School Rugga TV: Profiling Pollard
1 Jun 2012
GARETH DUNCAN chats to Paarl Gym flyhalf Handre Pollard, the first schoolboy to make the Baby Bok squad.
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 Article18 May 2013
The Bulls scored a late try to secure a bonus point victory over the Highlanders at Loftus. The Bulls practically had the match wrapped at half time, leading 23 - 6 at the break before winning 35 - 18. Morne Steyn kicked 15 points in a match that was dominated by the physical men from Pretoria. The Highlander were full of running but lacked the basic handling skills to do anything with their possession. The first try of the match was scored in the opening two minutes, JJ Engelbrecht rounding off a well worked move. The second try was a bit more dubious. The Bulls turned over deep in their ... 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 Article1 Jun 2012
GARETH DUNCAN chats to Paarl Gym flyhalf Handre Pollard, the first schoolboy to make the Baby Bok squad.
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The Bulls scored a late try to secure a bonus point victory over the Highlanders at Loftus. Read More
Duane Vermeulen is out of the June Tests. Read More
The Rugby Football Union has turned down a proposal from their Welsh counterparts to stage the 2015 World Cup pool match between England and Wales in Cardiff. Read More
Marcus Watson scored in extra time to beat the Blitzbokke in the London World Series Sevens Cup quarter-finals. Read More
French coach Philipe Saint-Andre has included three South African-born players for the three-Test series against the All Blacks in New Zealand. Read More
All Blacks coach Steve Hansen has selected several uncapped Blues players in his training group. Read More

12 Comments
1 Jun 2012, 11:45 am
Looking forward to see how he goes with the u20s.
Must say that I am not a big fan of T. Jantjies… Hope he changes my mind though…
10. Jantjies
11. Jordaan
12. Serfontein
13. Small-Smith
14. Mbovane
15. Schmidt
With Pollard, Lleyds and Howard on the bench
Like the look of the backline… Also bodes well for 2013 u20s with Pollard, Serfontein, Swanepoel and Howard being elible together with a fit Tim Swiel
1 Jun 2012, 13:22 pm
No way will Small-Smith play ahead of Pat Howard at 13, that would be madness
1 Jun 2012, 13:34 pm
Small-Smith has more experience having played SA 7s. Was also the SA Schools captain 2 years ago if I’m not mistaken… I’m a fan of Pat Howard but there’s still alot for him to do
1 Jun 2012, 14:20 pm
Is Duncan and Vrede an item ? Anyways , congrats to Pollard , good future buy for the Bulls
1 Jun 2012, 14:25 pm
@sparticus(sparticus)-4: LoL Gareth is from my hometown Kuila stand up. The mohawk is looking fresh guy! lol we must start playing soccer again, leave this oval ball stuff man!
@sparticus(sparticus)-4: I hope he has the same explosiveness as his cricketing namesake.
1 Jun 2012, 14:59 pm
@Sasuke(Sasuke)-5: http://www.dieburger.com/Sport/Rugby/Jong-Bok-ster-gaan-nie-Bul-word-20120601
He’s not signed with the Bulls. Although the Bulls and Sharks have offered him contracts, he hasn’t signed on yet. A WP signing sounds probable.
1 Jun 2012, 15:09 pm
@Saffex(Saffex)-2: @Gambit25(Gambit25)-3: I hope you’re both wrong and Paul Jordaan plays 13. With Goosen out, he will be our best and most influential backline player. 13 is his best position, and it’s also one that will give him more opportunities and influence than out on the wing.
my prediction
10 Jantjies
11 Ismael
12 Serfontein
13 Jordaan
14 Mbovane
15 Schmidt
1 Jun 2012, 15:18 pm
@Gambit25(Gambit25)-1: jordaan on the wing last year was pants – knocking on and generally nowhere, he got burnt ALL the time – the nippy irish wing blitzed him and he ended up in a hedge face first!
1 Jun 2012, 15:19 pm
@Caper(Caper)-6: Thats great news man!
@sonofgun(sonofgun)-7: You might be right.
1 Jun 2012, 15:22 pm
@Transformation(Transformation)-8: That was the funniest moment!
1 Jun 2012, 19:51 pm
Noticeable omissions are locks Jacques du Plessis Ruan Venter and Etienne Oosthuizen
Rudi van rooyen(half back),Neetling(prop),Stephen cotze(hooker) & full back Craig Berry
as for the scrummie & lossie depth is a bit poor
Note: Selection errors was SA downfall last year!!.
As for the fly halfs (Pollard & tony) although they nowhere near Goosen they Are the best available although Tim Swiel of WP could have been tested
well sorry to say but i watched the trails and I dont see how Pollard out played Zeilinga on the night,Zeilinga scored a try kicked well and tackled excellent and his passing was great way better than Pollard ,if one had to make a decision that night who the better player was it was by far Zeilinga ,dont get me wrong Pollard is a great player at school level,Zeilinga played in the Sanix world cup at school and has 2 vodacom cup seasons behind him so pressure and BMT is there he kicks great but a pity the sharks didnt give him the chance he wanted to kick .my personal choice would have been to give pollard a season at a higher level first and go with experience and a person conditioned at vodacom cup level and who playes flyhalf and scrumhalf .Zeilinga to me is even beter than Jantjies currently but hey we all have our own opinion go bokke
4 Jun 2012, 10:02 am
So looking at the latest Keohane scandal I can understand why we haven’t seen a real episode of KeoTV in a while.
I always thought the tiny man seemed a little buzzed on camera. There is an Eric Clapton song that springs to mind…..
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