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Publish Date: 26 November 2009 : 03:45PM
You could forgive Bryan Habana for lacking motivation at the moment. World Cup, Tri-Nations, Super 14, Currie Cup winner, Lion tamer, former IRB player of the year – the Springbok winger simply has nothing left to prove. It comes as a pleasant surprise...
Publish Date: 19 June 2009 : 12:47PM
You have to hand it to Peter de Villiers - the man sticks to his guns. While just about the whole of South Africa thought it was a good idea to pick in-form flyhalf Morne Steyn for the first Test against the British and Irish Lions, Div stood firm and...
Publish Date: 16 June 2009 : 10:32AM
Shortly after the British and Irish Lions touched down in South Africa, coach Ian McGeechan eased his weary bones into a chair at a hotel in the heart of Johannesburg and, with an army of journalists looking on, set about talking up Springbok rugby. "South...
Publish Date: 08 April 2009 : 05:13PM
Picking Luke Watson to play for the Springboks is a bit like kissing someone who has the flu bug and hoping you won't get infected. Such is Puke's talent for making people sick to their stomach, that, if selected, he could well cause unhappiness...
Publish Date: 30 March 2009 : 12:09PM
Like Samson who went all soft when his locks were cut off, Schalk Burger seems to have lost a lot of strength since his run-in with some hair-clippers. The iconic flanker's patchy performances for the Stormers in the Super 14 this year will force...
Publish Date: 16 March 2009 : 03:16PM
Those who run Saracens Rugby Club have a dream. If chief executive Edward Griffiths and new coach Brendan Venter have their way, thousands of London-based South African fans will, within nine months, flock to Wembley Stadium to support a new-look Saracens...
Publish Date: 09 March 2009 : 09:27AM
One of the main reasons the Springboks lost to the British Lions in 1997 was poor place-kicking. It has to be a massive concern, then, that with the UK and Ireland's finest arriving in South Africa in about 80 days, there doesn't seem to be clarity...
Publish Date: 06 March 2009 : 05:07PM
The debate over where Francois Steyn should play in the backline should now be at an end. Anyone who still doubts that the prodigiously talented youngster is most effective at centre should have another look at last week's Sharks vs Chiefs game. One...