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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16 Dec 2009, 22:14 pm
Agree WPTID, plus Carols got the royal family to be worried about.
16 Dec 2009, 22:19 pm
@Slappes: Phil, Liz and the
‘kids’ give me sleepless nights, believe me!!
Actually Gordon Brown gives us more to worry about!!
16 Dec 2009, 22:22 pm
Carol
thought as much! Foxhunting pompous leeches. btw I should check my ancestry for a peerage or two.
16 Dec 2009, 22:24 pm
@skopskiet: what was the betrayal of trust skoppie?
16 Dec 2009, 22:24 pm
Earl of Slappes? Baron Slappes? sounds good.
16 Dec 2009, 22:26 pm
BH, your feudal rent is due. Pay up or have Sir Baldrick visit your abode.
16 Dec 2009, 22:33 pm
@Slappes: Start at the top, The Duke of Slappes, you usually get a decent ‘gaffe’ to go with it, ask Big Hit, he probably knows a duke or two!!
16 Dec 2009, 22:34 pm
@Big Hit: Good evening BH, thanks for asking that, I am still in the dark!!
16 Dec 2009, 22:51 pm
those that betray trust and honor of association know, and if they don’t then they should never be afforded that trust to begin with, just like someone who offered his trust to his near disciple once and then got sold out for a pocket of silver, trust should never be taken for granted or lightly, there are some in this world under the guise of open minded free thinking enquiry who will stoop to the lowest depths of human dishonor to uphold their own infatuated arrogant self opinionated high handed delusions about themselves and of others all in the name of freedom of transference of intellectual information which they mistake for some fake form of intelligence or enlightenment.
No one should ever trade love or trust lightly, its a commodity that is far too easily abused by the downright debased self righteous high handed intelligentsia as if they have free access to knowledge when it couldn’t be further from the truth, they think knowledge is something you glean in test tubes or newspapers or information websites or through chit chatting away like we doing now. True knowledge you only get as a transference of love, from one who has it to give to someone else who is seeking it. All other second grade bumph isn’t knowledge at all just highfaluting intellectual information which is like chaff when the wind of reality blows it disappears like the second grade information dust it is.
16 Dec 2009, 22:55 pm
hmmm….seems to me you took your anger at mistreatment by others out on cab skop.
but i am not privvy to whatever set you off, thank goodness.
your language and behaviour was about as bad as i have ever seen on this blog though.
good luck rationalising that as love or trust.
16 Dec 2009, 22:56 pm
@WP Till I Die: she’s most definitely aware, she often has nausea spells that induce her to vomit on some south african players she knows **** all about. I have no time for her sycophantic groupie nonsense. She pisses me off actually.
16 Dec 2009, 22:58 pm
@rangerman: Well said.
16 Dec 2009, 22:59 pm
@Pearl Rose: pathetic
16 Dec 2009, 23:01 pm
@carol: nothing wrong with being in the dark, as long as you’ve got someone with you
16 Dec 2009, 23:03 pm
yeah ranger man another one of these goody two shoes highly principled know it all’s that reckon they know wtf love or trust represents. Pity you don’t hardly have a g.dam clue. What gets transferred and what gets taken for granted only you twit twat that think you know yet don’t , have yet to find out. You have no clue about who deserves what under any circumstance of give and take in this scenario so unless you got even a remote idea about what comprises trust or love I suggest you shut it good till you do.
16 Dec 2009, 23:03 pm
amazing really some of lukes disciples are amongst the most unforgiving and uncharitable people on this planet…
16 Dec 2009, 23:06 pm
I doubt, therefore I think. I think, therefore I am. Skopskiet – we all have our subjective palaces of philosophical thought we take refuge in. The key to that palace is tolerance of other beliefs. We can not describe ourselves as men of reason and advocate ourselves as philosophers if we do not accord that freedom. Opinions are legion, and open to attack – by somehow seeking to exclude an opinion from attack is to make that opinion baseless. Let us revel in our unique diverseness, accord others the freedom we so crave, and do so eloquently. For, in the words of Sir Walter Raleigh, What is our life but a play of passion?
16 Dec 2009, 23:06 pm
@skopskiet: I think ranger is just going by the conversation you guys had earlier, none of us really know what went on except you two so we can’t draw any conclusions. I guess it’s none of our business really.
16 Dec 2009, 23:06 pm
@skopskiet: You are taking blogging to levels that really do not exist Skop.
I can’t decide if I am supposed to be Judas or Lady Macbeth?
16 Dec 2009, 23:08 pm
you too Joseph technicolor dream boat you got sweet f.all clue about what its about. This site had f.all to do with cab’s enquiry with me the punk is and was so outa line I’m ready to go to it again just the same till the penny drops you idiot.
16 Dec 2009, 23:09 pm
@Pearl Rose: A certain blogger actually said she would like to murder me!! I think vomiting on her was a very ‘restrained’ retort in the circumstances!!
I would NEVER vomit on a Springbok, unless they gave me a firemans lift after a large curry and several beers!!
16 Dec 2009, 23:09 pm
@WP Till I Die: good post.
16 Dec 2009, 23:11 pm
@SodaJoe: Evening ‘Me Ole Duck’ is it still safe to lick the lamposts in Miniapollis at the moment?
16 Dec 2009, 23:12 pm
I am reminded of a hymn at this stage. If it is not for Love, nothing matters. Becalm thee, withering storm, for tomorrow the saplings will be picked anew, and Time shall tarry for’ard as though nought has passed.
16 Dec 2009, 23:13 pm
@WP Till I Die: I agree with Pearl Rose (That will upset him) good post!!
16 Dec 2009, 23:14 pm
@WP Till I Die: You hum it, I’ll play it!!
16 Dec 2009, 23:14 pm
I actually just made that up, but Friedrich Schiller was a major creative influence.
16 Dec 2009, 23:14 pm
I was careful not to destroy any confidences.
However, you are right i should not have mentioned anything, even though everything seems open game for you, nevertheless i dont feel right about it, even tho i fear you are pulling strings.
Anyway, for that i apologise, i should not have revealed anything at all.
You won’t hear from me again.
16 Dec 2009, 23:15 pm
Hallo there! And I thought all was forgiven. So much for “time heals”!
16 Dec 2009, 23:15 pm
rangerman is a twit twat fool, idiots that think they can rationalize behaviour from seeing what transpires on the surface of a pitiful little rugby blog site don’t know squat from nothing. The fool that f’ak’d his trust to the wall knows it only too well, and like I said if he still don’t then he’s a bigger two faced schmuck than I thought he was.
16 Dec 2009, 23:17 pm
I met a four-time survivor of cancer tonight.
This blog pales in comparison.
We must love – or we must die pathetically.
16 Dec 2009, 23:17 pm
It takes a special kind of person to apologise after all that has been said! Good on you CAB!
16 Dec 2009, 23:17 pm
@carol: i have no time for your lame justifications. it seems you would have sought company of nazis and feign ignorance to their vile nature because you did not understand the socio-political issues in germany.
16 Dec 2009, 23:18 pm
@cab: You cannot cast yourself into exile in France…..Tomorrow is another day, besides we have no idea what you are on about anyway!!
16 Dec 2009, 23:18 pm
@WP Till I Die: Well said man!
16 Dec 2009, 23:19 pm
@WP Till I Die: Now that sentiment I applaud with my whole heart!!
16 Dec 2009, 23:19 pm
@carol: Howdy Carol! That man Kallis saved us from you guys today!
16 Dec 2009, 23:20 pm
Carol, saw you were on fb, had a feeling you might be here
16 Dec 2009, 23:20 pm
@Pearl Rose: Oh drop it…..I think you are a drama queen!!
16 Dec 2009, 23:21 pm
Come on Kallis! Get that double!
16 Dec 2009, 23:21 pm
@Johan Fourie: Hi Johan, I don’t think we have ever been introduced!!
I am not shown in my best light here tonight!! Heheheh
We needed 7 more wickets today, although you do not have too many runs so far do you!!
16 Dec 2009, 23:22 pm
Skopskiet – be careful of passing judgement. T’is a heavy cross to bear, felling wrong judgment, especially were you not to appreciate the context and the environment in which the offending words were said.
16 Dec 2009, 23:22 pm
@carol: No, we have. Chatted to you on “the other” blog!
16 Dec 2009, 23:23 pm
@SpringbokSarah: TV shocking again tonight, just men cooking on every ruddy channel!!
So, what do you want to ask John Smit when you meet him tomorrow?
Please be nice to him, I thnk he is a great leader of your Boks!!
16 Dec 2009, 23:23 pm
@WP Till I Die: “T’is” nogal… I swear you belong with Shakespeare, and I do mean that as a compliment
16 Dec 2009, 23:24 pm
@Johan Fourie: We have? Gimmie a clue?
16 Dec 2009, 23:24 pm
@carol: Just using another name there. But this is my real name.
Yip, we scored slow today. Sadly I think we will see a draw; rain might interfere!
16 Dec 2009, 23:26 pm
@carol: mmmm? Will let you know when we meet there again!
16 Dec 2009, 23:26 pm
@carol: Ha ha well men cooking would be a step up from what currently on my tv…
oh no, I intend to be very nice to Smit… I want to know if that’s really his take on passion and what kind of captain disses a fellow player and still wants to represent his country….
I’ve been meaning to ask you…. what’s the time difference between the UK and SA?
16 Dec 2009, 23:27 pm
@SpringbokSarah: Funniest thing was when Dawn greeted WPTID “Morning Mr. Darcy” and he replied “Good Morning Miss Bennett”….
Very funny on a South African Rugby Blog….!!
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