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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  • 851.SpringbokSarah: Reply to this comment
    17 Dec 2008, 20:29 pm

    #849 BonzaiGBS: It uses letters (x/z/v) that nobody uses so it looks odd

  • 852.BonzaiGBS: Reply to this comment
    17 Dec 2008, 20:30 pm

    #844 Desert Stormer: Bonzai Groot Blou Smil,ek is GBS se seun

  • 853.BonzaiGBS: Reply to this comment
    17 Dec 2008, 20:31 pm

    #850 SpringbokSarah: The Eagles

  • 854.SpringbokSarah: Reply to this comment
    17 Dec 2008, 20:31 pm

    Omw the CC final is on… wow Dubai is delayed!

  • 855.SpringbokSarah: Reply to this comment
    17 Dec 2008, 20:32 pm

    #853 BonzaiGBS: oh ja… but you see they not in the S14 so I would have gone with Stormers cos it’s fairly close to George

  • 856.BonzaiGBS: Reply to this comment
    17 Dec 2008, 20:33 pm

    #854 SpringbokSarah: Hey how do you put on those little faces on?

  • 857.SpringbokSarah: Reply to this comment
    17 Dec 2008, 20:33 pm

    #856 BonzaiGBS: which faces? Smile? Frown? Eye rolling?

  • 858.BonzaiGBS: Reply to this comment
    17 Dec 2008, 20:34 pm

    #857 SpringbokSarah: all of them

  • 859.SpringbokSarah: Reply to this comment
    17 Dec 2008, 20:36 pm

    #858 BonzaiGBS: Smile is : and then – and then )

    Frown is like smile but instead of ) you would use (

    and eye rolling is : and then “roll” and then :

    With out the and thens and “”

  • 860.SpringbokSarah: Reply to this comment
    17 Dec 2008, 20:37 pm

    :mrgreen:

  • 861.SpringbokSarah: Reply to this comment
    17 Dec 2008, 20:38 pm

    green face is : and then “mrgreen” and then :

  • 862.BonzaiGBS: Reply to this comment
    17 Dec 2008, 20:38 pm

    :-)

  • 863.SpringbokSarah: Reply to this comment
    17 Dec 2008, 20:39 pm

    :?: = : ? : (no spaces)

  • 864.BonzaiGBS: Reply to this comment
    17 Dec 2008, 20:39 pm

    :mrgreen:

  • 865.SpringbokSarah: Reply to this comment
    17 Dec 2008, 20:39 pm

    #862 BonzaiGBS: lol, you having fun?

  • 866.BonzaiGBS: Reply to this comment
    17 Dec 2008, 20:39 pm

    ;-)

  • 867.BonzaiGBS: Reply to this comment
    17 Dec 2008, 20:40 pm

    #865 SpringbokSarah: OOOOOOOOKAAAY i get it ;-)

  • 868.SpringbokSarah: Reply to this comment
    17 Dec 2008, 20:40 pm

    :!: = : ! : (no spaces)

  • 869.BonzaiGBS: Reply to this comment
    17 Dec 2008, 20:41 pm

    #868 SpringbokSarah: okay i get the point

  • 870.SpringbokSarah: Reply to this comment
    17 Dec 2008, 20:41 pm

    #867 BonzaiGBS: :lol:

  • 871.SpringbokSarah: Reply to this comment
    17 Dec 2008, 20:42 pm

    Sooooooo what else can you tell me? Do you play rugby?

  • 872.BonzaiGBS: Reply to this comment
    17 Dec 2008, 20:43 pm

    #871 SpringbokSarah: YYEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSS< what do you think i am?

    I love rugby

  • 873.SpringbokSarah: Reply to this comment
    17 Dec 2008, 20:44 pm

    #872 BonzaiGBS: You never know… what position?

  • 874.BonzaiGBS: Reply to this comment
    17 Dec 2008, 20:45 pm

    #871 SpringbokSarah: G2G ill be back on in 20 min

  • 875.SpringbokSarah: Reply to this comment
    17 Dec 2008, 20:45 pm

    #874 BonzaiGBS: oki doki

  • 876.BonzaiGBS: Reply to this comment
    17 Dec 2008, 20:45 pm

    #873 SpringbokSarah: Prop

  • 877.SpringbokSarah: Reply to this comment
    17 Dec 2008, 20:46 pm

    #876 BonzaiGBS: Cool

    I wanna be coach, I also wanna be coach

  • 878.BonzaiGBS: Reply to this comment
    17 Dec 2008, 20:47 pm

    #877 SpringbokSarah: ????????:?:

  • 879.BonzaiGBS: Reply to this comment
    17 Dec 2008, 20:47 pm

    :?:

  • 880.SpringbokSarah: Reply to this comment
    17 Dec 2008, 20:48 pm

    #878 BonzaiGBS: The guy I wanna be coach was on

  • 881.SpringbokSarah: Reply to this comment
    17 Dec 2008, 20:51 pm

    #880 SpringbokSarah: And I thought I’d point out the fact I also wanna be coach

  • 882.SpringbokSarah: Reply to this comment
    17 Dec 2008, 20:56 pm

    I wonder what I could do in 20 minutes… do you think I can burn down the site? But how would that work? It’s not like a book that I can touch? I could burn down one of the writers house BUT I’m in Dubai and I only no Ryan lives in CT… I wonder where Keo, JC and Pat live… I doubt it’s Dubai and even if they did how would I just walk out of the apartment at 22:50…

  • 883.SpringbokSarah: Reply to this comment
    17 Dec 2008, 21:01 pm

    #882 SpringbokSarah: I’m not a stalker… contrary to popular belief I have never stalked anybody… hell I freeze when I meet the players where am I gonna have the guts to stalk them… I only know Jean lives in Oude Westhof and Rassie lives in Durbanville 3 doors down from Frik Burger cos I read it in magazines… I think that actually might be SA Rugby magazine… which I really need to read now… I miss the you have the right to speak section and the brain game

  • 884.SpringbokSarah: Reply to this comment
    17 Dec 2008, 21:03 pm

    #883 SpringbokSarah: Doesn’t anybody want to buy it and send me some of the comments poeple wrote?

  • 885.SpringbokSarah: Reply to this comment
    17 Dec 2008, 21:06 pm

    #884 SpringbokSarah: While you’re at it you could send me my Percy Poster and Schalk Burger Boots please

  • 886.SpringbokSarah: Reply to this comment
    17 Dec 2008, 21:08 pm

    #885 SpringbokSarah: Sarah, talk me through your views on Frans Steyn

  • 887.SpringbokSarah: Reply to this comment
    17 Dec 2008, 21:08 pm

    #886 SpringbokSarah: He’s a twit

  • 888.SpringbokSarah: Reply to this comment
    17 Dec 2008, 21:10 pm

    #887 SpringbokSarah: :roll: your rugby views on Frans Steyn

  • 889.SpringbokSarah: Reply to this comment
    17 Dec 2008, 21:17 pm

    #888 SpringbokSarah: Well I feel his best position is 15 but if he really adamant about playing at 10 I’d recommend

    1. He be pulled out of the Bok set up for 2-3 years
    2. In the first year he will play Vodacom and currie cup
    3. the following year he will play S14 and be considered for Boks
    3.2 If they feel he is still not up to it he will continue and play CC
    4. The following year after the S14 and all the experience he will be ready
    5. He get a flipping good kicking coach

    But during his sabbatical Peter Grant and Ruan Pienaar will cover 10

  • 890.BonzaiGBS: Reply to this comment
    17 Dec 2008, 21:19 pm

    man you are bored

  • 891.SpringbokSarah: Reply to this comment
    17 Dec 2008, 21:20 pm

    #889 SpringbokSarah: I agree 100%!

  • 892.SpringbokSarah: Reply to this comment
    17 Dec 2008, 21:21 pm

    #890 BonzaiGBS: No I’m Sarah, you’ll get used to it… I have debates with myself

    and hold on a second I’m not done talking to myself

    #891 SpringbokSarah: I wonder why? :mrgreen:

  • 893.SpringbokSarah: Reply to this comment
    17 Dec 2008, 21:22 pm

    #892 SpringbokSarah: So what would you do with Earl Rose?

  • 894.BonzaiGBS: Reply to this comment
    17 Dec 2008, 21:22 pm

    #891 SpringbokSarah: So wats that about steyn?

  • 895.SpringbokSarah: Reply to this comment
    17 Dec 2008, 21:22 pm

    #893 SpringbokSarah: I’d tell him to jump off the pavement!

  • 896.SpringbokSarah: Reply to this comment
    17 Dec 2008, 21:23 pm

    #895 SpringbokSarah: Why the pavement?

    #894 BonzaiGBS: He should not be 10! He should be 15

  • 897.BonzaiGBS: Reply to this comment
    17 Dec 2008, 21:24 pm

    #894 BonzaiGBS: So Adriaan, do you think this girl is nuts?

    #894 BonzaiGBS: Yup but in a good way

  • 898.SpringbokSarah: Reply to this comment
    17 Dec 2008, 21:24 pm

    #896 SpringbokSarah: He’s so short, there’s no point in waisting a mountain.

    Okay I’m done

  • 899.SpringbokSarah: Reply to this comment
    17 Dec 2008, 21:25 pm

    #897 BonzaiGBS: Now that I agree with!

  • 900.BonzaiGBS: Reply to this comment
    17 Dec 2008, 21:26 pm

    #898 SpringbokSarah: Who
    Dyl or Steyn?

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