Beauty of the Beast
16 Sep 2008
Tendai Mtawarira has the potential to become one of the great loosehead props.
Beast was the success story of the recent Tri-Nations and is the future of Springbok rugby as far as the No 1 jersey is concerned. In the new issue of SA Rugby magazine, on sale Wednesday, we speak to him about his storming season and he whether he can become the new Os du Randt. Bok forwards coach Gary Gold also explains in detail what makes Beast so special.
“He is the most improved player in South Africa over the last 12 months bar none,” Gold says. “He’s come on in leaps and bounds in all departments – his fitness and conditioning, his game sense and understanding of his role. But the most notable improvement has been his scrumming. I’ve never seen a player develop so quickly in this regard. It’s phenomenal.”
Also in issue 139 of SA Rugby magazine:
– Jake White speaks out: “I have never tried to undermine Peter de Villiers or the Boks this season”
– Two victories out of six in the Tri-Nations was just not good enough for the world champions. We compile a report card for Peter de Villiers’s stint at the helm of the Boks and explain what he’ll have to do to pass the next examination with distinction
– Keo on why doubts remain about the intellectual capital and emotional intelligence of the Springbok coaching team
– Joe van Niekerk may have left for Toulon, but he wants to
play for the Springboks again. He speaks about this and what he hopes to achieve in France over the next 10 months.
– After a six-year absence from the national set-up, Adi Jacobs returned to the Test fold, manning the midfield with maturity. He reflects on his season and hits back at those critics who say he’s too small and weak on defence.
– Could privatisation be the ingredient needed to invigorate a bland Absa Currie Cup? We look at how our domestic competition would benefit from a dramatic revamp
– Frans Steyn, Ruan Pienaar, JP Pietersen, Waylon Murray, Brad Barritt – what’s gone wrong with this golden generation of backline players for the Sharks? We ask head coach John Plumtree and backs coach Grant Bashford.
– Heinrich Brussow may be small in stature but he’s set to make a big impact at the business end of this year’s Absa Currie Cup
– Nick Koster is still only 19 but his impact on Western Province this season has been sensational
– Eddie Jones on the Boks’ problems, where Peter de Villiers is going wrong, their lack of fitness, how it can be turned around quickly and why he’d want to coach them if the opportunity arose
– Neither Western Province nor the Sharks want to move into new football stadiums after the 2010 Fifa World Cup, but they may soon change their minds
– A six-month injury lay-off gave Chiliboy Ralepelle the opportunity to breathe and assess his life goals and aspirations. It also strengthened his resolve never to be a political puppet. Now he’s braced for the challenge of dragging himself up the pecking order of talented hookers until he faces his mentor John Smit in the battle for the bok No 2 jersey
– At 33, and having been out of rugby for three seasons, there were plenty who thought Robbie Deans was mad to bring rugby league star Brad Thorn back to the Crusaders. But the big man has been one of the stars of this season
* To subscribe to SA Rugby magazine e-mail kara@hsm.co.za or phone (021) 416-0141
481 Comments
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16 Sep 2008, 20:42 pm
#249 justrugby: good to have you back !
16 Sep 2008, 20:43 pm
#248 grant10: Can’t complain. Special would be pushing it. You?
16 Sep 2008, 20:44 pm
liverpool about to play marseille in champions league, could be worth a watch !!!
16 Sep 2008, 20:44 pm
#249 justrugby: Do you wear an eye patch in Pirate mode?
16 Sep 2008, 20:44 pm
#252 justrugby: What channel?
16 Sep 2008, 20:45 pm
#254 grant10:
203
16 Sep 2008, 20:48 pm
#243 grant10: Agree with you. We should have rested our players during CC but have not done that. Just watch how well the AB’s play at end of year tour. We wont look half as good. Especially with a young team I don’t think. I would rather have rested the Boks in CC and taken them on the end of year tour. Read your team above but have to find space for Kanko and maybe Rory Kockett too.
16 Sep 2008, 20:48 pm
#251 carol meredith: Tough day, missing my lady and a couple of less than thrilling business meetings! Always got tomorrow!
16 Sep 2008, 20:48 pm
#223 Puma: I think you should know the English don’t mind the Scot’s at all. We even pretend to like the bagpipes. It’s just that the Scots hate us with a passion (The English)
We just ridicule the Welsh!
16 Sep 2008, 20:49 pm
#255 justrugby: cool,thanks
16 Sep 2008, 20:50 pm
#256 Puma: kockott ,yes, a great talent,future bok,matter of time!
16 Sep 2008, 20:50 pm
#258 carol meredith: I know that. English don’t mind the Scots much but they do give them a hard time down there. Then again never as much as the Scots give the English up in Scotland. They just have such hate for you guys. I don’t understand it but it just seems that way.
16 Sep 2008, 20:52 pm
#257 grant10: I had better not be too sympathtic tonight incase they think I will be slipping round to cheer you up again!!
The Cotswolds to Cape Town how long would that take anyway?
16 Sep 2008, 20:52 pm
#261 Puma:
Even I disliked the English after watching Braveheart ….LOL
16 Sep 2008, 20:52 pm
#260 grant10: I think so. Young too I think only 20. Maybe should get a chance to tour instead of Bolla. Now with Ricky in the red (well not so with AC) maybe rest Ricky he has been playing a lot of rugby this season. Take Kockett and Ruan maybe FdP as he was rested a lot with injury.
16 Sep 2008, 20:54 pm
#263 justrugby: Hahahaha. Stodders will love that. I have many Scottish friends so maybe I side with them. Then again do have some English friends too. Just find the Scottish more friendly up there.
16 Sep 2008, 20:54 pm
#258 carol meredith: sounds complicated, i am of Irish descent, and a lot of English too. Now Justrugby is a Saffa by birth but his dad is an Englishman from Nottingham. Still lives there! Dont call him English though, he is a proud South African !!
16 Sep 2008, 20:54 pm
#262 carol meredith:
about 12 hours !!!
16 Sep 2008, 20:55 pm
#262 carol meredith: if you leave now i can pick you up in about 8 hours!! LOL
16 Sep 2008, 20:56 pm
#249 justrugby: That made me laugh.
16 Sep 2008, 20:57 pm
#267 justrugby: By plane. Still has to get a ticket though!!
16 Sep 2008, 20:57 pm
#267 justrugby: i stand corrected! LOL
16 Sep 2008, 20:59 pm
#263 justrugby: Show it to the boks 3 hours before kick off!
16 Sep 2008, 20:59 pm
#261 Puma: It’s usually sports that bring out the worst in us. We love it when the Scots loose at rugby AGAIN!
16 Sep 2008, 21:01 pm
#263 justrugby: I even disliked Mel Gibson after watching Braveheart. Was it the blue face or the terrible accent, I couldn’t decide?
16 Sep 2008, 21:01 pm
#271 grant10:
You’d have t pick her up somewhere in Angola if 8 hrs …LOL
16 Sep 2008, 21:01 pm
#272 grant10: Good one.
#273 carol meredith: I think its the football too that you hate losing to each other too. Maybe not just the rugby as England mostly beat Scotland in the Rugby.
16 Sep 2008, 21:02 pm
#275 justrugby: LOL
16 Sep 2008, 21:02 pm
#267 justrugby: just read AIG about to go down in the USA, largest Insurance Company in the USA! Scary times my man!
16 Sep 2008, 21:03 pm
#274 carol meredith:
LOL……must of been the accent !!! Angelina finds him yummy !!!!
16 Sep 2008, 21:04 pm
#275 justrugby
r Zimbabwe! What i wont do for a princess ! LOL
16 Sep 2008, 21:04 pm
#274 carol meredith: I thought he never pum on a bad Scots accent.
16 Sep 2008, 21:04 pm
#281 Puma: pum meant to be put
16 Sep 2008, 21:05 pm
#280 grant10: Going to collect anyone in Zim then you really must be brave!!!
16 Sep 2008, 21:06 pm
#278 grant10: #278 grant10: -
As you know I did the Old Trafford tour in february, the tour guide told us what AIG really means………….Alex is God !!!!! ….LOL
16 Sep 2008, 21:06 pm
#279 justrugby: Sienna Miller ,get the Dvd The Interview,,mmmm, my type personified!
16 Sep 2008, 21:07 pm
#266 grant10: Who was brave enough to leave these shores for the great unknown, your parents, grandparents or further back?#268 grant10: I quite fancy a break away………….Can I be back by Saturday to go to Twickenham. I have to see Martin Johnson play again.
16 Sep 2008, 21:07 pm
#283 Puma:
LOL….or stupid !!!!
16 Sep 2008, 21:08 pm
What time is football on justrugby?
16 Sep 2008, 21:08 pm
#287 justrugby: Yeah, Zim is a NO NO
16 Sep 2008, 21:08 pm
#22 greatest13gerber: He’s your Saviour.
16 Sep 2008, 21:08 pm
#267 justrugby: Could be 12 hours well spent!
16 Sep 2008, 21:09 pm
#285 grant10: Will get it tomorrow, have u watched The Flock yet ??
16 Sep 2008, 21:09 pm
#286 carol meredith: For me it was my great grandparents. Scottish.
16 Sep 2008, 21:09 pm
#291 carol meredith:
Without doubt !!!!!!!!
16 Sep 2008, 21:10 pm
#279 justrugby: Shame Mel is loosing his hair though!
You should see Jonny Wilkinson, he is growing a Percy tribute mane!! Probably ready for the lions tour!
16 Sep 2008, 21:12 pm
#293 Puma:
Th Scots are geat, Bill Connolly one of my favourite comedians !!!!! Rod Steward in cape town soon , will make a plan to see him !!!
16 Sep 2008, 21:12 pm
#295 carol meredith: Is JW still playing rugby? Been around now for a long time. Does England have the same problem as us finding another good 10
16 Sep 2008, 21:12 pm
Marseille just gone 1-0 up !!!
16 Sep 2008, 21:14 pm
#281 Puma: Trust me it was really embarrasing! We all squirmed!
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