The Bizhub Free State Cheetahs announced themselves as one of the teams to beat in the 2010 Coca Cola Under-18 Craven Week following their impressive victory over Border in Welkom on Tuesday.
The Bloemfontein side entertained the crowd at the North West Stadium with their entertaining brand of running rugby which was orchestrated by flyhalf Johan […]

  
Years ago an Australian man pretending to be an American made a movie.  Interestingly he played a Scotsman.  That man was Mel Gibson, and the movie was called Braveheart, and everyone loved it because there were fantastic speeches about valour and freedom, and everywhere you looked there were warriors bashing each others’ heads in with […]

The modern day South African loose forward is an incredible specimen. Physical, imposing, skillfull and versatile. They are the toast of world rugby. Francois Louw is an example of such a player.
 

 
Throughout history South Africans have prided themselves on the abilities of our forwards. No more so than our loose forwards. Size has never been […]

  
Western Province kicked off their 2010 Coca Cola Under-18 Craven Week title defence to the perfect start following their 20-3 victory over the Lions in Welkom on Monday.
The Cape side played enterprising, running rugby at the North West Stadium and dominated their opponents in most facets of play.
WP though only managed to add two tries […]

I first met Seriousness in a garage shop convenience store about three years ago.  She was your typical convenience store clerk.  She had a uniform, a hat and a big smile, and predictably got me the blue box of cancer sticks instead of the red one.  It was late, and I was drunk so naturally […]

 
I sit here on a chilly Saturday morning in Johannesburg watching the once invincible New Zealand All Blacks V tricky Wales. Brings me to my topic of this article and that being probably the greatest rivalry in Rugby Union.
 That rivalry being the one between: New Zealand and South Africa at Rugby Union. Being a South […]

Italy is known for a lot of things.  They’re all great cooks and they’re the reigning football world champions, at least for another few weeks.  They make fast cars that look fantastic, drive like a dream, and break down on a regular basis but unlike other car owners, people who own Italian cars don’t mind […]

It’s not the most high-profile news at the moment with the Boks in action against Italy this weekend and World Cup soccer on the go, but we’ll give it to you anyway.
The Sharks take on the Valke at the John Vorster Stadium in Nigel on Friday night at 6pm.  It’s the Absa Currie Cup Compulsory Friendly and […]

Whenever I think of Wales, I can’t help but think.  “Golly, there sure are a lot of people names Jones in Wales.” They’re also very good singers… Tom Jones is a great example. He wears tight leather pants and women everywhere swoon whenever he walks on stage. At least they used to, he’s a bit […]

The Irish are known for sad songs about boys named Danny, Guinness, and Irish coffee, four leaf clovers, the Blarney Stone and leprechauns. 
The Americans even made a B-grade horror movie about the latter, in the process painting a very dark picture of the mysterious little creature and his pot of gold.  As far as I […]