Southern extravaganza

Southern extravaganza

15 Dec 2008

Three of South Africa’s Super 14 franchises should feel confident about a top-six finish in the coming 2009 tournament.

The SA Rugby magazine team analyse all 14 sides and their prospects for the new season, and how various arrivals and departures will affect the dynamic of the respective squads. The Sharks are looking strong while the Stormers are set to build on their solid 2008 performance. The Bulls cannot be discounted, but unfortunately it looks as if the Lions and Cheetahs will struggle to finish mid-table yet again.

The latest edition includes a detailed preview on each franchise as well interviews with the five South African coaches.

Also in the new mag:

- Ruan Pienaar reveals his thoughts on the switch from scrumhalf to flyhalf, why Butch James is his hero, and how filling Percy Montgomery’s boots as the premier Springbok goal-kicker is no easy task

- We review the Boks’ 2008 season highlighting the success in the UK but underlining a few shortcomings that require attention ahead of the Lions tour

- BJ Botha and John Plumtree offer their views on why the John Smit tighthead experiment requires further time before assessment

- Brad Barritt, Wikus van Heerden, Joe van Niekerk and Ross Skeate report back on their recent playing experiences in Europe

- All Blacks great Anton Oliver learns there’s life after rugby as he pursues his studies at Oxford

- Turning of the Tide: SA Rugby examines what Sanzar needs to do to keep the Super 14 competition fresh and vibrant

- In an edited chapter of Monty, learn how Percy Montgomery was mismanaged by coach Harry Viljoen at an internally divided Western Stormers franchise and how James Small proved an unlikely source of inspiration

- Plus: Club and Schools rugby, as well as world-class columnists in Jake White, Mark Keohane and Mark Hinton


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  • 551.Dyl: Reply to this comment
    15 Dec 2008, 21:42 pm

    #545 grootblousmile: good girl Saartjie

  • 552.BonzaiGBS: Reply to this comment
    15 Dec 2008, 21:42 pm

    #543 Dyl: Hey Dyl, just remember, my dad raised me to stand up for myself. thats why i take **** for no one.

  • 553.carol: Reply to this comment
    15 Dec 2008, 21:42 pm

    #538 grootblousmile: I really don’t really notice him. Off my radar…….
    Did you see Skop pulling my leg about Percy last night?

  • 554.carol: Reply to this comment
    15 Dec 2008, 21:43 pm

    #537 SpringbokSarah: Guns is not a phrase we use here! I get the picture though!

  • 555.carol: Reply to this comment
    15 Dec 2008, 21:44 pm

    #546 SpringbokSarah: Sarah a small version of GBS, hey you must have been tempted!! :-)

  • 556.grootblousmile: Reply to this comment
    15 Dec 2008, 21:44 pm

    #549 carol: Nope……… was an early night for me…….. Handbriekie had to rub my back with Arnica Gel due to the sun.

    Saartjie’s probably going to squeek about my massage habits again now…. watch !

  • 557.SpringbokSarah: Reply to this comment
    15 Dec 2008, 21:44 pm

    #548 BonzaiGBS: So let’s say you were the one dating me. You would beat Luke Watson up (a close friend of mine) if he told you to be good to me or he’ll beat you up? Would you beat everybody up who said that?

  • 558.SpringbokSarah: Reply to this comment
    15 Dec 2008, 21:45 pm

    #551 carol: Not all… no offence BGBS

  • 559.BonzaiGBS: Reply to this comment
    15 Dec 2008, 21:46 pm

    #546 SpringbokSarah: Hey, dont worry, he probly didnt mean it……….he gets ahead some times

  • 560.Dyl: Reply to this comment
    15 Dec 2008, 21:47 pm

    #553 SpringbokSarah: : Let’s not, how about that? You’ve been in Dubai too long, I demand you come home now, you can stay with me.

  • 561.carol: Reply to this comment
    15 Dec 2008, 21:47 pm

    #552 grootblousmile: The over 40′s should only sleep in bed didn’t you know that LOL
    The under 20′s find overage *** distasteful!!!! Hehehe

  • 562.carol: Reply to this comment
    15 Dec 2008, 21:48 pm

    #552 grootblousmile: How is your back and bruise on your bum today btw?

  • 563.SpringbokSarah: Reply to this comment
    15 Dec 2008, 21:48 pm

    #552 grootblousmile: EEW much!

    #555 BonzaiGBS: lol… isn’t is awkward blogging with your dad?

    #556 Dyl: Come fetch me. Where will I sleep?

  • 564.BonzaiGBS: Reply to this comment
    15 Dec 2008, 21:49 pm

    #553 SpringbokSarah: I dont take kindly to threats.
    If he had to threaten me. I wound would have to tell him to mind his own business.

  • 565.SpringbokSarah: Reply to this comment
    15 Dec 2008, 21:50 pm

    #560 BonzaiGBS: Do you have any idea how many people have now threatened Dyl? Your dad is one of them btw

  • 566.BonzaiGBS: Reply to this comment
    15 Dec 2008, 21:50 pm

    #559 SpringbokSarah: not realy……………I take it as bonding with him.

  • 567.Dyl: Reply to this comment
    15 Dec 2008, 21:52 pm

    #558 carol: Thank you Carol

    #559 SpringbokSarah: You can sleep with me

    #560 BonzaiGBS: Dude, I asked her out twice before she said yes, I ain’t gonna tick her off by telling her father/ god father /god brother/ her best friends to back off

  • 568.SpringbokSarah: Reply to this comment
    15 Dec 2008, 21:53 pm

    #562 BonzaiGBS: ok… I hate it when my dad just checks the site

    #563 Dyl: I’m not going to sleep with you!?!?!?!

  • 569.grootblousmile: Reply to this comment
    15 Dec 2008, 21:54 pm

    #559 SpringbokSarah: BonzaiGBS is my buddy….and my son….

  • 570.Dyl: Reply to this comment
    15 Dec 2008, 21:55 pm

    #564 SpringbokSarah: not like that sweety. You can take my bed and I’ll take the couch

  • 571.SpringbokSarah: Reply to this comment
    15 Dec 2008, 21:56 pm

    #565 grootblousmile: aww that’s sweet

    #566 Dyl: Don’t be silly, keep your bed…

  • 572.K9_BaasPatrolliehond: Reply to this comment
    15 Dec 2008, 21:57 pm

    Mmmmmm….gaan lekker hier

  • 573.SpringbokSarah: Reply to this comment
    15 Dec 2008, 21:57 pm

    K9, big dog? Why so quiet?

  • 574.Dyl: Reply to this comment
    15 Dec 2008, 21:58 pm

    #567 SpringbokSarah: So where you gonna sleep?

  • 575.BonzaiGBS: Reply to this comment
    15 Dec 2008, 21:58 pm

    #563 Dyl: you know, some times it taks a real man to stand to people you love. but when you stand up to the people you love’s family it shows that you realy love them.

  • 576.grootblousmile: Reply to this comment
    15 Dec 2008, 21:59 pm

    #568 K9_BaasPatrolliehond: Naand Brak…. klaar die bure moeg geblaf ??

  • 577.K9_BaasPatrolliehond: Reply to this comment
    15 Dec 2008, 22:00 pm

    #571 BonzaiGBS: Hello Bonzaitjie!!!!#569 SpringbokSarah: Been busy

  • 578.Dyl: Reply to this comment
    15 Dec 2008, 22:00 pm

    #571 BonzaiGBS: I don’t know boet Sarah is very close with the Watsons, if I hurt him I would have hurt her

  • 579.BonzaiGBS: Reply to this comment
    15 Dec 2008, 22:00 pm

    #573 K9_BaasPatrolliehond: ja oom hoe gaan dit?

  • 580.K9_BaasPatrolliehond: Reply to this comment
    15 Dec 2008, 22:01 pm

    #572 grootblousmile: Jis jis…….die tefies moes hardloooopppppp!!!!

  • 581.BonzaiGBS: Reply to this comment
    15 Dec 2008, 22:01 pm

    #574 Dyl: Who said you have to hurt him????????????

  • 582.K9_BaasPatrolliehond: Reply to this comment
    15 Dec 2008, 22:02 pm

    #575 BonzaiGBS: Baie goed. Jou pa al vir jou ‘n Leeu truitjie gekoop?

  • 583.SpringbokSarah: Reply to this comment
    15 Dec 2008, 22:02 pm

    #570 Dyl: in Dubai babes

    #571 BonzaiGBS: No he did the right thing, if he had told Luke to mind his own business I would have told Dyl that I was no longer his business and dumped him

  • 584.carol: Reply to this comment
    15 Dec 2008, 22:02 pm

    #573 K9_BaasPatrolliehond: Hi, hoe gaan dit? woken up now?

  • 585.SpringbokSarah: Reply to this comment
    15 Dec 2008, 22:03 pm

    #573 K9_BaasPatrolliehond: Yeah I so feel the love

  • 586.grootblousmile: Reply to this comment
    15 Dec 2008, 22:03 pm

    #576 K9_BaasPatrolliehond: Lol….. het jy ‘n tefie gevang ??

  • 587.K9_BaasPatrolliehond: Reply to this comment
    15 Dec 2008, 22:05 pm

    #580 carol: Hallo Carol!!!! Yes Im on the go……..somebody stop me!!!! hehehehe How r u?

  • 588.Dyl: Reply to this comment
    15 Dec 2008, 22:05 pm

    #577 BonzaiGBS: I threatened my sister’s boyfriend too. Guys who are protective of girls do that. And I know what he means, many people have told me to be good to her… they’re right she is really special… I mean a hot tallented girl who likes rugby? How often do you come across that?

    #581 SpringbokSarah: Feel my love

  • 589.BonzaiGBS: Reply to this comment
    15 Dec 2008, 22:06 pm

    #579 SpringbokSarah: But if he said it in a reasonable manner to just to say he cares about you but to also say i dont like to be threatened would be good.

  • 590.K9_BaasPatrolliehond: Reply to this comment
    15 Dec 2008, 22:06 pm

    #582 grootblousmile: Jinnetjie jong….maar die goed kan vir jou vinnig hardloop ****. hehehe

  • 591.jerimiyah: Reply to this comment
    15 Dec 2008, 22:07 pm

    jerimiyah used to be a bull frog, now he’s just a toad who thinks he might be a rolling stone

  • 592.SpringbokSarah: Reply to this comment
    15 Dec 2008, 22:07 pm

    #584 Dyl: Always… but I need more love here in Dubai… I’m alone most of the day

  • 593.carol: Reply to this comment
    15 Dec 2008, 22:07 pm

    #583 K9_BaasPatrolliehond: Good thanks, just how do we stop you?

  • 594.grootblousmile: Reply to this comment
    15 Dec 2008, 22:07 pm

    #586 K9_BaasPatrolliehond: Hardloop haar in ‘n hoek vas man………. dan gooi jy mielies !

  • 595.jerimiyah: Reply to this comment
    15 Dec 2008, 22:08 pm

    any rugby going on here?

    thought as much

    so who can really blame them?

  • 596.carol: Reply to this comment
    15 Dec 2008, 22:08 pm

    #587 jerimiyah: “That gathers no moss”….

  • 597.SpringbokSarah: Reply to this comment
    15 Dec 2008, 22:09 pm

    #585 BonzaiGBS: I don’t know, Dyl how was Luke’s tine of voice?

    #587 jerimiyah: lmao

  • 598.BonzaiGBS: Reply to this comment
    15 Dec 2008, 22:09 pm

    #584 Dyl: you are right, but you still need to stand up for your self dude…………. i dont mean it in a bad way.but it could look like your hiding behind your girl friend.

  • 599.carol: Reply to this comment
    15 Dec 2008, 22:09 pm

    #591 jerimiyah: We can only discuss Heineken Cup as there is not alot happening in S.A rugby as you may have noticed!
    Hey, be nice to me tonight…….my Percy thing is lighthearted!

  • 600.Dyl: Reply to this comment
    15 Dec 2008, 22:10 pm

    #588 SpringbokSarah: Should I be worried?

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