http://blogs.sarugby.com Official SARugby.com Blog Thu, 11 Feb 2010 08:29:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Here's a little betting preview that I did for South African sports betting website GreatOdds.co.za Crusaders - The return of Daniel Carter sees the Crusaders installed as pre-tournament favourites.  Tough to beat and boasting a star-studded line-up they will be tough to beat this season. Bulls - The Bulls are the opposite ... http://blogs.sarugby.com/2010/02/11/super-14-overview/ Vodacom Stormers captain Schalk Burger and Nashua Cape Cobra’s coach Shukri Conrad today announced their squads for the annual 20/20 style cricket match at Sahara Park Newlands on Sunday 17 January 2010. The match will start at 12h00. Cricket and rugby fans can expect a fun filled family day, with Cape ... http://blogs.sarugby.com/2010/01/13/stormers-v-cobras/ Peter de Villiers and his Springbok selectors have picked an intimidating looking matchday 22 for the game against Ireland at Croke Park tomorrow. The selection of John Smit at hooker and BJ Botha at prop gives them a solidity up front that has been missing for some time.  Against an Ireland ... http://blogs.sarugby.com/2009/11/27/selections-spot-on/ Regular SARugby.com commentor and contributor - Modjo - contacted me with a well written and thought provoking piece on the Beast Mtawarira saga.  Have a look and have your say... ---------------------------------------------------------------- Yet another government official criticizing South African rugby, YAWN! Its all getting a bit old now isn’t it? Khompela wants to puke ... http://blogs.sarugby.com/2009/11/16/sick-and-tired-of-being-sick-and-tired/ It's one of the toughest questions I've had to answer all season.  'Can Western Province win the Currie Cup this year?' The answer is - I simply don't know.  Working as a rugby journalist many people you meet along the way expect you to be the definitive expert on the matter.  For ... http://blogs.sarugby.com/2009/09/30/wp-contenders-or-pretenders/ 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 ... http://blogs.sarugby.com/2009/08/04/is-it-too-good-to-be-true/ There was something almost comical about the All Blacks during the second Test in Durban. The funny part wasn't that they couldn't catch a cold in Durban's wet conditions or the shambles of a game-plan that they continue to dish up under Graham 'Cat-'o-nine-lives' Henry.    No, the joke was what has ... http://blogs.sarugby.com/2009/08/03/posturing-all-blacks-sent-packing/ It's that time of the year again. While we've all been engrossed in the heady heights of top-flight international rugby the oft-neglected yet terrifically important apogee of domestic rugby has snuck up on us like a sex tape sneaks up on an unsuspecting Hollywood starlet. The Super 14, the Inbound ... http://blogs.sarugby.com/2009/07/07/old-school-is-cool/ In the interests of writing more and giving you, the loyal reader, an inside shot at making some money off of the greedy bookies I have employed the services of my good friend Nostradamus Chris Ferguson to give you weekly betting tips so you know exactly where you should be ... http://blogs.sarugby.com/2009/07/03/chris-picks-1/ 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 ... http://blogs.sarugby.com/2009/07/02/in-the-eye-of-the-storm/