City pulls clever stadium move
23 Jan 2013
Western Province may not want to move, but the City of Cape Town is happy to find creative ways to host top flight rugby at the Cape Town Stadium.
As such, the traditional pre-season friendly between the Boland Kavaliers and the Stormers will be played at the Cape Town Stadium on Saturday, 9 February – a move that will no doubt be welcomed by passionate Cape Town rugby fans.
The City and the WP Rugby Football Union have been at loggerheads over the past few years, with the City wanting the union to move to the luxurious stadium in Green Point given the financial burden it has become due to high maintenance costs.
The WPRFU, in turn, argues that it is not its problem, and that it would be too expensive to move from its traditional base in Newlands, which it owns, to the Cape Town Stadium, where it would have to rent.
The Stormers website lists the following pre-season fixtures:
2 February: vs Cheetahs (in Bloemfontein)
9 February: vs Boland Kavaliers (in Wellington)
But the City of Cape Town has secured an arrangement with the Boland Rugby Union to host the game at the Cape Town Stadium.
Both Boland and Western Province will get an opportunity to further test their team’s depth for the Vodacom Cup season, with a curtain raiser scheduled before the main event between a Boland Invitational XV and the Western Province Vodacom Cup side.
With the inaugural Community Cup due to start on 16 February, perhaps it would have made more sense to have seen Boland’s representative in that tournament, Villagers Worcester, take on either SK Walmers or Durbanville-Bellville, the two sides representing WP, in the curtain raiser.
Tags: stormers
140 Comments
23 Jan 2013, 06:34 am
good news… had planned to drive out to Wellington for this game… so cool to just have to pop into town for it
23 Jan 2013, 06:38 am
The City needs to sell the stadium to WP rugby who would then sell newlands to developers. No more ongoing costs and a cash injection should suit the city.
23 Jan 2013, 06:49 am
What a lame article from some lame no-name brand pretend writer. What happened to JC and Vrede? Did the dwarf fire them to safe on cost, leaving us with a cheapo.
23 Jan 2013, 06:53 am
i dont understand what was ‘so sneaky’ about this?
why the liberties with creative license?
how to turn a work of fact into fiction in two easy steps…
23 Jan 2013, 06:57 am
There is nothing sneaky at all. The city can invite whoever it likes.
23 Jan 2013, 06:58 am
@stormer in a teacup-2:
yes, but how do you accomadate the soccer brigade as well as promoters for musical and similar events, in addition to maintaining a high quality rugby pitch for VC, CC, Super Rugby and any internationals you might get?
if cape town ends up with only one stadium where do the rest go?
23 Jan 2013, 07:00 am
Its more clever by the city than sneaky.
I willl now be attending this game.
23 Jan 2013, 07:03 am
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-6: The soccer can play on wednesdays and sundays, the soccer guys also like to use newlands and athlone stadium. Vodacom cup is usually played on smaller grounds within the city.
23 Jan 2013, 07:03 am
That problem exists anyway if WP play their rugby at CT Stadium. Other stadiums manage to find a balance. If other uses are not paying the bills by themselves, they are not numerous enough.
23 Jan 2013, 07:03 am
@RL-3:
i dont want to start a riot
but i think it’s Tank Lanning
23 Jan 2013, 07:05 am
When seen in isolation it may not be sneaky, but when you take into account all the other crp that the city has pulled in trying to encourage WP to move then it starts to look different.
I’ve been reading Tank’s articles for ages now, he’s a good writer and should bring a great perspective to especially the technical aspects of the game like scrums etc.
Use it, don’t use it
23 Jan 2013, 07:06 am
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-4: @stormer in a teacup-5: nothing sneaky at all – just kak reporting. Boland as the host union can host whoever at the CT stadium.
Brokebacks will also have to get used to the fact that their precious Newlands is dying – never again will a test match be hosted at that dump thanks to Jurie Roux, a true Bolander.
23 Jan 2013, 07:06 am
What is the damage? R20?
23 Jan 2013, 07:08 am
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-10: @RL-3: Tank Lanning indeed … and thanks for the warm welcome
… Not to worry, I have my rhino hide firmly in place, and happy to mix it in this rugby mad pub … And yes, perhaps “Sneaky” is using my creative license a little too liberally. But this fixture was down to be played at Wellington, and the City basically “Bought” it from the Boland RU. Clever yes, great for CT yes, sneaky, perhaps a little given what has gone down between WPRU and the City …
23 Jan 2013, 07:09 am
@stormersboy-11: Thanks meneer. Here’s hoping …
23 Jan 2013, 07:09 am
at least tank has played the game so his writing has an authenticity that was perhaps lacking on keo before his appointment…
why would that start a riot bakks…?
23 Jan 2013, 07:10 am
@stormersboy-11: Like the not providing traffic services for Newlands on game day.
@stormer in a teacup-2: Will things balance out?
23 Jan 2013, 07:10 am
@Sasuke-8:
ok, thanks.
so that just leaves big event promotions.
also if something goes wrong with the turf what will the fall back plan be?
23 Jan 2013, 07:11 am
boland ru are should get more for the game than if they’d hosted it themselves…
23 Jan 2013, 07:12 am
I see Grant Pascoe of the City of Cape Town has just Retweeted the link … Perhaps the City is a little proud of their move? I would be …
23 Jan 2013, 07:12 am
@Tankman-14: Is there also a new decision that SARU will allocate Tests and not the Unions?
23 Jan 2013, 07:13 am
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-10: so Keo hired some mediocre blogger to write – hell man he should have gone for quality and head hunt pissant.
23 Jan 2013, 07:13 am
@RL-12:
you have a way with words, RL
23 Jan 2013, 07:16 am
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-18: Back to Newlands.
@Tankman-20: Anything to get one over WP. I will probably get something on my cityweb later urging people to go to the game.
23 Jan 2013, 07:17 am
@RL-12: In your dreams Sweetpea. I think might be confusing it with Ellis Park and Super rugby. Wallabies at Newlands this year.
23 Jan 2013, 07:17 am
@Sasuke-24:
can you let us know where and when tickets will go on sale bud…?
23 Jan 2013, 07:18 am
@Tankman-14:
hehehe morning Tank, and thanks for coming out to play all the same.
agreed, it’s more smart by both parties than it is sneaky and good for everyone involved i suppose (except the faithful Boland crowd?).
i would guess the COCT sweetened the deal nicely for Boland.
23 Jan 2013, 07:19 am
@RL-22:
Lol, the bloke’s rugby playing and academic credentials make him probably one of the most over qualified rugby writers in SA.
Welcome back anyway… congratulations on your team’s fantastic performance against Russia, they seem to be going places this year
Who do they play next. Siberia?
23 Jan 2013, 07:19 am
@Tankman-14: welcome and what have you and the little man done with JC and Vrede?
I am highly upset that I am no longer bombarded with JC’s daily mumblings on ‘Stormers must this and that’ articles and ‘AC must this and that’ articles.
23 Jan 2013, 07:22 am
@Sasuke-21: Yep, SARU have taken back the tests, so make the call as to ehere they will be played. This year might see the last ever Test played at Newlands!
23 Jan 2013, 07:23 am
so tank…
join our superbru pool and show us what you got…
23 Jan 2013, 07:23 am
@RL-29: Ha Ha … I am sure you will find them somewhere … Part of Keo’s seperation from Highbury Safika sees him regain full control of keo.co.za again, and I have come on board as a partner …
23 Jan 2013, 07:23 am
@ufo-26: Yip will send an email now to the communications department.
@RL-29: And where is my friend Gareth D?
23 Jan 2013, 07:24 am
@ufo-16:
) 
jammer Oom (goossshhh!
@Tankman-14:
Welcome Tank
(Warning! this place is a zoo)
23 Jan 2013, 07:25 am
@RL-22:
hahahaha
23 Jan 2013, 07:25 am
@Sasuke-33:
thanks bud…
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-34:
23 Jan 2013, 07:26 am
@stormer in a teacup-25: no man, SARU has the right to host teat matches at any stadium they choose, CT will be CT stadium not Newlands. Same story in Durban where the guppy tank will lose out to Moses.
@Robzim-28: thanks, I must admit I was a bit nervous going up against those Bears.
23 Jan 2013, 07:26 am
Yes it’s interesting to see the “new look” front page. No more “keo team”.
On the plus side they still stare at me on the articles pages.
I’m curious to know who is still around on the “team” front.
23 Jan 2013, 07:27 am
@ufo-31: Think Tank has his own superbru pool, we must join that as well.
@Tankman-30: Yes it makes sense to have top quality international matches at Cape Town Stadium.
23 Jan 2013, 07:28 am
@Sasuke-24:
i thought the plan was to demolish Newlands?
23 Jan 2013, 07:28 am
@Tankman-30: So what about all the money unions had to pay to host a test?
23 Jan 2013, 07:28 am
so now the hore thread really comes in handy from a marketing perspective…??
23 Jan 2013, 07:29 am
@Sasuke-39:
yeah i know he does…
but good point…
23 Jan 2013, 07:29 am
@stormer in a teacup-25: Might be the last test at Newlands.
@stormersboy-38: I will facebook Gareth D now to find out where he is? lol
23 Jan 2013, 07:31 am
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-40: oh then they would have to go to Athlone stadium or Boland stadium.
23 Jan 2013, 07:32 am
@Tankman-30: yes, but in the end rugby will be the winner.
23 Jan 2013, 07:35 am
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-46: Cape Town Stadium will open up new fans coming to the game. It is just much more convenient than Newlands…..except maybe getting out of the waterfront if you parked there.
23 Jan 2013, 07:39 am
@Sasuke-47:
i really meant it as a ‘sneaky’ backdoor putdown of WP/Newlands… but ja… that too..
23 Jan 2013, 07:39 am
I find it strange that Boland will be hosting their “home” game at the CT stadium.
We all know how passionate about the game the people of Boland are, and what happened to SARU’s stated objective of “taking the game to the people”?
23 Jan 2013, 07:41 am
@BrumbiesBoy-49: = people of the Boland
23 Jan 2013, 07:42 am
CT Stadium is a fantastic modern venue at a superb location . But this is South Africa. Putting WP rugby in a position where it is dependent on politicians, such a move would be very dangerous. The same in Durban. The more the money grabbing barstids can put the screws on you, they will.
WP rugby buying out the stadium would be the only way to protect their independence.
23 Jan 2013, 07:42 am
@Tankman-30: the next Stadium that should lose tests is the shark tank, for the last 3 years the turnout for Bok games have been pathetic, a dry spell for 3 years would shake them up a bit.
23 Jan 2013, 07:48 am
@Sasuke-44: Just don’t “poke” him. That would be weird.
23 Jan 2013, 07:55 am
@BrumbiesBoy-49:
yip, they’ll probably PR it as ‘a wonderful opportunity for the people of the Boland see the worlds most beautiful city’.
23 Jan 2013, 08:03 am
@stormersboy-53: lol no doubt!
23 Jan 2013, 08:05 am
Beautiful Stadium.
I will be there ..
23 Jan 2013, 08:08 am
flip these americans are a larf. some twitter responses to Beyonce lip syncing their nationa l anthem:
The Fix ? @TheFix
Beyonce lip-synching the Star Spangled Banner makes me question fundamental truths of human existence.
6:30 PM – 22 Jan 13
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Steve Cochran @CochranShow
As of 4 minutes ago my life was shattered. #Beyonce
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pourmecoffee ? @pourmecoffee
A single wet tear falls from the Lincoln Memorial onto the cold hard floor upon learning Beyonce was lip-syncing.
—————————-
23 Jan 2013, 08:09 am
@MacToogie-52: Agreed. very poor attendances recently, and same situation re 2 stadia … although theirs almost worse in that they are neighbours!
23 Jan 2013, 08:10 am
@RL-3: Tank Lanning is well respected and certainly more qualified than 95% of rugga journos as he has actually played top flight rugga.
Just mentioning this in the hope it assists you in yanking your foot (with red croc attached) out of your mouth.
23 Jan 2013, 08:10 am
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-54:
And spend all that money to see “their” Currie Cup champions in action!
Sies man.
23 Jan 2013, 08:12 am
Saru are again showing their unique gift for stuffing things up with the allocation of test matches. Next three years ABs in Jhb. Ct gets Oz and Argies. Nothing for Durbs in 2014
23 Jan 2013, 08:13 am
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-57: Totallyoffthecharts. Proof that aliens do walk amongst us, and procreate.
@MacToogie-52: Don’tpisstheguppiesoff. There will be another biblical type exodus.
23 Jan 2013, 08:14 am
@MacToogie-52:
easy there Mac, this topic has been well covered before with a detailed breakdown of the attendance figures going back five tests for both CT and Durbs and it turned KP has a better crowd attendance figure than Newlands.
i suppose a comparison between KP and perhaps Loftus or EP would be worth making (stadium seating capacity notwithstanding).
23 Jan 2013, 08:18 am
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-63: Both stadiums basically sell out for the big games. KP has a slightly higher capacity so it will have higher numbers (just). We are talking about international games here of course. When it comes to local games there is no contest. Newlands trumps all with major daylight between us and the rest.
23 Jan 2013, 08:19 am
Ei man, Tank seems like a cool guy (noh0mo)
Im giving it 3 months before he has a minor breakdown/fight/brawl/beef with a blogger of some sort.
23 Jan 2013, 08:21 am
@stormer in a teacup-61:
there is a very good reason for that, Saffakiwis. that disgusting bunch make Bok vs AB games miserable in CT. Boks should never, ever host the ABs there again.
23 Jan 2013, 08:21 am
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-57: I’m pretty sure some had their tongues firmly in their cheeks when they posted those.
23 Jan 2013, 08:22 am
Who’s Tank
23 Jan 2013, 08:24 am
@Dawn-68:
He’s Frank.
23 Jan 2013, 08:25 am
@The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food-62:
expect semi-automatic sales to go through the roof.
@stormersboy-64:
can WP ever lose… at anything..?..
true though, your super rugby and CC figures are always good.
23 Jan 2013, 08:25 am
23 Jan 2013, 08:26 am
@gunther-69: Who is Frank?
23 Jan 2013, 08:27 am
@The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food-72:
The Tank.
23 Jan 2013, 08:28 am
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-70: Technically we don’t ever lose…at anything. The result or outcome might ‘indicate’ a loss, but we always know that wehadinfactbeenfuckedover by jealous and corrput officials.
23 Jan 2013, 08:28 am
@gunther-73: Who is the Tank?
(C’mon Gunther, play along now – you can see what I’m doing here, keep it going)
23 Jan 2013, 08:28 am
Frank?
23 Jan 2013, 08:32 am
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-70: haha no, but when the silverware is scarce, the one thing we can still count on is the support from the locals. So we are proud of our attendance figures.
Now we have some silverware too I guess, But it’s been a long time coming as you can imagine.
23 Jan 2013, 08:33 am
@Dawn-76: ‘n Furter??
23 Jan 2013, 08:33 am
@The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food-62: so dog food – just to let you know our anti guppy alliance is over! Finish en klaar. Leave my guppies in peace dog breath.
23 Jan 2013, 08:34 am
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-63:
not cared about what stats you bring out, for the last 3 years watching games played at KP there has been a plethora of empty seats, any stadium that has that happening should lose the hosting of tests for a while, if nothing else to build up demand again.
the Boks should not have to play in a stadium that has so many vacant spaces, the blame doesnt only lie with the city and supporters though, SARU need to seriously re-look at their ticket pricing
23 Jan 2013, 08:37 am
@RL-79: Your guppies? Ohdear. You will be supporting them this season? AndKeeganwept….
23 Jan 2013, 08:37 am
Speaking of Frankly where is my brother from an Amish mother Tacitus?
It’s a been to long.
23 Jan 2013, 08:38 am
@wpstormerbok-65: lol nohomo
23 Jan 2013, 08:39 am
@MacToogie-80: To be fair to the guppie segment of Bok fans: there are many reasons as to why they struggle to fill KP….
Agricultural shows. (The Royal show or something of the sort)
Schools rugby.
Bad weather.
(Guppiefans have told us this)
23 Jan 2013, 08:40 am
Frank the Tank! Frank the Tank! Frank the Tank! Classic scene.
23 Jan 2013, 08:41 am
@gunther-82: Dunno about Taccy. But I saw Skop making a skittlsticks fckadilly comeback.
23 Jan 2013, 08:41 am
The city of Cape Town will end up giving them the stadium just to get rid of the liability. Nothing crafty about that.
That lot is about as crafty as a colouring in book for the blind.
23 Jan 2013, 08:43 am
@The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food-75:
I’m so cold…I think I see Blue! He looks glorious.
23 Jan 2013, 08:44 am
@gunther-88:
Cleva man.
23 Jan 2013, 08:44 am
Hooker is only Stormers concern
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by Gavin Rich 23 January 2013, 08:21
The name of Springbok World Cup winning captain John Smit is being circulated as a possible inclusion in the Stormers squad for the opening Vodacom Super Rugby match against the Bulls in Pretoria towards the end of next month.
Coach Allister Coetzee confirmed at a press conference in Hermanus last week that he was looking for an extra hooker due to the injury that at that time was threatening to put Scarra Ntubeni out for four weeks and threatened to force him to miss the opening game. Since then, however, his worst fears have been realised, with Ntubeni having to undergo an operation on Tuesday that will keep him out until April.
With Tiaan Liebenberg, the back-up Springbok hooker from last year’s Rugby Championship campaign, still unsure of whether he will be able to start the new season due to the injury that knocked him out of the end of year tour and the closing stages of the Currie Cup, that does leave Coetzee in a bit of a hole. His only completely fit hooker at the moment is Deon Fourie, who led Western Province to Currie Cup silverware last season from a position in the loose-forwards.
Ntubeni’s progress was one of the shining lights of the 2012 domestic campaign, so his loss is a big blow.
“Fortunately Tiaan (Liebenberg) is making good progress and we have been pleased to see him back in training and he was able to help out at the lineouts. It looks like he may be ready for Loftus,” said Coetzee in Hermanus.
However, it looks touch and go, and Coetzee won’t want to risk it. The next player in line, WP under-19 star Freddie Kirsten, is a promising forward, but Coetzee won’t want to throw him in at the deep end in a massive Super Rugby derby before he has even played Currie Cup rugby.
That’s where Smit comes in, with sections of the Cape media speculating on Wednesday that WP’s good relationship with English club Saracens, where Smit is currently backing up former Stormers star Schalk Brits, could bring the 33-year-old into the frame on an early season loan basis. Of course, whether Smit would want to play Super Rugby again, particularly for the Stormers, is another story, as he is certainly not a player who needs to experience that competition or prove himself to anyone in South Africa.
The hooking situation aside, the Stormers look in rude health, though much may depend on how Schalk Burger comes through his first couple of games after sitting out almost the entire 2012 season with a troublesome knee injury that some thought might end his career.
Nizaam Carr, Siya Kolisi, Rynhardt Elstadt and Andries Bekker all joined Burger and Liebenberg at training in Hermanus, and Duane Vermeulen is of course back in the mix after sitting out the second half of last year’s Super Rugby campaign.
Add to that the Lions players who have moved down, with Elton Jantjies, Jaco Taute, Ruan Botha and Pat Cilliers bolstering the depth, as does Michael Rhodes, and it appears the Stormers have options that last year they didn’t have.
Perhaps the biggest gain of all though is the growth of some of the young players on the WP books in the space of the 12 months that have passed since last year’s training camp in Hermanus. Back then everyone was talking about young Eben Etzebeth because of his physique, but now the conversation is a different one, with the lock having established himself as one of the best players in his position in world rugby.
It’s a far cry from the last time the Stormers held a media open day at a pre-season camp, when all the talk was about what the Stormers had lost. Back then it was just two days after the shock resignation of Rassie Erasmus as director of rugby, and on the playing side there had been no substantial gains to off-set the loss of stalwart flank Francois Louw and the much spoken of departure of Johann Sadie and JJ Engelbrecht for the Bulls.
Louw would still walk into the Stormers side if he wasn’t enjoying himself so much in England, as he showed during an impressive international season with the Springboks. But Kolisi effectively stepped into the void, and so did Carr before his injury. While Engelbrecht’s star has soared at the Bulls and the Stormers may well approach him to fill the void that will be left when Bryan Habana leaves, Sadie’s has waned, while other players who have left have also been more than capably replaced, as shown by WP’s triumph of depth in winning both the Currie Cup and Vodacom Cup last
23 Jan 2013, 08:44 am
@gunther-87:
is are.
sheesus poodlefucker moment.
23 Jan 2013, 08:44 am
@The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food-84:
hahaha, agricultural shows.
it seems you love the guppies just as much as i do.
23 Jan 2013, 08:45 am
I Read the t@grant10-90: I read the first line and needed to take a Myprodol, 2 Panado and a Grandpa Headache Powder….
Please dont let this be happening….asseblief!
23 Jan 2013, 08:46 am
@The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food-74:
i’m beginning to see that.
why dont you just pull right the flip out of all rugby competitions?
like the americans do with baseball you could stage a “World Series” competition by yourselves every year and be the only province to win it…
@stormersboy-77:
yeah, good for you.
keep it up CT.
@MacToogie-80:
agreed, bok tests should never have empty seats, ever.
just saying, its relative.
if anyone has the time do a comparison between KP and EP or Loftus?
23 Jan 2013, 08:46 am
@The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food-89:
I love it when you smile at me. It make my breath come in short pants.
23 Jan 2013, 08:49 am
@grant10-93:
AAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA OH PLEASE LET THIS BE TRUE!!!
the irony would be priceless
23 Jan 2013, 08:51 am
@gunther-88: What is that song he sings at the funeral?
23 Jan 2013, 08:51 am
I can understand empty seats at Bok tests
has something to do with the style of rugby they play.
23 Jan 2013, 08:52 am
@grant10-93: Wont be a bad bench option.
23 Jan 2013, 08:53 am
@Sasuke-97:
dust in the wind (classic).
23 Jan 2013, 08:53 am
@MacToogie-92: I’m a huge fan. HUGE.
@gunther-95: In this corner, weighing in at 110 pounds and pushing 89 years of age and the recent recipient of a brand new plastic hip, Joseph “Blue” Polaski
23 Jan 2013, 08:54 am
@Sasuke-99: No man……surely somewhere on this planet there is a better option than this Plod…
23 Jan 2013, 08:55 am
@grant10-102: Nope. Out of what is available? It wouldn’t be half bad.
23 Jan 2013, 08:57 am
@MacToogie-80:
a little bit of marketing wouldn’t kill no one either.
23 Jan 2013, 08:58 am
Oh how i wish Barney would sign with the Stormers. Just to have a read at what Grant will say the whole season.
23 Jan 2013, 08:58 am
@Sasuke-97: All we are in duuuuuuuuust in the wiiiiiiiind!
You my boy Blue!!!!
23 Jan 2013, 08:59 am
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-100: yes thats it!
he does it well.
23 Jan 2013, 09:00 am
@grant10-102: Not in terms of AURA
23 Jan 2013, 09:01 am
@stormersboy-106:
23 Jan 2013, 09:02 am
@The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food-101:
23 Jan 2013, 09:06 am
@grant10-102: eish! Sorry to hear about Plod coming to Newlands ……but an old and toothless plod is way better than the skeef Deon Fourie.
23 Jan 2013, 09:08 am
@gunther-82: expect Frankie Two Fingers just after the 1st Bulle preseason game, where he’ll be singing Arno Botha’s praise.
23 Jan 2013, 09:12 am
@stormersboy-106: @Sasuke-110: One of my all time faves. Watch it every now and again simply to laugh out loud and giggle hysterically.
23 Jan 2013, 09:17 am
@stormersboy-106:
@Sasuke-109:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vnywlzr7Y1o
23 Jan 2013, 09:18 am
@The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food-113: Yes, it’s a classic. I have a mate that I trade quotes with constantly.
It’s not for everyone though, as my wife reminds me often.
23 Jan 2013, 09:27 am
@stormersboy-115: I too am reminded that ‘tastes’ and ‘humour’ differ from person to person…….
I have my stash of classics (incl. Chopper Reid dvds, Little Britain, Monty Python stuff, even a few old Benny Hill classics along with my classic never to win any Oscars movie collection.)
23 Jan 2013, 09:30 am
@stormersboy-115: @The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food-116: True that
I wonder if my Fiancee has watched it.
23 Jan 2013, 09:31 am
@The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food-116:
Off the top of my head:
The Big Lebowski
Grosse Pointe Blank
Old School
Anchorman
The whole 9 yards
23 Jan 2013, 09:35 am
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-114:
Look, Will Ferrell kills me at the best of times. Funniest moments in movies have all included Will in some way, shape or form.
“Discovered by the Germans in 1904, they named it San Diego, which, of course, in German means a whale’s ******.”
“Here’s the deal I’m the best there is. Plain and simple. I wake up in the morning and I piss excellence.”
“Mom, the meatloaf! F**k!”
“Hey. They laughed at Louis Armstrong when he said he was gonna go to the moon. Now he’s up there, laughing at them.”
“I swear, I’m so pissed off at my mom. As soon as she’s of age, I’m putting her in a home.”
23 Jan 2013, 09:39 am
@The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food-119: Yes, he’s a classic. Too many to mention. His cameo in Wedding Crashers was the highlight of the movie.
23 Jan 2013, 09:42 am
And lets not forget Peter Sellers……
23 Jan 2013, 09:45 am
@The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food-119:
hehehe
some great quotes there.
for the stomers i would suggest Rick Bobby’s; ‘if you ain’t first, you last’.
23 Jan 2013, 09:45 am
@Brigadier Van Zyl-121: Always. His Inspector Clouseau is one of the funniest characters ever. Plus that idiot at “The Party”.
But like Ferrell, not for everybody.
23 Jan 2013, 09:47 am
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-122: Shake and Bake baby!!
23 Jan 2013, 09:50 am
@Brigadier Van Zyl-121: Another legend!!!!!
23 Jan 2013, 09:51 am
Chazz: Night is a very dark time for me.
Jimmy: It’s dark for everyone, idiot!
Chazz: Not for people who live in Alaska. Or people with night-vision goggles.
Chazz: Personal philosophy: Clothing optional.
Chazz: It makes my hair shine like the Belt of Orion.
Chazz: My victory in Boston was as sweet as the cream pie from the city it’s named after.
23 Jan 2013, 09:53 am
Ron Burgundy (to dog): You’re so wise. You’re like a miniature Buddha covered with hair.
Ron Burgundy: I don’t know how to put this but I’m kind of a big deal.
Veronica Corningstone: Really.
Ron Burgundy: People know me.
Veronica Corningstone: Well, I’m very happy for you.
Ron Burgundy: I’m very important. I have many leather-bound books and my apartment smells of rich mahogany.
Ron Burgundy: I’m in a glass case of emotion.
Ron Burgundy: Son of a bee-sting.
Ron Burgundy (looking in mirror): Mmmmm… I look good. I mean really good. Hey everyone… come and see how good I look.
Ron Burgundy (to Veronica): It’s all right, my sweet chinchilla.
23 Jan 2013, 09:54 am
Ricky Bobby: You gotta win to get love. I mean, that’s just life. Look at…look at Dona Shula. Legendary coach. Look at that Asian guy who holds the world record for eatin’ all those hot dogs in a row. Look at Rue McClanahan from The Golden Girls. Three people, all great champions, all loved.
Ricky Bobby: Shake and bake! Ricky Bobby: If you ain’t first, you’re last!
Ricky Bobby: Well, let me give you a saying from Colonel Sanders. I am too drunk to taste this chicken.
Ricky Bobby: From now on, it’s Magic Man and El Diablo.
Cal Naughton, Jr: What does El Diablo mean?
Ricky Bobby: It’s like Spanish for like a fighting chicken.
Ricky Bobby: This sticker is dangerous and inconvenient, but I do love Fig Newtons.
Ricky Bobby: I’ve sent in my application to the Real World. So I’m hoping to hear back from that. I’m putting A LOT of my eggs into that basket, the MTV basket. I’m also thinking about getting a gun, and dealing crack. Being a crack dealer. Not like a mean crack dealer, but like… like a nice one. Kinda friendly like, “hey, what’s up guys? Want some crack?” I’m just waiting on those two things to flesh themselves out.
Ricky Bobby: (running around the racetrack in his underwear, thinks he is on fire) Help me *****! Help me Jewish God! Help me Allah! Help me Tom Cruise! Tom Cruise, use your witchcraft on me to get the fire off me! Help me Oprah Winfrey!
23 Jan 2013, 10:04 am
@The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food-128:
hehehe
which movie is it where he says; ‘dont make me put my big boy pants on!’
23 Jan 2013, 10:27 am
I for one would love a move to CT Stadium, newlands does not inforce it’s no-smoking regulations, the bathrooms suck, the movement is cramped and the seat placement is terrible. The only benefit of Newlands is the vibe and the heritage.
CT Stadium is bloody amazing, the seats all face the centre of the pitch and much more room so a fat *** “oom” next to you won’t crush your kidneys. Also see MyCiti Buss system, more moving space and the vibrant neigbourhood of Green Point, McDonalds right by the stadium and of course the toilets don’t look like the stalls they have at Khayelitsha!
23 Jan 2013, 10:32 am
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-129: Not sure, he was quite good in Zoolander.
23 Jan 2013, 10:35 am
@goodstuff-130: Agreed. CT Stadium will develop that gees and heritage as the years go on.
23 Jan 2013, 11:28 am
Said it before and i’l say it again , if they wanted WP to take over this stadium then this should have arranged pre-2010 , not oh we got this moerse empty stadium so what now….
23 Jan 2013, 12:02 pm
@stormersboy-38:
SA Rugby Magazine will launch its own website (part of Highbury Safika) soon. Expect all the old contributors there, Simon will head that up I think.
Keo owns this place.
23 Jan 2013, 12:08 pm
@RL-22:
Haha, thanks – but Tank knows a fair bit more about the game than I do. Keo did good here, you guys will enjoy Tank’s thoughts. And he is never shy to engage with guys that commentate.
23 Jan 2013, 12:08 pm
Commentate… fok.
Comment!
23 Jan 2013, 12:52 pm
@Tankman-14: Welcome to the asylum Tank! Looking forward to your articles on here. If you can offer a bit more than the old Captain Hindsight (JC) retrospective babble, you’ll already be streaks ahead in my books.
Looking forward, as always, to the insights of a previous player. Make your mark (no pun intended) and give us some decent front row and scrummaging commentary. No one else on here ever really offered much of value in that dept. You’ll be the resident specialist now.
23 Jan 2013, 13:00 pm
@Sasuke-131: Zoolander… another one of my ALL TIME ALL TIME ALL TIME faves. The school for kids who don’t read so good….
24 Jan 2013, 10:15 am
@The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food-138:
Hahahaha, in Old School when they’re kidnapping one of the pledges, the woman comes in with a grocery bag, saying “What’s going on?”
Frnak responds, “You tell anyone about this and I’ll f*cking kill you….I’m kidding, I’m kidding, we’ll have him home by tonight. Okay, sweetie.” (reaches into the grocery bbag and takes out some cheese balls…)
Or when he’s running naked in the streets after “Frank the Tank” comes out…
“Frank, what are you doing!?”
“We’re…we’re going streaking! Were going up the quad and to the gymnasium!”
“Who is?”
“The…We…(looks back)…there’s more coming.”
“Frank, get in the car.”
“But…everybody’s doing it!”
“Frank! NOW!”
“Ok.”
24 Jan 2013, 15:12 pm
@ufo-19: hi ufo
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