A nation of champions
23 Dec 2009
South African rugby’s trophy cabinet has never been this full.
Click here to subscribeWhile the Boks finished the year on a disappointing note, it didn’t change the fact that in 2009 they added the Tri-Nations trophy, Lions series trophy, Freedom Cup and Mandela Plate to the Webb Ellis Cup that they won in 2007. The Bulls, of course, claimed the Super 14 title for the second time while the Springbok Sevens team finally got their hands on the World Series trophy.
To celebrate these achievements, SA Rugby magazine assembled all of the above silverware and took a unique cover photo that makes its new bumper 150-page edition a collector’s one.
Also in the new issue:
– Andries Bekker on his injury nightmare, learning from Victor Matfield and why the Stormers are better off without Luke Watson
– Why selection and tactical blunders were to blame for the Springboks’ disastrous European trip
– Jaque Fourie on shrugging off life’s disappointments, his contract dispute with the Lions, and mentoring Juan de Jongh at the Stormers
– Why the Southern Kings will only see Super Rugby if Saru makes some strong decisions and there is unity between the three provincial unions that make up the franchise
– Over a pint of Guinness, Munster centre Jean de Villiers talks about broadening his horizons, chirping Ronan O’Gara and his plans to return to South Africa in 2010
– A South African coach, South African businessman and a clutch of South African players have reversed the fortunes of Saracens
PLUS: Your ultimate guide to the 2010 Super 14 – all the teams, stats and facts
JP Duminy is on the cover of the new SA Cricket magazine. Click here for more
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26 Dec 2009, 21:59 pm
999
26 Dec 2009, 22:00 pm
1000
26 Dec 2009, 22:00 pm
OK there done 1000 posts
All happy now?
26 Dec 2009, 22:01 pm
1001, !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
26 Dec 2009, 22:03 pm
@XhosaKid: Dial-up a little bit slow?
26 Dec 2009, 22:40 pm
Hooray 1000 posts
26 Dec 2009, 22:44 pm
yo xhosakid, just got to this party joe @ psj! ****! The women in here, STUPENDOUS!!! everuone seems to be recession free, cocktailsfor the honeys, single malts for the fellas, Transkei Rocks!!
26 Dec 2009, 23:00 pm
@Transformation: Great succes story that Transkei, stunning place Mtata, ehhhhh, Nottttt!!!!
26 Dec 2009, 23:19 pm
@JL1: yeah you know this, where you see ruins, we see opportunity! Holla @ ya boy!
26 Dec 2009, 23:22 pm
@Transformation: Well if those pits are your scene, enjoy, just scrub up after spending time there
26 Dec 2009, 23:55 pm
@JL1: this is the essence JL…touch base with the ancestors then fan out to make that cheese dawg….
26 Dec 2009, 23:59 pm
@1008 so in essence nothing has changed still loading sheep in the back of the BMW
27 Dec 2009, 00:09 am
@JL1: Is Transie in a lap dancing club or something?
How very odd to be blogging and oggling!!
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27 Dec 2009, 00:13 am
@JL1: make it a Range Rover Sport…you need to keep up with me son!
27 Dec 2009, 00:20 am
@Transformation: I thought Toyota Land Cruisers were the best 4X4 for sheep rustling?
27 Dec 2009, 00:21 am
@carol: ha ha ha carol, it’s like being @ b&i lions match at loftus, the only difference is that the ratio of women to men is 6:1 and instead of brandy & coke it’s veuve cliquot…gotta love it…
27 Dec 2009, 00:24 am
@Transformation: 1014 I have developed a taste for Bollinger this year, so I know where you are coming from!
Sounds like a great ratio if you are male…..don’t tell this lot or they will be flooding in and will upset the balance!
27 Dec 2009, 00:26 am
@carol: not when u’re an ambitious Transkeian…lol
27 Dec 2009, 00:41 am
Lets head for 2000 now!
27 Dec 2009, 00:42 am
1018….
27 Dec 2009, 00:42 am
@WP_: Actually it took alot of effort and fighting to get this far!!
27 Dec 2009, 10:11 am
@carol: haha. I know…
Push on!
27 Dec 2009, 10:43 am
Yeehoo!! 1k posts! Well done folks. Now let’s make 1.5k!
27 Dec 2009, 13:50 pm
1022
27 Dec 2009, 17:20 pm
1023
27 Dec 2009, 19:48 pm
1. JONDOOD :
December 14th, 2009 at 8:03 am
We are well deserved Champs.
Has any other rugby nation held so many trophies at once?
Hahahaaaa just to remind you this was the first post off this thread, took a while to get to 1000 hey.
27 Dec 2009, 20:00 pm
Haha. Yeah it did.
12 days and all that
29 Dec 2009, 12:06 pm
“Has any other rugby nation held so many trophies at once?”
Probably not. Well done!
29 Dec 2009, 23:42 pm
I’ve got a request, when you have a double issue, please make it thicker… so it can last me longer than a day please, what am I supposed to read?
oh ja, my text books
29 Dec 2009, 23:44 pm
Thanks.
Good luck for staging the next RWC Nils.
The pschcologist’s are going to have a field day after that!
It wont be pretty when the sequence stretches to 24 years!
29 Dec 2009, 23:59 pm
Yes Sarah! Text books are wonderful, and ridiculously boring.
Are you in Matric next year?
30 Dec 2009, 00:01 am
@WP_: Thanks, WP.
I’d rather say that psychologists will have their hands full earlier when someone will start giving away the huge amount of trophies they have amassed this year.
You know, it’s not easy to survive surrendering Sevens series, S14, 3 Nations and eventually WC.
30 Dec 2009, 00:02 am
@WP_: no they’re just boring, that’s why I could only get through 1 of the 10 stories we are supposed to read.
Not yet, Grade 11, sheesh let’s not make me any older, the other day I was starting high school
30 Dec 2009, 00:04 am
@WP_: And have a great nd hapy next year, if we do not meet this year anymore here.
Of course, not at Kiwi teams expense.
30 Dec 2009, 00:39 am
Nils
Haha yeah, Tri Nations will be great and tightly contested as always next year. As it is supposed to be. Looking forward to it. Really cant wait for the S14 though mate, but not worry as the Stormers will bring home the trophy!
Who do you support again? The Saders? Damn, it’ll probably be you’re buggers then.
Thanks mate. I hope you and you’re family have a great and prosperous new year too.
Catch you around for some great rugby next year.
30 Dec 2009, 00:41 am
Sarah
Oh you’re not too old then.
Haha ya ya.
Keep well youngster
30 Dec 2009, 01:38 am
@WP_: Yes, S14 and 3N will be humdingers – South Africa trying to prove their success was no fluke, New Zealand trying to wrestle shining trophies back and Australia trying to spoil everybody’s party (joking, Aussies are damn good if we take into consideration how meagre their resources are comparing to any other major rugby nation).
Can’t wait really. For me the main players probably will be Saders, Canes and Chiefs from NZ, Brumbies and Tahs from Aus and Bulls and Sharks from SA. Would like to see Stormers, too, in the mix, they are one of my favourite SA teams along with the Sharks.
You are dead right, I support Saders through thick and thin. Last year they made me especially happy – after losing so many big guns (Carter, Mauger, MacDonald, Hamilton etc. to the green pastures and King Richie for half a season) and after horrible start (1 win in the first 5 games) they made the semis leaving behind even high flying Sharks. That gritty win at the Tank (breaking Sharks unbeaten record at home since 2007) was the happiest moment for me. And – all things considered – they did very well against the Bulls in Pretoria, having them on the ropes in the 1st half. No shame losing to the best team in the tournament in the end, they did great even reaching the playoffs against all the odds.
Cheers, friend!
30 Dec 2009, 01:50 am
“Last year”, I mean, “last season”, looks like I am already switched to 2010.
7 Jan 2010, 10:02 am
Super funny thread. Thanks flamers you’ve brightened up my day!
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