Hore set for hefty ban
26 Nov 2012
New Zealand hooker Andrew Hore has been cited for an off-the-ball incident which subsequently hospitalised Wales lock Bradley Davies.
Hore hit Davies off the ball during the initial stages of last Saturday’s Test in Cardiff. The incident was missed by matchday officials, but Hore has now been cited and looks likely to receive a lengthy suspension.
The time and date of the hearing, before the IRB’s appointed independent judicial officer, have yet to be fixed.
All Blacks coach Steve Hansen expects the hooker to be sidelined for some time. Hansen did not say as much, but has already called for a replacement ahead of the coming Test against England.
Dane Coles is expected to start at Twickenham.
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11 Dec 2012, 16:09 pm
@willievz-11947: She’s still a looker.
@Treehugger-11948: Lol, they were: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrik-wFwkk4
11 Dec 2012, 16:10 pm
@CharlesM-11950: I even had the Huisgenoot middelblad, with signature!
11 Dec 2012, 16:10 pm
@Treehugger-11943:
Wensdy Oldfielsand Swetband were great.
Re lesley she was very good. – better in studio though as her life performances were sometimes a bit erratic due to stagefright.
And yes…she ended as a farmers wife– she is originally from Mosel bay and played in a local band (I think they used to call themselves “The Silence”) and then she met a Cape Town surfer who came to surf the Point and who eventually inherited a lovely Stellenbosch farm
11 Dec 2012, 16:11 pm
Qcumba Zoo-Child inside
11 Dec 2012, 16:13 pm
According to the latest census figures whites account for about 7.8 percent of SA’s population.Afrikaners probably account for between 5-6 percent of that total.I really don’t see where Afrikaans musicians got their more than six percent support from.Sorry Fern,but they only represented a minority as per census figures.
11 Dec 2012, 16:13 pm
There was a real “boerseun” in our res in Stellenbosch: He thought PJ Powers’ surname was Flowers. One day at lunch they announced his “engagement” to PJ Flowers. He looked up, pushed his tray with food away from him and said to his friends around him (who obviously asked for the announcement on the PA system) ” You bunch of po#ses” and walked away. For about 3 days he didn’t speak to any of them.
11 Dec 2012, 16:14 pm
@playtheball…jennifer fergusen sounds familiar but am not a music buff, just like what I like….Urban Creep, Durban band, they were really good.
11 Dec 2012, 16:14 pm
@Fern-11954: Ja, they made some interesting music.
11 Dec 2012, 16:14 pm
@willievz-11952:
Kwakakawa!
11 Dec 2012, 16:15 pm
@wnbb-11945: I agree baby shoes; and all the whites should get out of your low class shambles of a “country”
11 Dec 2012, 16:16 pm
@Robzim-11953: Wendy and Sweatband were quite good yes.
Lesley Rae always had this sense of “fear” to perform on stage: it’s a pity though. It seems that she enjoys life on the farm
11 Dec 2012, 16:16 pm
@Treehugger-11957: From what I’ve read here about you, you’ll love Jennifer’s lyrics. Listen to this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNyqA2pTOqs
11 Dec 2012, 16:17 pm
@Portonian-11960: Do you think that will satisfy him though ?
11 Dec 2012, 16:18 pm
@CharlesM-11949: lol, was a good looking girl, had a strong face.
11 Dec 2012, 16:18 pm
@CharlesM-11963: He’ll definitely want to get rid of the “cheating Afrikaners of Pretoria” first and foremost
11 Dec 2012, 16:18 pm
I saw F okofPolisiekar at last months Park Accoustics and they rocked and the crowd of all colour and ages went mal.
11 Dec 2012, 16:19 pm
@Fern-11966: Not a fan.
11 Dec 2012, 16:20 pm
@CharlesM-11963: No, it would hurt him even though he doesn’t have the brains to recognise it. It would probably satisfy all the ones that leave after the initial period of adjustment!
11 Dec 2012, 16:20 pm
@Treehugger-11964: Dark hair and firm …uh.. “features”
11 Dec 2012, 16:21 pm
@Robzim-11953: only saw her music videos Rob, they were always really good. Hubby had a huge crush on her back in the day.
11 Dec 2012, 16:21 pm
@CharlesM-11965: But he’s of Afrikaner descent himself?
11 Dec 2012, 16:22 pm
Nobody really wants them,portoman.The D.utch totally wiped their arses off of them and refuses to admit that they carry part of their DNA.Unless you are lucky like willie,you are basically stuck here.Don’t worry though,because with the emergence of white squatter camps there will always be a place for you in the new SA.
11 Dec 2012, 16:22 pm
I played in a 3 piece band at school, and we never got any bigger than busking a few times at Jo’burg’s Market Theatre. But for me our biggest moment (apart from a brief appearance on SABC’s Graffiti) was when Jennifer Ferguson came up to us while we were busking and gave us what appeared to be very genuine words of encouragement. We were rubbish, but she didn’t seem to mind at all.
11 Dec 2012, 16:22 pm
@Fern-11966: @willievz-11967: My son who has just matriculated knows virtually all of their songs – I think he can relate to the “rebel side” of FPKar. Wynand van Coke was a minister in the NG Kerk
11 Dec 2012, 16:22 pm
@CharlesM-11974: Van Coke’s dad !!
11 Dec 2012, 16:23 pm
@willievz-11967:
Me neither but their stage performance was great.
11 Dec 2012, 16:24 pm
@CharlesM-11975: FPK not really my cup of tea but they are very popular among the teenagers
11 Dec 2012, 16:24 pm
Tussen stasies-Jack Parow
Good song,deep lyrics
11 Dec 2012, 16:26 pm
@Portonian-11968: Despite many, many problems and many maludjusted misfits from all sides, there are many good people who are working to make this country a better place. Don’t fall into the the them and us trap.
11 Dec 2012, 16:27 pm
Twenty to go!
11 Dec 2012, 16:27 pm
@Fern-11978: Jack Parow performed at the Plettrage last week – my son was there and the less I know about what happened the better
11 Dec 2012, 16:27 pm
Portonian?Old blogger?
11 Dec 2012, 16:27 pm
@willievz-11980: Things are heating up !!
11 Dec 2012, 16:28 pm
15 to go ?
11 Dec 2012, 16:28 pm
Now it’s 15
11 Dec 2012, 16:28 pm
@wnbb-11972: Cream floats to the top and where there’s a will there’s a way. The only ones still staying in SA are worthy of the greatest respect.
11 Dec 2012, 16:29 pm
Thirteen?
11 Dec 2012, 16:29 pm
@playtheball-11962: thanks will look when on laptop.
When I listen to music by myself I like a bit of angst at times. Love Marianne Faithfulls Broken English, a bit of Billy Holyday (mind blowing)discovered her about 3 years ago and to top it of Alanis Morrisets (sp) Jagged Little Pill.
Hubby knows I am in a mood if hears any of these Artists lol, normally after a didturbing animal day.
11 Dec 2012, 16:29 pm
@CharlesM-11977:
Half of the members of FPK went to DF Malan High School in Bellville.
A few of the Springbok Nude Girls also went to that school, including the brilliant lead guitarist Theo Crous ( He also plays for KOBUS!)
Another Springbok who went there was Werner greef.
11 Dec 2012, 16:29 pm
Everybody waiting for the nervous nineties ?
11 Dec 2012, 16:29 pm
@wnbb-11982: Yes ma boy, it’s me, Pappy!!!!
11 Dec 2012, 16:29 pm
@CharlesM-11981:
Atleast it was not “Die Antwoord”.
Linkin Park was epic!
11 Dec 2012, 16:30 pm
@Robzim-11989: And the other half to Bellville High
11 Dec 2012, 16:30 pm
@playtheball-11979: it will always be a them and us scenario.Fact.Don’t be naive to believe otherwise.
11 Dec 2012, 16:30 pm
@Fern-11992: OMG – ZEF !!
11 Dec 2012, 16:30 pm
@katman-11973: Jenny is a wonderful woman. She’s married to a Swedish musician and they divide their time between Sweden and SA. She still makes music, but way more esoteric now.
11 Dec 2012, 16:30 pm
12000 Maniacal Posts…!!! ???
maybe…???
maybe not…???
11 Dec 2012, 16:30 pm
11200?
11 Dec 2012, 16:31 pm
Boks’ home fixtures until RWC 2015
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06 December 2012, 17:37
The Springboks will face their Rugby World Cup 2015 Pool B opponents, Scotland and Samoa (as well as Italy), in an innovative new tournament featuring double-header test matches in 2013, the South African Rugby Union announced on Thursday.
Fans will be able to watch two test matches for the price of one after a ground-breaking decision of the Executive Council (Exco) overhauled the way that test matches are run in South Africa.
For the first time in Springbok history, test matches will be solely hosted by the mother body.
The decision was taken by the Exco after consulting the 14 member provinces. The Exco also took the unique step of announcing the test schedule for the next three seasons – featuring tests in Nelspruit for the first time.
However, SARU cautioned that all matches were subject to conclusion of commercial terms with planned hosting venues.
“SARU was the only major union in world rugby that didn’t properly own its own test matches,” explained CEO Jurie Roux. “The decision by the Exco now gives ownership to SARU.
“The key benefits will be in allowing us to plough a share of the profits back into all the provincial unions and, that by controlling the ticket office and all commercial activity in the stadium, we will be able to provide an experience for our stakeholders on a par with what we experience when playing overseas.”
Roux explained that the existing model had seen SARU effectively ‘sell’ Springbok test matches to the major provinces. The test-hosting unions paid a rights fee (the amount of which was dependent on the stature of the opponent) and then set ticket prices and kept all receipts as well as commercialising aspects of the match as they saw fit.
“This is a major change in how rugby is run and will present challenges,” said Roux. “But the major effect is that it has placed Springbok tests in the ownership of the mother body, for the benefit of all rugby’s stakeholders.
“We are taking the Springboks to a new venue in 2013 and have an exciting new competition format for the June tests – by coincidence against two of our Rugby World Cup opponents of 2015. We have also been able to map out a home fixture schedule for the next three years – something the provinces had also wanted.”
The new-look quadrangular tournament for 2013 is between the Springboks, their RWC 2015 opponents, Scotland and Samoa, as well as Italy.
The tournament – which will be played on a log basis over two rounds to determine finalists – will open at the Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit on June 8.
The fixtures are*: Castle Incoming Tour
• Saturday, June 8 (Mbombela Stadium): Scotland v Samoa; Springboks v Italy
• Saturday, June 15 (Mr Price Kings Park): Samoa v Italy; Springboks v Scotland
• Saturday, June 22 (Loftus Versfeld): Team 3 v Team 4 ; Team 1 v Team 2
2013 Castle Rugby Championship:
• Saturday, August 17 (Free State Stadium): Springboks v Argentina
• Saturday, September 28 (Newlands): Springboks v Australia
• Saturday, October 5 (Coca-Cola Park): Springboks v New Zealand
2014 Fixtures (dates to be confirmed):
• Castle Incoming Tour: Springboks v Wales (Johannesburg)
• Castle Incoming Tour: Springboks v Wales (Nelspruit)
• Castle Incoming Tour: Springboks v Scotland (Port Elizabeth)
• Castle Rugby Championship: Springboks v Argentina (Pretoria)
• Castle Rugby Championship: Springboks v Australia (Cape Town)
• Castle Rugby Championship: Springboks v New Zealand (Johannesburg)
2015 Fixtures (no Castle Incoming Tour due to Rugby World Cup):
• Castle Rugby Championship: Springboks v Argentina (Cape Town)
• Castle Rugby Championship: Springboks v Australia (Durban)
• Castle Rugby Championship: Springboks v New Zealand (Johannesburg)
*Please note: All fixtures subject to the agreement of commercial terms with planned hosting venues.
11 Dec 2012, 16:31 pm
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