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As you may or may not know, Rassie started a Twitter account over the weekend. Here's some gold from him (2 min videos):
Part 1
Part 2
I like the honesty.
This has just been published from a South African player's viewpoint, which I found really interesting. Full doc can be obtained here.
Players' viewpoints on:
Tidbits
Proposal for Rugby Calendar by the players:
And a last one (there's much more in full doc)
https://www.sport24.co.za/Rugby/SuperRugby/bulls-zone-in-on-giant-wallabies-lock-20200127
Cape Town - The Bulls are reportedly interested in securing the services of Saracens and Wallabies lock Will Skelton
Starting with a bang on this side of the pond with over 50 000 tickets sold for Sunday's double-header at Newlands (Sharks v Lions and Stormers v Bulls)
https://www.sport24.co.za/Rugby/SuperRugby/capacity-crowd-expected-at-cape-town-stadium-20190131
Looking forward to this. I think this is a great initiative by Heyneke Meyer.
https://www.sport24.co.za/Rugby/all-set-for-heynekes-schools-festival-in-paarl-20180302
I don't know if there is a thread like this, but I thought rather than creating multiple threads every once in a while we can all share this thread to post about talent coming through the ranks. So please add your own.
I've heard people raving about this kid called Damian Willemse, he is on...
There are several songs by the same lead singer who has featured in several bands an lately solo. I like his/their stuff.
I was wondering, without expecting you to understand the lyrics, what you thought of it.
Should be a good game.
Think Lambie should start at 15 ahead of le Roux with le Roux on the bench and then to spring a surprise Heyneke must include the man who has had much success against the All Blacks by starting Heinrich Brussouw (I'm not that big a fan of him but maybe it helps...
Both teams are coming off losses and I'm thinking both will be really fired up for this game. For myself Bok v England clashes are second only to Bok v All Black clashes and tradionally our players are fired up for England.
The 14 point drubbing we received will spur the team on tremendously...
All nations have something to be proud of. For South Africans it's our rugby. It's the one endearing thing that we still have today despite all the negatives in politics which includes Apartheid and Quotas more recently.
This is not a jibe toward any other nation but merely a tribute to...
Would have posted this under "Rugby Discussion" but for some reason I cannot create a thread under that forum.
It's been an interesting year. Think the Wallabies will surprise a lot of people next year and I have this feeling next year's RC will be one of the closest ever.
Ireland appear to...
Three training sessions have been arranged. This squad consists only of Cheetahs and Lions players. The second will consist of Bulls and Shark players and the third of Stormers only.
Players invited to the first Springbok planning camp:
Forwards:
Coenie Oosthuizen, Caylib Oosthuizen, Pat...
Ok, so I've just read that the IRB are seriously considering to give Wales home games at the beloved Millennium Stadium during the 2015 Rugby World Cup. Strange considering how many times in the past this has happened already and there is an obvious pattern here.
It would seem the RFU asked...
So, it's little over a month away from the Super 15 so what do you predict for the conferences?
AUS:
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Reds
Waratahs
Brumbies
Rebels
Western Force
NZ:
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Crusaders
Blues
Hurricanes
Chiefs
Highlanders
RSA
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Stormers
Sharks
Cheetahs
Lions
Bulls