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


948 Comments

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  • 701.SpringbokSarah: Reply to this comment
    15 Dec 2008, 23:08 pm

    guys if you make me laugh any more I’m gonna fall off this couch

  • 702.BonzaiGBS: Reply to this comment
    15 Dec 2008, 23:11 pm

    #695 K9_BaasPatrolliehond: Neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eina. EK SPEEL

  • 703.BonzaiGBS: Reply to this comment
    15 Dec 2008, 23:11 pm

    #696 grootblousmile: gaan pa, ek sal vir jou op sluit

  • 704.grootblousmile: Reply to this comment
    15 Dec 2008, 23:12 pm

    #698 BonzaiGBS: More slaap jy weer jou roes af…….. dan operate ek al weer…….. kom nou…. ek sluit jou toe innie kantoor !

    Flok !

  • 705.SpringbokSarah: Reply to this comment
    15 Dec 2008, 23:13 pm

    roflmao guys you are killing me

  • 706.BonzaiGBS: Reply to this comment
    15 Dec 2008, 23:14 pm

    #700 grootblousmile: Ek will ok die movie klaar kyk.

  • 707.K9_BaasPatrolliehond: Reply to this comment
    15 Dec 2008, 23:14 pm

    #698 BonzaiGBS: I phoned them already…..any blue lights outside?

  • 708.grootblousmile: Reply to this comment
    15 Dec 2008, 23:15 pm

    #699 BonzaiGBS: Nee, ek gaan jou OP SLUIT……. jussie !

  • 709.K9_BaasPatrolliehond: Reply to this comment
    15 Dec 2008, 23:16 pm

    #704 grootblousmile: Hehehehe GBS…..sluit hom daar toe.

  • 710.BonzaiGBS: Reply to this comment
    15 Dec 2008, 23:16 pm

    #703 K9_BaasPatrolliehond: this is brakpan, they probly got raped by the kids

  • 711.grootblousmile: Reply to this comment
    15 Dec 2008, 23:18 pm

    #705 K9_BaasPatrolliehond: Hy sal kuk aanjaag in my kantoor………

  • 712.SpringbokSarah: Reply to this comment
    15 Dec 2008, 23:18 pm

    I was about to say the couch is vibrating the way I was laughing but I just got a phone call…

  • 713.BonzaiGBS: Reply to this comment
    15 Dec 2008, 23:19 pm

    # SpringbokSarah: are you still there?

  • 714.K9_BaasPatrolliehond: Reply to this comment
    15 Dec 2008, 23:19 pm

    #707 grootblousmile: Vetel vir hom van daai ou tannie se gees wat daar rondhang na middernag.

  • 715.SpringbokSarah: Reply to this comment
    15 Dec 2008, 23:19 pm

    #709 BonzaiGBS: on the couch? No. Online? Yes.

  • 716.carol: Reply to this comment
    15 Dec 2008, 23:20 pm

    I always think Angelina Jolie has funny lips!

  • 717.grootblousmile: Reply to this comment
    15 Dec 2008, 23:21 pm

    #710 K9_BaasPatrolliehond: Ek sal Brakpan se 2 kleinste sussies op hom sit….. dan kuk hy !

  • 718.SpringbokSarah: Reply to this comment
    15 Dec 2008, 23:21 pm

    #712 carol: Yeah me too…

    That reminds me: a woman today asked me who did my lips!

  • 719.BonzaiGBS: Reply to this comment
    15 Dec 2008, 23:21 pm

    #710 K9_BaasPatrolliehond: coooooooooooooooll

  • 720.carol: Reply to this comment
    15 Dec 2008, 23:21 pm

    However I will accept she has great legs!

  • 721.grootblousmile: Reply to this comment
    15 Dec 2008, 23:22 pm

    #712 carol: Yeah but I like them funny lips….

  • 722.carol: Reply to this comment
    15 Dec 2008, 23:22 pm

    #714 SpringbokSarah: You what?

  • 723.carol: Reply to this comment
    15 Dec 2008, 23:23 pm

    #717 grootblousmile: Trout Pout!

  • 724.BonzaiGBS: Reply to this comment
    15 Dec 2008, 23:23 pm

    #714 SpringbokSarah: Huh?

  • 725.K9_BaasPatrolliehond: Reply to this comment
    15 Dec 2008, 23:24 pm

    #712 carol: When I see her I see her dad…same mouth. I will always be thinking Im kissing John Voight :roll:

  • 726.BonzaiGBS: Reply to this comment
    15 Dec 2008, 23:24 pm

    #714 SpringbokSarah: are you using a laptop?

  • 727.carol: Reply to this comment
    15 Dec 2008, 23:24 pm

    #721 K9_BaasPatrolliehond: Probably a bit off puttting if you ever get her “in a corner” then!!

  • 728.SpringbokSarah: Reply to this comment
    15 Dec 2008, 23:24 pm

    #718 carol: I think she has funny lips… she must go through a whole tube of lip-stick every day

  • 729.SpringbokSarah: Reply to this comment
    15 Dec 2008, 23:25 pm

    #722 BonzaiGBS: Yup. Why?

  • 730.BonzaiGBS: Reply to this comment
    15 Dec 2008, 23:25 pm

    #721 K9_BaasPatrolliehond: Hy is n moer lelik man

  • 731.K9_BaasPatrolliehond: Reply to this comment
    15 Dec 2008, 23:25 pm

    #715 BonzaiGBS: Wait till u really see her. Wont be that cool.

  • 732.grootblousmile: Reply to this comment
    15 Dec 2008, 23:26 pm

    #722 BonzaiGBS: Flok Bonsie…. kom nou, jou pa wil gaan doedoe….

  • 733.K9_BaasPatrolliehond: Reply to this comment
    15 Dec 2008, 23:26 pm

    #723 carol: Very!!!!!

  • 734.carol: Reply to this comment
    15 Dec 2008, 23:26 pm

    #724 SpringbokSarah: Imagine the expense! How does Brad cope?

  • 735.BonzaiGBS: Reply to this comment
    15 Dec 2008, 23:26 pm

    #725 SpringbokSarah: I feel sorry for the laptop……..:smile:

  • 736.SpringbokSarah: Reply to this comment
    15 Dec 2008, 23:26 pm

    #720 BonzaiGBS: She thought I had collagen

  • 737.BonzaiGBS: Reply to this comment
    15 Dec 2008, 23:27 pm

    #728 grootblousmile: gaan slaap pa.

  • 738.SpringbokSarah: Reply to this comment
    15 Dec 2008, 23:27 pm

    #730 carol: She can afford it… I think he likes it though

    #731 BonzaiGBS: Still safely in my hands

  • 739.K9_BaasPatrolliehond: Reply to this comment
    15 Dec 2008, 23:27 pm

    #732 SpringbokSarah: Huh? Is that painful????

  • 740.carol: Reply to this comment
    15 Dec 2008, 23:28 pm

    #729 K9_BaasPatrolliehond: Close your eves and think of “Yelena” who ever she is?
    Who is she?

  • 741.BonzaiGBS: Reply to this comment
    15 Dec 2008, 23:28 pm

    #730 carol: Its like trying to make out with a rock on your face

  • 742.carol: Reply to this comment
    15 Dec 2008, 23:29 pm

    #732 SpringbokSarah: No its genetic!

  • 743.carol: Reply to this comment
    15 Dec 2008, 23:29 pm

    #737 BonzaiGBS: Great picture that! Stick to what nature intended…..it just feels better!

  • 744.SpringbokSarah: Reply to this comment
    15 Dec 2008, 23:30 pm

    #735 K9_BaasPatrolliehond: I wouldn’t know. My lips are all natural

    #736 carol: good question

    GBS what on earth are you still doing here!

  • 745.BonzaiGBS: Reply to this comment
    15 Dec 2008, 23:30 pm

    #734 SpringbokSarah: Hey this sounds strange but my lips are really red and i have been asked a few times if i wear lipstick

  • 746.carol: Reply to this comment
    15 Dec 2008, 23:31 pm

    GBS are you trying to slip away?

  • 747.grootblousmile: Reply to this comment
    15 Dec 2008, 23:32 pm

    #740 SpringbokSarah: Bonsie is sitting, planted, in MY OFFICE…. you don’t understand… I’m possessive over my office !

  • 748.SpringbokSarah: Reply to this comment
    15 Dec 2008, 23:32 pm

    #738 carol: lol, it’s not my mom’s side though

    #741 BonzaiGBS: rofl…my teachers do that to me at school… flip it’s annoying

  • 749.K9_BaasPatrolliehond: Reply to this comment
    15 Dec 2008, 23:32 pm

    #736 carol: The world pole vault champion and record holder. U can google her ;)

  • 750.grootblousmile: Reply to this comment
    15 Dec 2008, 23:33 pm

    #742 carol: Yeah… but Bonsie has no intention of vacating my office….. I think I need to wrestle him out of here…

    Eishhhhhhh, big job !

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