French Fried
Home boy Jaco Kriel took just four minutes to make an impact against the French and his teammates were equally quick in setting the... Read more
Lions Lashed
The All Blacks are a super team, which is not to be confused with being a Super Rugby team. The British and Irish Lions... Read more
Monty’s Magical SACS
SACS, South Africa’s oldest rugby school, have reached a national high ranking of four in 2017 – and at the heart of SACS’s rugby... Read more
Super Sean
Paarl Boys High have won 50 successive matches in South Africa in the last three season. Sean Erasmus, the man who turned Glenwood into... Read more
Backing SA’s Bid
South African rugby – indeed the game in Africa – needs the lifeblood of hosting the 2023 Rugby World Cup. Forget the Durban 2022... Read more
The Best Boks
Bulls midfielder Jan Serfontein has been a revelation for the Springboks, with Lions lock Franco Mostert the pick of the forwards. Serfontein’s performance in... Read more
Boks have golden glow
Rugby order has been restored. The Springboks played like a team closer to two than five in the world rankings. It is where they... Read more
Extending Brendan Venter’s consultancy – a MUST
Everything possible must be done to extend Brendan Venter’s Springbok consultancy – at least until the 2019 Rugby World Cup. Increased efforts hopefully are... Read more
Great start
The Springboks produced their most efficient and enjoyable performance in a year. This was more like it South Africa. France were inferior in quality... Read more
Blowing whistle on Refs
The standard of match officiating in Super Rugby is as mediocre as the overall standard of rugby in the competition. This past weekend was... Read more
Wonderboy Warren
There is such goodwill towards Lions and Springbok captain Warren Whiteley that it simply has to be rewarded with success against the French. Everyone... Read more
Local is Lekker
All the pressure is on Allister Coetzee’s Springboks to get a wining result in Saturday’s first Test against France – and rightly so. Coetzee’s... Read more
Super Rugby reality check
A bit of perspective please ladies and gentleman. If not the emotional crash will again feel colossal when doing a post mortem of South... Read more
Boks can’t lose
Springbok coach Allister Coetzee has done everything I asked for – which was to load the team with Lions Super Rugby players and to... Read more
Bok lineup to face the French
The Springbok team that starts against France will look decidedly different to the one that lost to Ireland in Cape Town a year ago,... Read more