KeoTV: Boks to smash Samoa
30 Sep 2011
MARK KEOHANE says you should put your money on a big Bok win, and makes his predictions for the other important games this weekend.
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19 Jun 2013
Jean de Villiers will be given the rest of the week to recover in time to face Samoa in Pretoria. Springbok coach Heyneke Meyer wants his captain to lead the side in the Boks final international of the month. If De Villiers does not recover from the chest injury, Jan Serfontein will start at inside centre. Morne Steyn again starts ahead of Pat Lambie. Willem Alberts will also be given the next 48 hours to prove his fitness. Adriaan Strauss retains the run on No 2 jersey while Bismarck du Plessis is nursed back after nine months out of the game. Boks - 15. Willie le Roux, 14. Bryan ... Read Article1 Jun 2013
The Bulls are South Africa's best team and they proved it in Bloemfontein. The Cheetahs have been outstanding all season and they were as good on Saturday night as they have been at any stage. Still it wasn't good enough to beat the Bulls, who won 30-25 after leading 30-13 with 10 minutes to play. The Cheetahs finished brilliantly and deserved the bonus point, but the Bulls consolidated their top two league placing thanks to an imposing first hour. Pierre Spies was impressive as team and pack leader, Arno Botha was ever present and the No 9, 10, 12 Bulls axis of Francois Hougaard, Morne ... Read Article11 Jun 2013
Brendan Venter's appointment as Sharks Director of Rugby is a good one. But the decision to end John Plumtree's Sharks coaching tenure is not. Former Springbok and Italy coach Nick Mallett turned down an invitation for the role of Sharks Director of Rugby and Venter, formerly the head coach and Director of Rugby at Saracens, will start his job at the outset of the Currie Cup season. Plumtree remains the Super Rugby head coach until the end of this season's tournament but his contract has not been renewed. Plumtree is highly rated in Europe and will in all likelihood link up with a European ... Read Article8 Jun 2013
Rene Ranger was among the few highlights in New Zealand's 23-13 win against France in Auckland. The All Blacks led 17-10 at half time but France dominated field position for most of the match and enjoyed the greater quality in possession. However they couldn't translate the advantage in the set phase and at the breakdown into points. New Zealand defended well in a match of poor quality. France lead early through Wesley Fofana's try and it took Ben Smith's break to start up New Zealand's international season. Smith has been the form New Zealand back in Super Rugby and he looked a class ... Read Article27 May 2013
Kiwi Vern Cotter is Scotland's new head coach. Cotter will only take up the position in a year's time. He will see out his contact with French club Clermont. Cotter's appointment means that New Zealanders will coach Scotland, Ireland (Joe Schmidt) and Wales (Warren Gatland). New Zealander Robbie Deans has been at the helm of Australia for the last five years and current Blues coach John Kirwan coached Italy and Japan. Kiwi coaches have also been at the helm of Samoa and Fiji in recent years. Read Article5 Mar 2013
MARK KEOHANE writes the Varsity Cup in its first year rocked. Since then it's just another professional tournament. The Varsity Cup may have the innovation of doing a few things differently, but what was supposed to be a celebration of student rugby somehow just seems like another tournament, in which the traditional power houses remain the traditional strengths in the tournament. Much has been made of the Port Elizabeth-based Nelson Mandela University display this season and equally there has been bewilderment at how poor Shimlas have been. But it seems the old one two of Stellenbosch University ... Read Article12 May 2013
Marcus Watson scored in extra time to beat the Blitzbokke in the London World Series Sevens Cup quarter-finals. The teams were level 14-all at full time. Watson's try came four minutes into extra time. England won 19-14. England had the chance to win the match with the last play of the game in normal time. They were awarded a penalty and opted to take a drop kick for goal. It missed. Watson then rounded off a move after England had retained possession for two minutes. South Africa suffered further embarrassment when they lost for a second time in the tournament to the USA and were eliminated ... Read Article8 Jan 2013
Limpopo will play in the Vodacom Cup as a separate side for the first time this year. The region, which is a sub-union of the Blue Bulls Rugby Union, has been granted a place in the tournament in its own rights to help foster rugby in South Africa’s far north. They join the 14 provincial unions as well as the returning Pampas XV from Argentina in the tournament, which kicks off in the second week of March and concludes in mid-May. The Polokwane-based Limpopo team will play in the North Section of the competition, along with the Blue Bulls, Golden Lions, Griffons, Leopards, Pumas, Valke ... Read Article30 Sep 2011
MARK KEOHANE says you should put your money on a big Bok win, and makes his predictions for the other important games this weekend.
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30 Sep 2011, 08:13 am
anyway, where’s the boys this morning? no new articles?
must have been a late night out…keo did twitter something about going somewhere with john, ryan and a family member last night.
30 Sep 2011, 08:14 am
@reechie maak so lank die pan warm, bakkies bring die wors…(i_love_u_bakkiesbotha)-99: yip – must confess…. they’ve got a “eating-culture” i struggle to “warm” to, they are taking over africa at a rate of knots!…
30 Sep 2011, 08:15 am
@reechie maak so lank die pan warm, bakkies bring die wors…(i_love_u_bakkiesbotha)-99:
1 billion people cant be wrong
their treatment of animals is pathetic… but thats some serious farken odds, 20 to every 1 SA, unlike the seriously unfair to SA odds of 12.25 Saffas to one kiwi
30 Sep 2011, 08:16 am
@poppa69(poppa69)-103:
and they are hungry as hell!
30 Sep 2011, 08:19 am
ufo – check post 100..
30 Sep 2011, 08:19 am
@Staal(Staal)-104: whats the story with the Rhinos Staal? some background please…
30 Sep 2011, 08:19 am
Morning all,
Anyone know of a streaming link
And what time is actual kick-off
30 Sep 2011, 08:22 am
@Staal(Staal)-93:
Dead right boet it sickens me
30 Sep 2011, 08:23 am
@poppa69(poppa69)-106: well 31 have been killed this year alone for their horns.
friend of mine lost 2 this week.
i have 3 but have armed guards 24/7 within 500m of them DAILY!
all because their horns have got some supposed “viagra” power….
crazy – i know!
30 Sep 2011, 08:23 am
@Staal(Staal)-109: 31 = 310 sorry
30 Sep 2011, 08:26 am
@poppa69(poppa69)-103:
yeah, but it’ll be at the level of usa & free world vs china so that should even the odds out nicely.
i dont want to see china weak but its becoming more apparent that a carrot and very big stick approach is probably going to be the only way to get them to play nicely in world affairs. i’m not usually with the americans on a lot of the wars they push for but i’m right there with them on this one.
they can treat each other like sshit if they want to but the minute they start thinking they can just cruise around the world pulling that sort of sshit…well, they’ll find out soon enough just how much sshit they can pull then…
30 Sep 2011, 08:28 am
@Staal(Staal)-110:
310 ??? fark, not good at all… such a magnificent beast too..
its like the tigers and how they harvest them, or how moon bears are harvested for their bile …truly its all dispicable
30 Sep 2011, 08:48 am
@poppa69(poppa69)-112:
There’s an initiative here now by a wildlife organisation to inject the horn with something unpleasant, but not lethal to human nor animal.
Ssshhh.
Just between you and me.
30 Sep 2011, 08:59 am
@poppa69(poppa69)-112: i just wish they all would come for a swim in Fish hoek….
30 Sep 2011, 09:05 am
The only people who should be allowed to kill the rhino is us Cannibal Maori’s, rather kill & eat a rhino than tourists!
30 Sep 2011, 09:11 am
Oh dear…
30 Sep 2011, 11:52 am
No offence Keo, but I’m glad I didn’t place that bet like you told me to. Boks by 15? I wonder if they fully deserved to win that match against Samoa.
1 Oct 2011, 02:54 am
didnt predict that did you.?
3 Oct 2011, 08:48 am
Well that didn’t happen. Not great signs for SA in the cup. Australia will expose the lack of try scoring ability. SA too easy to work out game plan
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