Archive for the 'Springbok' Category


Is It Too Good To Be True?

Like the time I scored 10ft Pipeline all by myself, got out the water to a warm embrace from Whitney Port, found a winning lottery ticket in the sand, discovered a way to eat as much McDonalds as I like without getting fat and then stumbled into a leprechaun who showed me the way to […]

In The Eye of the Storm

See what I did with the heading? You know, the whole eye-gouging thing. And there’s been somewhat of a media “storm” over the whole debacle. Pretty smart hey? My gran always said I was a cunning linguist. Pity Pieter de Villiers isn’t, although the lady from the car in the parking lot may beg to […]

Katy Perry is a Sage, Stacked.

Katy Perry has a very, very impressive décolletage and so, naturally, she is wonderful and everything she says is truth. When she sang the words “You’re hot and you’re cold/You’re yes and you’re no/You’re in and you’re out/You’re up and you’re down/You’re wrong when it’s right/You’re black when it’s white/We fight we break up/We kiss […]

I’m Just Tryin’ to be Strong for My Squad.

In perfect reverse motion to the intrepid voyages of those early explorers who sailed down from the frosty climes of the Northern Hemisphere seeking new lands to pillage down South, the rugby giants of the Southern Hemisphere will set off in the coming weeks to challenge our Northern brethren.
The South African squad, the Springboks, have […]

Jinkies

Wow, that was quite a Saturday. Air New Zealand Cup final, Home and Away omnibus, ACC3022H studying, Currie Cup Final, Sharks victory, Bok Squad announcement, Earl Rose, Braai.
The ANZ Cup final was as tight as expected with Auteroa’s two best sides slugging it out in Wellington’s best attempt at Spring weather. Westpac Stadium and all […]

June 24, 1995 - afternoon

The following is an extract from Playing the Enemy by UK journalist John Carlin. The book will be released in South Africa at the end of the week.
“Sixty minutes between two o’clock, when Nelson Mandela arrived at Ellis Park, and three o’clock, when the game began, everything happened. First there was a song, then a […]

Zavos on the Boks

Aussie journo Spiro Zavos finds it quite difficult to say nice things about the Boks. So when I stumbled on this little piece I just had to share it:
“The Springboks destruction of the Wallabies was the sort of defeat that gives massacres a bad name. This was a thrashing, a walloping and a devastation.
Go through […]

Bills on the Boks

Writing in the Pretoria News, Peter Bills reveals how bad things in the Bok camp have got:
“Unless you believe that rabbits really can be plucked out of conjuror’s hats, then Springbok coach Peter de Villiers has a critical decision to make this Monday morning.
Humiliated by the Durban crowd after South Africa’s latest abject defeat, De […]

Bravo Bobby

It’s been a long time since SuperSport did anything with their rugby coverage to impress me…a long, long time!
But the inclusion of Bobby Skinstad onto the panel discussion prior to Saturday’s Test was a master-stroke. The former Bok skipper is eloquent and insightful - adding genuine value.
It’s time to put Naas to pasture and replace […]

The world’s greatest rugby nation

Sportingo - James Mortimer (06/06/2008)
As the Southern Hemisphere international season commences, many - including some Kiwis - gloat about and mock the New Zealanders’ demise. How uninformed they are.
‘… let’s get this hollow commercial concept of World Cups out of the way. The only real tournament was played in 1987 – which the All Blacks […]