KeoTV: Stormers have X factor, Sharks don’t
9 May 2012
AJ VENTER on what the Sharks are missing this year and why the Stormers and Chiefs will contest the Super Rugby final in Cape Town.
Keo.co.za
13 May 2013
Duane Vermeulen is out of the June Tests. Stormers strong man Duane Vermeulen returned home from the Stormers Super Rugby tour because of injury and conservatively won't play again until July. It could be that he is out for the remainder of the Super Rugby season as well because of knee ligament damage. Stormers loose-forward Rynhardt Elstadt is also out for at least six weeks as the Cape-based franchise's season went from bad to worse in Sydney. Vermeulen, Meyer's first choice No 8, will be nursed back to action for the Rugby Championship in August. His injury means a likely Bok start ... Read Article21 May 2013
JP Pietersen is set to miss the remainder of the Super Rugby season. Pietersen left the field of play in the Sharks’ victory over the Force, their final tour game. Pietersen’s scans revealed that the winger, who did duty at outside centre, will require surgery to rectify a groin injury. Pietersen was playing in the 13 jersey following a serious injury to Paul Jordaan and Tim Whitehead not taking part in rugby this season to date. Pietersen’s injury is a big loss for the Sharks, yet the bigger problem is which player will wear the 13 jersey this weekend against the Bulls. The Bulls ... Read Article25 Apr 2013
Jan Serfontein, the player of last year's under 20 World Championship, will head the baby Boks defence in France. Serfontein and Kings wing Sergeal Petersen are two Super Rugby regulars to make Dawie Theron's squad and brilliant flyhalf Handre Pollard is another to play in a second successive tournament. Theron's squad lost a three-match series 2-1 to Argentina in Argentina. Serfontein, Petersen and Western Province's Cheslin Kolbe did not play in those matches. Bulls loose forward Ruan Steenkamp is captain. Serfontein and Pollard are the only two squad members from last year's ... Read Article14 May 2013
All Blacks coach Steve Hansen has selected several uncapped Blues players in his training group. Hansen confirmed 38 names and this included many from the potent Blues backline. The Highlanders, despite only winning one match in this year's Super Rugby competition, have six players in the group. An obvious area of weakness is at hooker where Hansen has selected veterans Andrew Hore and Keven Mealamu and Canes Dane Coles. Options are limited and it certainly is a concern for New Zealanders. No overseas-based players were considered, as it is NZRFU policy. Among the uncapped players ... Read Article15 May 2013
French coach Philipe Saint-Andre has included three South African-born players for the three-Test series against the All Blacks in New Zealand. Racing Metro flank Bernard le Roux and Clermont prop Daniel Kotze join Antonie Claassen in a squad that includes eight new caps. Fijian-born Clermont winger Noa Nakaitaci is among the newcomers. Saint-Andre has rested flyhalf Francois Trinh-Duc, but included Toulon's Frederic Michalak. France play world champions New Zealand on June 8, 15 and 22 in Auckland, Hamilton and New Plymouth respectively. French super club Toulon's foreign dominance ... 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 Article9 May 2012
AJ VENTER on what the Sharks are missing this year and why the Stormers and Chiefs will contest the Super Rugby final in Cape Town.
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JP Pietersen is set to miss the remainder of the Super Rugby season. Read More
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224 Comments
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8 May 2012, 18:37 pm
90 @ Rangerman
Your scenarios are based on “what ifs”. What if the Stormers win all their remaining games?
8 May 2012, 18:41 pm
@rangerman(rangerman)-77:
sheesh bud… you must be writing a book…
8 May 2012, 18:50 pm
@ufo(ufo)-91: no no no.
i didnt come out swinging ‘fo
i was simply returning keo serve to show us sharks fans stick by our team
p.s. i was alluding to a trophy, any trophy lol.
8 May 2012, 19:02 pm
@rangerman(rangerman)-103:
hehehe…
oh… the old ‘returning serve’ routine…
but surely you should be playing tennis with sharks fan AJ…?
i know what you were alluding to… but that’s not what you said…
just pulling your socks bud…
nothing wrong with sticking by your team…
of course you’ll afford us the same privilege with ours…?
8 May 2012, 19:15 pm
@ufo(ufo)-102: haha was looking after the peanut lol.
8 May 2012, 19:16 pm
@ufo(ufo)-104: indeed.
and you will notice i agreed with aj?
i am just trying to keep you guys grounded :lol;
8 May 2012, 19:18 pm
@rangerman(rangerman)-106:
hehehe
ditto…
8 May 2012, 19:22 pm
You two are now officially boring me to tears
8 May 2012, 19:24 pm
switch channels then…
8 May 2012, 19:27 pm
@Dawn(Dawn)-108: sorry Dawnie but i will always give respect where it is due, as i do with you.
8 May 2012, 19:27 pm
I thought for second I just logged onto a man-on-man dating site
8 May 2012, 19:28 pm
@NoRugbyGuru_0_(RugbyGuru_0_)-111: tell us what those are like as you seem to be an expert
8 May 2012, 19:29 pm
@NoRugbyGuru_0_(RugbyGuru_0_)-111:
we don’t want to know about your dating life…!!
8 May 2012, 19:29 pm
@ pink power ranger,
Read the last 20 or so post
8 May 2012, 19:30 pm
dawn… if we’re your only entertainment, now wonder you’re officially in tears…
8 May 2012, 19:31 pm
You ga’ys, I mean guys even respond the same
8 May 2012, 19:33 pm
haha, nazi ali joumase….!
you wont get away you slimey toad, trying to rip off an entire country as brazenly as you did.
you will be the fall guy but i hope you let the piggys out the bag.
8 May 2012, 19:33 pm
@ pink power ranger,
Masterchef calls, I will be back. Try not to be too friendly with one another
8 May 2012, 19:34 pm
@NoRugbyGuru_0_(RugbyGuru_0_)-116:
major deflection there…
you’re all upset because you thought you’d logged onto your favorite man-on-man site…
all that anticipation…
and then…?
so don’t stress… we know you need to channel all that nervous energy…
just mind your keyboard…
8 May 2012, 19:39 pm
@NoRugbyGuru_0_(RugbyGuru_0_)-116: sweet, homophobia is all you have?
then again maybe we are seeing your internal struggle made visible?
shame man
8 May 2012, 19:40 pm
@NoRugbyGuru_0_(RugbyGuru_0_)-118: yes yes, run along and watch your cooking show
8 May 2012, 19:41 pm
haha, the ancyl ripping itself apart.
where is mpundulu ffs!
i wanna discuss the dynamic
8 May 2012, 19:51 pm
That’s more like it
8 May 2012, 19:54 pm
@Dawn(Dawn)-123:
8 May 2012, 19:55 pm
Lekker tweed jacket Keo …. and you got pretty excited about seeing AJ’s c ock in a block!
8 May 2012, 19:56 pm
the whole country is watching people cook?
8 May 2012, 19:58 pm
Indeed. Masterchef is very popular.
8 May 2012, 20:00 pm
I’m watching Iron Chef
8 May 2012, 20:00 pm
@Transformation(Transformation)-39: Ex Bok Communications Manager…
8 May 2012, 20:01 pm
@Dawn(Dawn)-128: any good?
8 May 2012, 20:08 pm
Bit more intense than Masterchef.
American.
8 May 2012, 20:10 pm
Am now on Masterchef.
The aus version was way better.
8 May 2012, 20:12 pm
Keo in tweed?
What next?
The Queen in a tracksuit?
8 May 2012, 20:18 pm
Keohane needs a makeover
8 May 2012, 20:32 pm
Keo……….sit and spin IMP
8 May 2012, 20:32 pm
I see the g’ay parade is at least over, those two broke backers probably crawling in with their wives feeling guilty after the love session they had on here
8 May 2012, 20:35 pm
I wish huggsy would sit and spin on me.
8 May 2012, 20:35 pm
Rude!
8 May 2012, 20:38 pm
Who’s huggsy?
8 May 2012, 20:40 pm
Treehugger, fool
8 May 2012, 20:41 pm
@ dawn,
Don’t be so girly
8 May 2012, 20:57 pm
Lololololol…….. That all read like something out of a comedy routine.
8 May 2012, 21:06 pm
@NoRugbyGuru_0_(RugbyGuru_0_)-136: pick up any yips cookie?
8 May 2012, 21:09 pm
@ ranger,
Yips?
8 May 2012, 21:17 pm
If you meant ‘tips’ then no and if you’re referring to me as ‘cookie’ then you will be shot with your own harpoon
8 May 2012, 21:30 pm
Speargun not harpoon
Eedjit
8 May 2012, 21:46 pm
@Dawn(Dawn)-146:
8 May 2012, 21:56 pm
thats a v funny clip, poor old AJ, listen to the man, spot on – unfortunately sharks pack went about downhill when he and ackerman retired now they have to rebuild.
8 May 2012, 22:31 pm
Only in SA is the X factor considered to be related or synonomous with something other than skills i.e. Brute force. Sharks must persist with the changes in approach i.e. Attack minded rugby in order to be able to consistently beat the overseas sides and forget about AJ,s x factor – its the old SA psyche and needs to change
8 May 2012, 23:38 pm
@bananaboy(bananaboy)-149:
bb mate i reckon u got it wrong, that was what harry viljoen and all stormers been advocating before rassie arrives, all flat out attack running rugby, dont work u need the grunt upfront – look at teh stormers, they totally revamped their style and are virtually unbeatable – sharks tight 5 used to be a thing to fear, now they not far off how wp were.
rule no 1, first get your pack right, after that your backs can pull bollemekiesie backflips met dubbel scissors switches too boot
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