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Tri Nations Guest Post: I Don’t Want to Spoil The Party…

Poor old John Smit. After 77 minutes of brutal, bludgeoning Tri-Nations rugby, in his hundredth test match, his under-the-cosh side were sitting five points clear of their 2010 tormentors, the All Blacks, with the score at 22-17. Finally something was … Continue reading

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Tri-Nations Guest Post: ”If You Want to Run With the Big Dogs, You Have to Lift Your Leg”

If the Springboks’ two heavy defeats in New Zealand gave their ‘bonkers’ coach Peter de Villiers cause to believe his team were the victims of some form of conspiracy, their third consecutive Tri-nations defeat, this time to the unfancied Wallabies … Continue reading

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Five Things I’ve Thought This Week

1. Brendan McCullum should not be putting out a book 2. This Tour de France has a reasonable chance of being one of the best ever. 3. I don’t think I’ve anticipated a non-All Blacks game of international rugby as … Continue reading

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Guest Post: Kick. Chase. Repeat.

After witnessing the Springboks comfortably dispatching the Wallabies at Newlands last night, I would have to say I think that the lawmakers have thoroughly butchered the implementation of the ELVs. When a player with the attacking chops of Bryan Habana … Continue reading

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Guest post: None Step Up – Two Steps Back

From bad to worse, the All Blacks contrived to concede two out of two to South Africa at home, with the chief culprits being a lack of discipline, poor execution of basic skills, and poor option taking under pressure from … Continue reading

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The Force Is Gathering

Grant Nisbett intoned that headline ominously as another wave of Springbok attackers crashed the beleaguered All Black defenses, with the only certainty being a penalty conceded and the eager boot of Morne Steyn. The scoreline might have been similar, but … Continue reading

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The Same Old Story

Another year, another Tri-Nations, another All Blacks loss to the Springboks. Despite the altitude and a stupid travel schedule that meant the AB’s had to board a plane within hours of their hard-fought win over the Wallabies in Auckland, this … Continue reading

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