Springboks are better than the All Blacks
I was reading an article on Keo.co.za which was titled Boks under achieve in 2008 . Fair enough I thought, this would be an article probably talking about the poor Tri-Nations the Boks had and how they stuttered in their opening two games of the end of year tour. But then the first sentence in...
Why not Beast?
The SA Rugby Awards have come and gone but I feel that Tendai ‘Beast’ Mtawarira should have been named the Young Player of the Year. This was daylight robbery! How could they give the award to Rob Ebersohn ahead of Beast and even Ryan Kankowski? I honestly thought that Beast had this award in the...
Jean de Villiers is the best
Jean de Villiers has been name the best player in South Africa for 2008 winning the SA Rugby Player of the Year award. There was really no surprise there as he was head and shoulders above everyone else. Some had doubted him after his had to pull out of the World Cup last year after...
Why was McCaw not even on the IRB Player of the Year shortlist?
Firstly, congratulations to Shane Williams for being named IRB Player of the Year for 2008 but I must say as a rugby fan that I am surprised that All Black captain, Richie McCaw was not the winner of the award but he was not even part of the shortlist of the players! The list included:...
Shane Williams named IRB Player of the Year
I must say I am not really surprised by this one. Wales winger Shane Williams has been named the International Rugby Board Player of the Year for 2008. He beat off competition from Wales teammate Ryan Jones, Scotland scrumhalf Mike Blair, Italy captain Sergio Parisse and New Zealand flyhalf Dan Carter. Funnily (or not) no...
The Haka stand-off!
I was amazed and shocked yesterday! Wow! The All Blacks took on Wales yesterday in a game the All Blacks won 27 – 9 but the highlight for me was before the game even kicked off! The All Blacks lined up and gave u a sterling Kapa o Pango. I always get goosebumps from Kapa...
Springboks 42 – England 6
What a game! Firstly, to all those on this forum who doubted the Boks the whole of last week, I hope you are eating humble pie now! Never ever right off the Boks. Right them off at your own peril! Not only did the Springboks win but they inflected the worst defeat England has had...
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