Settled Sharks still No 1
4 Mar 2013
MARK KEOHANE, on the first episode of KeoTV, is still picking the Sharks to win the tournament.
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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 Article4 Mar 2013
MARK KEOHANE, on the first episode of KeoTV, is still picking the Sharks to win the tournament.
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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

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4 Mar 2013, 14:08 pm
Sharksgirl, Stransky wasn’t welcome at the Sharks … he wasn’t in Grey Bloem
4 Mar 2013, 14:09 pm
@Heavens Game-86: Please do not jinx us this week HG, you know the Sharks have a certain record against the Minnows
4 Mar 2013, 14:11 pm
@gunther-62:
@BrumbiesBoy-65:
@Transformation-67:
hello!
which Bakkies are you referring to here?
4 Mar 2013, 14:11 pm
@The Rangerman-98:
We can’t be sure of that.
He sounds quite muffled when he speaks.
4 Mar 2013, 14:19 pm
@suffer_guy-99: Yawn.
4 Mar 2013, 14:25 pm
@Sharksgirl-100: Kay!
4 Mar 2013, 14:27 pm
Stransky will always be a true born and raised Natalian legend of the game. He just did not agree with whatever and left the Province for much greener pastures. He was a great player. He is now a great commentator and has a great knowledge of the game in general.
4 Mar 2013, 14:39 pm
@Karma-zaf-105: he didnt like taking the crashball and standing flat in ian macs gameplan and so he was forced out by a real natalian legend named lem honiball who farms in our fair province.
then he started whining like a pennywhistle.
4 Mar 2013, 14:41 pm
that kick in 95 was beautiful though if only to see the ab’s crying and throwing up all over the show
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4 Mar 2013, 14:41 pm
@The Rangerman-106: Could not have said it better myself…
4 Mar 2013, 14:44 pm
@Heavens Game-108: and he hated mac for it.
now how can you hate a man like mac?
thats a boykie, he even attended our 4th team formal as a guest speaker two years ago.
a 4th team formal????? this from a man who has been a bok selector forever, won cc’s and changed the face of natal rugby if not all rugby?
what a man is mac!
4 Mar 2013, 14:57 pm
@The Rangerman-109: Mac is Legend… Nothing less… There is only one Mal oog Thousand-yard stare in Rugby…
Even though he’s slightly partial to them Northwood types…
4 Mar 2013, 15:04 pm
@The Rangerman-109: Actually Stransky got pissed off because of the whole Lance Sherrel selection over him.
4 Mar 2013, 15:11 pm
@The Rangerman-109: why is ian mac still a selector? wtf has he done in rugby innovation in the past decade?
he is just sucking on the SARU gravy train like many out there.
what resonsibility does being a selector carry? do.they get fired when the team loses?
4 Mar 2013, 15:32 pm
Rangerman I met a girl last year when we watched the Bulls vs Sharks game at Loftus who works with Stransky and I said he hates the Sharks… She told me I couldn’t be more wrong… He is a huge Sharks fan and his office is full of Sharks stuff… She says he is very scared of being labelled biased towards them when he commentates…
4 Mar 2013, 15:42 pm
@THE MAULER-113: You know what Mauler, funny enough when I was posting my comment, that thought had occured to me, the 1st time it ever did actually, but I discarded it immediately! But that is really great to hear, I will be more tolerant in future!
4 Mar 2013, 15:53 pm
Haha no worries Sharksgirl…
4 Mar 2013, 16:42 pm
@suffer_guy-93: Durban has few cockroaches.Eggs eaten by Geckos.Not sure if I prefer gecko **** on my
toothbrush to geckos.
5 Mar 2013, 01:23 am
Prospective 2015 Rugby World Cup venues:
Amex Stadium, Brighton
Ashton Gate, Bristol
Pride Park, Derby
Ricoh Arena, Coventry
Elland Road, Leeds
Stadium MK, Milton Keynes
King Power Stadium, Leicester
Old Trafford, Manchester
St James’s Park, Newcastle
Stadium of Light, Sunderland
Villa Park, Birmingham
St Mary’s Stadium, Southampton
Wembley, London
Olympic Stadium, London
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Twickenham, London
Kingsholm, Gloucester
Sandy Park, Exeter
Who will be going over to ol’ Mother Hubbard to watch?
5 Mar 2013, 01:26 am
Why the h*ll does Cardiff get games?…. The world cup is meant to be in England and the Welsh shouldn’t have the advantage of another “home” world cup after recently hosting ’99 and having home games in ’07……..
NO TO CARDIFF!
5 Mar 2013, 06:23 am
@Karma-zaf-105: A great commentator, he’s utter c rap, he knows nothing about the game, he is biazed towards the Sharks and he needs to read ‘Rugby Rules for Dummies’, last weekends game was proof in the pudding.
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