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23 May 2013
Willie le Roux and Lappies Labuschagne have finally been rewarded with spots in the Springbok training group. They are two of eight that are first timers in Springbok training groups this year. The others are Gio Aplon, Trevor Nyakane, JJ Engelbrecht, Lionel Mapoe, Wiehahn Herbst and Demetri Catrakilis. The group of players will assemble in Durban for the second training camp of the year, before the final squad for the Incoming Tours is selected. Players not considered due to injury include: JP Pietersen, Jaco Taute, Frans Steyn, Johan Goosen, Duane Vermeulen, Pat Cilliers and Frans Malherbe. ... Read Article25 May 2013
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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 Article3 Dec 2007
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82 Comments
3 Dec 2007, 08:27 am
#1
3 Dec 2007, 08:30 am
Waffle is nice with syrup…
3 Dec 2007, 08:54 am
The best is a waffle from Milky Lane with ice cream and strawberries.
3 Dec 2007, 09:00 am
But Simon does not want any…
3 Dec 2007, 09:15 am
Simon
You dont want waffle, yet you send out an open invitation on this forum.
Believe me, you are going to get far worse than waffle…
3 Dec 2007, 09:32 am
More Bod
How is my friend Bertie ?
3 Dec 2007, 10:08 am
the place is dead as heaven on a Saturday night
3 Dec 2007, 10:28 am
I could send a well-written, incisive letter and beat off all competitors to win a jersey.
But I shan’t bother.
3 Dec 2007, 10:38 am
Hi Tackler
Only 3 years and 11 months to go now
3 Dec 2007, 10:45 am
why would i want a waffle when i could have ae burger!!!!
3 Dec 2007, 10:56 am
Incisive is a 50-buck word.
3 Dec 2007, 10:56 am
Tackler
Deep down you want to write that letter.
Hope NZ dont choke in 2011 as the pressure will be even more than ever before. I see some cracks there already…
I still would have preferred for the Boks to whip NZ in the final. The NZ psyche would for the next 3y 11m be that they “probably would have” beaten the Boks if they played them in the final.
But you have to feel for them. I’m sure we would also have been dillusional if we have not won it in 20 years. I of course had the privilege to see Francois Pienaar and John Smit lift that beautiful trophy.
Let me refresh your memory. Fourie dP asks referee is there’s any time left. Ref says no. Fourie realises that a kick into touch will seal it. Ref Allan Rolland (spelling?)blows the final whistle. Images of Bakkies Botha, John Smit appear and cameras search for Jake White. Then it hits me: we have done it again!!!!
3 Dec 2007, 10:58 am
Morning babe
Sorry about the lack of reply, but I logged off in order to ensure cash influx.
Bert?? I shall update you tommorrow on his lifes trials and tribulations
3 Dec 2007, 11:15 am
Hi Wedwo!!!!
3 Dec 2007, 11:49 am
Bod
“cash influx” ?? I thought it grew on trees !
Will try to find you tomorrow – am in & out in Shanghai …
3 Dec 2007, 12:00 pm
cant I get a Baabaas jersey instead?
3 Dec 2007, 12:06 pm
Look forward to it princess…
“Money growing on trees” seems to be a reflection of your sojourn to the never regions of Shanghai… n’est ce pas?
adios
3 Dec 2007, 12:08 pm
Trupi,
Nee maar jy kan n PK kry…hehehehe
3 Dec 2007, 12:19 pm
hangbal, ek sal jou `n PW gee in ruil!
3 Dec 2007, 12:23 pm
Trupi jou donner, waarmee is jy as prokerower besig vandag???
Bliksem maar daai bokke het lusteloos gelyk Saterdag man…
3 Dec 2007, 12:32 pm
hangbal
besig met maandag oggend kuk!
daai bokke was pateties gewees – kon eerder by die huis gebly het!
3 Dec 2007, 12:44 pm
I will write a letter about the stress and political pressures on world rugby’s most difficult job. That of Springbok coach.
Jake White is far the toughest man in World rugby.
3 Dec 2007, 12:52 pm
#
Hi Tackler
Only 3 years and 11 months to go now
Comment by JL1 : December 3, 2007 @ 10:38 am
bwahahahahahaa
3 Dec 2007, 13:10 pm
Tackler reckons we are World Chumps because our scratch 15 lost to the scratch Baabaas. Go figure. What does that make the quater final chumps? haha. keep your rubbish coming at least it gets a response. You sorry loser.
3 Dec 2007, 13:13 pm
tackler, write that letter man! we are all waiting with bated breath!
3 Dec 2007, 13:15 pm
A rugby jersey (+- R600) for 300 words of quality content? That’s not going rate for quality freelance writing, Simon.
Keo may get away with paying you, JC and Ryan in Ackermans vouchers, but for this kind of remuneration your letters page is likely to resemble an eat-as-much-as-you-like night at Milky Lane.
3 Dec 2007, 13:16 pm
And here we are again in the silly season it seems.
How is it possible that a whopping 1 in 5 voters on the current Keo Poll believe that the Stormers will be the top SA team in next year’s S14?
I guess they confuse a Prediction Poll with a Loyalty Poll.
My goodness, some guys are just too thick to be allowed onto the internet. What realistic justification could there possibly be to predict that the Stormers will outperform EVERY OTHER SA TEAM in next year’s tournament?
Another clear demonstration that democracy is a flawed concept, and that only the educated classes should be allowed to vote, as a matter of principle.
3 Dec 2007, 13:20 pm
tacitus, katman, keep it up guys. what a happy monday! lol!
3 Dec 2007, 13:23 pm
I agree, tacitus. That’s just stupid.
Realistically, there are only two SA teams in with a chance. Maybe the Bulls too, at a push.
3 Dec 2007, 13:26 pm
lol katman!
3 Dec 2007, 13:28 pm
not with ludicrous in charge.
3 Dec 2007, 13:33 pm
Katman
In that post you demonstrate both the necessary common sense that I’m talking about and the modicum of wit that you undoubtedly have (yet habitually stretch to its absolute limit.)
Clearly you sense the absurdity of the Stormers prediction, while at the same time your inherent dislike of the Bulls, coupled with your distaste at the general theme of my post forces you to twist the logical expectations for next year.
Which I have absolutely no problem with. In fact, I would expect as much. Because it is still vastly more justifiable than a prediction that the mix-and-match, second hand Stormers squad will end above the likes of last year’s finalists, not to mention the fast improving Lions.
Despite my best intentions, the actions of the average members of the human race do nothing to change the low expectations I have of and for them.
3 Dec 2007, 13:33 pm
#27
“What realistic justification could there possibly be to predict that the Stormers will outperform EVERY OTHER SA TEAM in next year’s tournament?”
3 Dec 2007, 13:38 pm
luke watson!
3 Dec 2007, 13:39 pm
gcobani bobo!
3 Dec 2007, 13:39 pm
the wp front row!
3 Dec 2007, 13:40 pm
Dr Ruck!
3 Dec 2007, 13:40 pm
Rangerman!
3 Dec 2007, 13:40 pm
uh,………the third force!
3 Dec 2007, 13:42 pm
naa tacitus, too old, too slow, too smart is the rangerman! he will stick with the sharkies!
3 Dec 2007, 13:42 pm
I for one cannot wait to see how the Bulls perform with Ludeke at the helm.
I dont think they will make the semis in 2008.
The Sharks will probably be the SA team to beat.
3 Dec 2007, 13:44 pm
There are some uncomfortably big words in your post, tacitus, but if I understood correctly you said:
- I’m clever and funny
- The Stormers are kak
- You don’t like people
3 Dec 2007, 13:44 pm
#41 as long as we beat you I be happy.
3 Dec 2007, 13:47 pm
katman! dammit, you are making me laugh man!
3 Dec 2007, 13:47 pm
Katman
Right on the first two counts, partially right on the third.
3 Dec 2007, 13:57 pm
only problem i have with your theory tacitus, is the “educated” german masses voting hitler in.
3 Dec 2007, 14:03 pm
I will write a letter about what it’s like to blog on this bloody website.
Tacitus my old foe. Stirring the pot again.
3 Dec 2007, 14:05 pm
“Another clear demonstration that democracy is a flawed concept, and that only the educated classes should be allowed to vote, as a matter of principle.
Comment by Tacitus : December 3, 2007 @ 1:16 pm ”
Bloody nerve.
3 Dec 2007, 14:05 pm
howdy dawn! how goes it your side/ hope the weather in the cape is a little better.
3 Dec 2007, 14:06 pm
While your on it Tacitus, it seems that the voting here is rigged in no small way. I have never, except once on some Bob Skinstad issue, voted on this site.
Yet, I am constantly, meaning every day, every single day, that “I have already voted”. There goes.
What is a blogger to think other than that these reslults are cooked like stock to reflect what some may want others to believe.
From here one can only surmise that the 20% Stormers (from 5 teams) always vote, or that 80% of bloggers here are actually ‘throwing’ their own vote.
3 Dec 2007, 14:06 pm
Dawn
Bubble, bubble, toil and trouble…or something like that. Been a long time since high school.
3 Dec 2007, 14:06 pm
rangerman
The weather in Cape Town sucks.
Bloody barking global farking warming.
Every time I pack my freaking boots away it starts raining.
3 Dec 2007, 14:09 pm
#52 trust me, the weather in CT is not the only thing that sucks!
3 Dec 2007, 14:09 pm
The predictable Stormers optimism is actually an amusing, annual reality on this site.
And it’s never a case of “Well, last year we were **** (lost 75-14 against some teams), but this year we’re gonna go to at least mid-table!”
Oh no, it’s always “The Stormers are gonna smoke everyone!”
As I said, it would be funny if it wasn’t so sad.
3 Dec 2007, 14:11 pm
boots dawnie? now that sounds interesting lol!
ja well, after the weather finishes with you, it heads to us here in durbs so i use you kaapenaars as an early warning sytem!
3 Dec 2007, 14:11 pm
Tacitus
Re the Stormers, I agree.
One Rassie does not a summer make.
3 Dec 2007, 14:12 pm
and shooter, i have the same problem! i feel like an mdc supporter!
3 Dec 2007, 14:13 pm
c’mon tac, the fans are ever hopeful! i mean us sharkies havent had any silverware in ages. no prizes for finishing second all the bleddy time are there?
3 Dec 2007, 14:16 pm
rangerman – rather have nothing than the wooden spoon each year!!
3 Dec 2007, 14:18 pm
theres a wooden spoon trup? dammit, i could stir the pap with it, i could eat soup, i could spoonfeed the pc, i could eat pasta…..etc etc
we got nothing, NOTHING!
3 Dec 2007, 14:20 pm
mdc, movement for da cup?
3 Dec 2007, 14:21 pm
something like that!
3 Dec 2007, 14:22 pm
I have a wooden spoon “made in WP”
3 Dec 2007, 14:24 pm
60, you could whack your kids with it also (won’t help if they’re older than 10)
3 Dec 2007, 14:25 pm
rangerman
you have the satisfaction of NOT having the kukkest team in SA!
Another thing you dont have = Luke Watson. That should make you a bit happier!
3 Dec 2007, 14:26 pm
ja shooter, i was going to add that in but i wasnt sure if it is still legal (and i believe in psychological warfare as a means of discipline).
3 Dec 2007, 14:28 pm
10 Years the Bulls spent at the bottom of the S12/S14 log
And now mister Frans Ludeke is ready to take them back to middle ages and their fans are following like rats in the Pied Piper of Hamelin down this path of no return
3 Dec 2007, 14:30 pm
#66 its legal in Kimberley
3 Dec 2007, 14:30 pm
lol, trup i am feeling a lot better now thanks man! just a matter of perspective isnt it? oh ja, in my earlier post i was incorrect, if anything will help the stormers win the S14 this year it will be the anti-third force, commonly referred to as the gravy sauce, or cheeky farce or political mors!
3 Dec 2007, 14:31 pm
JL1, that was a little skoppie-like! but ja, they be in da deep sh#t!
3 Dec 2007, 14:32 pm
rangerman
3 Dec 2007, 14:33 pm
Hey do not call me skoppie ever!!!
Frans Ludeke and Kobus v d Merwe are swopping notes as we speak
Win one, Lose one, Win one , Lose one or Ludeke can do what he did with the Cats Lose, Lose Lose Lose Lose Lose
3 Dec 2007, 14:50 pm
sorry JL1, just kidding!
3 Dec 2007, 14:52 pm
Ranger no worries
I am just glad as a Stomers fan that Ludeke is levelling the playing fields
3 Dec 2007, 15:00 pm
lol JL1, ludicrous should do that nicely. by the way, anyone heard from pietman? that headbutt chap seemed a little bent?
3 Dec 2007, 15:00 pm
I feel so snubbed.
3 Dec 2007, 15:01 pm
c’mon dawnie, no snubbing going on here nubbin!
3 Dec 2007, 15:01 pm
#74 don’t speak too early
3 Dec 2007, 15:08 pm
Having reviewed your posts, Tackler, I must admit that you are capable of incisive posts, but your strike rate is not great. I calculate it as about 5%. Still they are usually worth waiting for and bring on a chuckle which the majority of contributors are incapable of comprehending. Love Ya…. sometimes.
Love The Shaghai Doctor.
PS When will the RSA win a tournament that is important to more countries than the RWC? Only Fiji have ever won it other than the other mob.
3 Dec 2007, 15:23 pm
aidoc what are you talking about? which tournament do you refer to? 7′s? its entertaining but like T20, not the real deal.
3 Dec 2007, 15:31 pm
Comment by greatest13gerber : December 3, 2007 @ 1:44 pm
We’ll just have to wait and see.
I hope the Bulle lose more than they win in 2008.
In other words, i hope you have a season like the Lions always have.
3 Dec 2007, 17:28 pm
Re Ludeke!
Is it 100% certain, because I have not seen anything official’ from the Bulls?
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