Picking Super Rugby’s champs
Super Rugby’s 2017 winner will be the Lions or the Crusaders. The Hurricanes and Highlanders should make up the final four but home ground... Read more
Cheetahs champion change
Cheetahs boss Harold Verster must be lauded for investing in the future and not being caught up in the uncontrollable of the past. Super... Read more
Sun shines on SA Rugby
It’s been a glorious June for South African rugby and the sunshine continued into July with the resumption of Super Rugby. The Lions were... Read more
Gelant’s Got It
Bulls utility back Warrick Gelant has X-factor and expect to see him in the Springboks squad sooner rather than later. I tweeted about Gelant’s... Read more
Roaring Lions
World rugby has a series decider every bit as big as a World Cup final after the British and Irish Lions leveled the series... Read more
Jan tops Bok chart
Jan Serfontein scored the biggest on the Keo.co.za ratings of the Springboks in the three Test series against France. Serfontein scored nine from 10... Read more
Lions duo add roar to Boks
Warren Whiteley and Ross Cronje’s Springboks shares rose even more in their absence as the Boks comfortably beat France in Johannesburg to secure a... Read more
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
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
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
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
Boks to fry French
Be comforted, there’s enough quality in Allister Coetzee’s Springboks squad to beat France 3-0 in the June Test series. There’s also a greater concentration... Read more
Load Boks with Lions
Springbok coach Allister Coetzee’s best chance of immediate success is to load his run on XV with Lions players and to trust the continuity... Read more
