a friend of mine met him and says the perception most ppl have of him is true. he is one arrogant oke!!!
let me rather not call him names, Ig might just ban me. lol
redcard, so thats the reason Michael Slater all of a sudden got dropped from the Aussie team, even though he was averaging in the high 40′s in tests. lol
1 Feb 2006, 12:56 pm
Slater was struggling in the Ashes series in ’01. Langer scored a century as his replacement, which ended Slater’s test career. He copped a lot of rubbish in the press (they even followed him around the club circuit).
1 Feb 2006, 13:02 pm
Slater seemed fine and the aussies were crazy to drop him, great batsmen, fantastic eye.
wpw – yip cant say i’d mind terribly if someone cut him down a peg or two. Pity Brian Mac’s not still around.
1 Feb 2006, 13:38 pm
Poster at the cricket:
Master Gilchrist, Who’s your daddy?
1 Feb 2006, 13:40 pm
Hey Keo you should be careful of what you allow these pinheads to say on your forum.
These false allegations about Gilchrist first appeared on an Ozzie cricket website , Gilchrist sued the site and won. From memory it cost them 150,000
1 Feb 2006, 13:45 pm
Crickets best sledges…
Daryll Cullinan and Shane Warne.
As Cullinan was on his way to the wicket, Warne told him he had been waiting 2 years for another chance to humiliate him. “Looks like you spent it eating,” Cullinan retorted.
1 Feb 2006, 13:50 pm
BTW Cab and others, its always a pity to spoil a good scandal story but Slater suffers from Bipolar disorder and has serious back problems, he quite simply could no longer play at that level.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/Cricket/Slater-tells-my-bipolar-disorder/2005/03/13/1110649059785.html
1 Feb 2006, 13:56 pm
Cry me a river Harry Dampers, Slater was and still is a c$ckhead, his commentating is almost as bad as Bill Lawry.
More sledges:
Mark Waugh
Can’t remember the player or the exact details but went something like Mark Waugh standing at second slip, the new player to the crease playing & missing the first ball. Mark – “Ohh, I remember you from a couple years ago in Australia. You were sh*t then; you’re f**king useless now”.
Kiwi Player to Mark Waugh
Kiwi – (Turning around) – “Yeah, that’s me & when I was there you were going out with that old, ugly sl*t & now I hear you’ve married her. You dumb c**t”.
1 Feb 2006, 14:00 pm
What has his commenting got to do with it Bryce?
1 Feb 2006, 14:06 pm
His biased commentating further reiterates what a **** he is.
1 Feb 2006, 14:09 pm
bryce, who isn’t biased?
1 Feb 2006, 14:09 pm
So what has that got to do with the reasons he stopped playing?
1 Feb 2006, 14:14 pm
Brumby… Tony Grieg commentating when RSA are winning… LOL
1 Feb 2006, 14:28 pm
Tony Greig is confused. He is a fan of all three teams in the VB series
1 Feb 2006, 15:03 pm
Yeah I find it amusing when, as hard as he tries to remain objective, as soon as the Saffa’s are in a good position he becomes really excited and just can’t hide it, no matter how hard he tries.
Good ol’ Tony
1 Feb 2006, 15:32 pm
To Harry wears Pampers,
Since when can you sue somebody for asking a question? Read my post carefully and go and clean your undies.
1 Feb 2006, 16:33 pm
oxymorons:
1) deafening silence
2) military intelligence
3) talented SA coach
1 Feb 2006, 22:31 pm
tony greig makes me laugh my *** off, at least he says the odd controversial thing, even if he doesn’t realise its not terribly PC, i dont think he means a thing by it.
Harry,
As for Slater had no idea why he stopped, cheers for the detail. Bladdy hell bipolar, looked positively dull, thqt lithium must be strong ****. Anyway, thought he was impartial and good as a commentator during the ashes despite the poms trying to bait him when on top. As a batsman, great ball stroker, ditto for Gilchrist (unfortunate choice of words).
However, I think Warnie is a royal tosser and that Ponting, Mgrath, Hayden and Langer are ugly losers, which is a very unfortunate trait.
2 Feb 2006, 08:38 am
Cab, what has Langer said to get the tag of “ugly loser?”
2 Feb 2006, 08:52 am
Give them Chesthairs
He is probably the worst coach in the country, with a bad attitude to back it all up.
Putt could be the guy that runs on with the oranges at half time. All he is good for.
Tackler could be the teams mascot. Poor little chicken run tosser.
2 Feb 2006, 14:46 pm
brumbyIV,
fair enough, have no real problem with langer.
2 Feb 2006, 15:39 pm
I nominate myself. I wish I could go and teach those Canadians how to play rugby. I would need a bit of help with the backline though, allthough backline play is pretty straight forward, thats why backline players are usually +- braindead.
Contact me Hornetts, Im your man.
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