Why are we even surprised?
Times are tough for rugby fans, unless you’re from New Zealand that is… The mighty All Blacks look unbeatable. They’ve swept aside their traditional rivals like yesterday’s newspaper. The Springboks...
View ArticleSpringbok Trials
No, I don’t mean tribunals where the rugby public publicly lynch under-performing coaches and players. What happened to the good old trial match? The simulated test match where the best 60 or so...
View Article“DOPING” IN PROFESSIONAL SPORT
“He’s a cheat!” “He should be banned for life!” “He is a disgrace!” We’ve all heard these things. People take a very dim view when sportspeople take “drugs” to enhance their performance on the field,...
View ArticleBok Smash
The Hulk is generally considered a hazard to everyone and everything around him. He is a monster. When he is angry he is unstoppable. He is a green behemoth with juggernaut like momentum. He smashes,...
View ArticleSPRINGBOK NIGHTMARES
Last night I dreamed that, after Saturday’s horror show vs the All Blacks, the entire SARU board and all the so-called executives had resigned in shame and committed Seppuku. I was ecstatic. But then...
View ArticleMarmalade Wielding Assassins and the Springboks
Often a massive catastrophe hits without warning. It comes out of the night like an assassin with many swords and a penchant for eating his targets eyes. Everyone is surprised, at least for a while....
View ArticleSpringbok Trials
therugbyquirk No, I don’t mean tribunals where the rugby public publicly lynch under-performing coaches and players. What happened to the good old trial match? The simulated test match where the best...
View ArticleSPEED STARS COMPETITION – ADVANCED DRIVING COURSE
I was fortunate enough to win an advanced driving course courtesy of a show on the Ignition channel hosted by Marius Roberts called Speed Stars. Basically they take two South African celebrities or...
View ArticleNICO ROSBERG – CHAMPION!
Few would argue that Rahul Dravid and Sashin Tendulkar are legends in the game of cricket. The same is true of Graeme Smith and AB de Villiers or Ricky Ponting and Steve Waugh, Brian Lara and...
View ArticleSupeRugby is dead… Long live SupeRugby
In the face of dwindling crowds and general disinterest, SupeRugby seems to be at death’s door. The Grim Reaper himself is watching with horror, because he is, no doubt, a Crusaders fan, as the best...
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