With the URC Shield on ice, should the Cats be re-established?
The first season of the United Rugby Championship is coming to a close and whilst it may have been a slow start, it has turned into a...
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Apr 28, 20223 min read
Has SA finally moved on from Super Rugby?
Although this is the 1st season of the United Rugby Championship, it has been more than two years since SA last played in Super Rugby....
Apr 26, 20222 min read
A tale of two tournaments
Photo: Sydney Mahlangu/BackpagePix When Leinster announced their 31-man squad ahead of their two-match tour to South Africa, much was...
Apr 25, 20223 min read
Varsity Cup Final preview
The Varsity Cup has arrived at the business end of the competition and after thrilling semi-final's between Ikeys & Maties as well as...
Apr 24, 20222 min read
Evan Roos: have Bok coaches seen the light?
The Stormers put a very powerful performance in on Friday night to beat Glasgow 32 - 7 and move up to 2nd on the overall URC log. Whilst...
Apr 15, 20223 min read
Bok alignment camps: cutting through the smoke screen.
The Springboks have just finished the first of their 2022 alignment camps, which ran from Sunday to Tuesday. The camps gave the...
Apr 14, 20222 min read
SA teams in Heineken Cup: Showcase or Marketplace?
I'm back after a little hiatus & taking some time out to see how the URC would pan out. Glad to say that it seems that our teams are now...
Apr 14, 20222 min read
Explainer: How SA will qualify for the European Rugby Champions Cup
SA is currently completing it's first full season in the United Rugby Championship and three of the four teams featuring in the...
Apr 9, 20222 min read
Wales in for a rough July if the URC is any indication
With four weeks of URC rugby under the belt on South African shores. Wales will be left with plenty to think about ahead of their tour to...
Apr 8, 20223 min read
URC Final around the corner... here is how the play-off's will work
The United Rugby Championship has been bolstered by a strong crowd attendance at the South African hosted fixtures of the tournament, so...
Apr 7, 20222 min read
Picking a Bok team 3 months out
On this weeks episode of our podcast, Ronnie & I undertook the difficult task of selecting a starting team to feature in the opening...
Apr 7, 20222 min read
Manie of the Match
Manie Libbok snapped up Man of the Match this weekend in the Stormers win over the Ospreys in Cape Town. It isn't only the past weekends...
Apr 6, 20223 min read
Cheaper tickets should be the norm
This week the Blue Bulls, in an attempt to fill the stands for their big clash against Irish side Ulster, reduced the price of some...
Apr 4, 20223 min read
The rise and rise of Makazole Mapimpi
By now, rugby fans around the world are more than familiar with the try-scoring machine, Makazole Mapimpi. Even before he scored the...
Apr 1, 20222 min read
Sharks get major coup as Itoje set for Durban stint
The Cell C Sharks signing spree continues with the financial backing of MVM Holdings. One may have thought Etzebeth was the precipice of...
Mar 31, 20222 min read
Peak-a-Sbu
Sbu Nkosi has been absent from the Sharks starting line up for a couple of weeks now, with debate raging about what is going on with the...
Mar 31, 20223 min read
No room for the weak, SARU's self created problem
Speaking to the Daily Mail again, South African Director of Rugby, Rassie Erasmus discussed an issue he believes the South African...
Mar 30, 20223 min read
Elrigh Louw
There is no doubt that the one position the Springboks never seem to be short of personnel in is the loose trio. South Africa seems to...
Mar 28, 20224 min read
Under pressure
Curwin Bosch. Photo: BackpagePix. After two rounds of clean sweeps for the SA sides in the URC, the Sharks were sadly the first team to...
Mar 25, 20222 min read
WILL THE REAL URC PLEASE STAND UP
Still in its first full season, the United Rugby Championship has gone through the expected teething problems as North and South struggle...
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