Sad News for Brumbies Young Gun

After week off in Honkers for the 7s, I have gone another week with next to no rugby.
 A sad week for rugby, I have just read the shocking news that Shawn Mackay has died in a Durban hospital after fighting for his life all week in a coma.  He was hit by an armed response vehicle in [...]

Red Faced Steyn

What a weekend of rugby, but started off on the worst foot.
The Cheetahs shouldn’t even be in this competition.  Watching them against the Blues was painful and embarrassing.  The Blues should hang their heads that they only won by 34 points.
At least the Cheetahs can win at one thing, and that’s taking the mantle off [...]

Reeg’s Rant – “Man Perm”

Well another weekend I still haven’t seen much ruggers.  Only caught the glimpses of the Tah’s match and was pretty pissed by the time I saw the Force match, so cant really add much light on that game.  It was all a blur of Cameron Shepherd and Nick “Man-Perm” Cummings.
The weekend started with an upset, [...]

Reeg’s Rant

Well, what can you say other than WOW!
What a start to the season.
Highlanders went crazy against the Brumbies in the first 20 mins leading 19-0 with only 28% territory.  Then their only All Black (Cowan) left the field with a sore finger (but mullet still intact) and they were lost in the wilderness for the [...]

Super 14 – Week Negative 1

Well I know I can get excited about the game, but thought I would start early with a quick review of week negative 1.
The missus is o/s on secondment in Hong Kong, which means I can dedicate more of my time to the game. You have to feel sorry for our new puppy though, the [...]

Coaches in the ropes

Never mind recruiting and retrieving errant players this pre-season has seen coach moving as THE big preparation plan.
Sharks have hired Andrew Johns, the Aussie League evil-genius to help, in the words of PlanetRugby “with kicking, catching and a few other specifics”
I don’t know what they paid him or for how long he’s gonna be there but [...]

Super 14 – Round 14 – Part 1

The Jaffas host the Canes in Fridays crucial match.  Both teams have the possibility of making the semi’s.  Both have been in form for the last couple of matches against relatively weaker teams (Blues have beaten the Reds and the Highlanders and the Canes have rolled over the Lions, Cheetahs and Force).  Blues have scored [...]

Super 14 – Round 13 – Part 2

The Blues have the slimmest of chances of making the semi’s and this weekend will be crucial for them.  Blues have an awful track record at House of pain, having only won there once before.  Blues scraped through a great game last weekend against the reds, which won’t exactly fill them with joy.  Highlanders have [...]

Super 14 – Round 13 – Part 1

I like the fact that advertisers have tried to change the name of Loftus Versveld stacks of times and none of them have stuck.  It’s been Minolta Loftus and Securicor Loftus but everyone still refers to it as Loftus.   Jade stadium could take a few hints, after they’ve changed their name more times than Frank [...]

Super 14 Week 12 – Part 1

Our first up match is the big grudge match of the weekend, certainly in our household. Baba has a shark’s outfit plus Crusaders hoody and booties. Oh dear.
Although it rips my heart out to say, I can’t see the Sharks pulling a fast one over the Knights-of-the-odd-shaped ball this weekend unless the last 2 weeks [...]

Round 10 Rugbyoracle Picks – Part 1

So tomorrow, Reds meet the Force in another Aussie Derby. Force have traditionally thrashed the Reds. Pretty much all Rugbyoracle indicators are going for the Force. Obviously Giteau is out, which is a huge thing for them but even still I’m struggling to find any logic in backing the Reds. They may have had a [...]

Round 9 – Rugbyoracle picks

Sharks just won by a mullet.  A small mullet though, just a couple of tufts at the end that could just as easily be rolled up into a Phil Collins ponytail.   Its difficulty to follow a game via website text on your mobile phone on a packed commuter train, so I’m not sure if I [...]