Archive for July 30th, 2007


Schalk Burger and Pierre Spies

Pierre Spies out of Rugby World Cup

Monday, 30th July 2007 at 10:22 pm

Usually it’s a training injury that’s responsible, a freak knock or an over-enthusiastic team-mate inflicting the cruel blow (Faan Rautenbach was famous for injuring team-mates in training; by the time he left Western Province, the rest of the squad had …

Nick Barr

Shock as Barr makes Ride Her Cup team

Monday, 30th July 2007 at 10:07 pm

The golf world’s been talking of little else for the last month: just who would make the two eight-man sides for this year’s inaugural Ride Her Cup, already being spoken of as Africa’s most prestigious team golf event. Andrew Shooter’s …

Johan Muller and Albert van der Bergh

Boks need work on throwing punches

Monday, 30th July 2007 at 9:33 pm

Exclusive photo footage from the Springbok training camp reveals a worrying weakness in the squad. On the right, Albert van der Bergh is throwing as ferocious a right hook as he can muster; on the left, Johan Muller barely seems …

Mighty Dodo in crossover hit

Monday, 30th July 2007 at 8:04 pm

The music world has been talking about it for months: the young Zimbabwean star who’s been dazzling crowds from Mhangura to Goromonzi with his smash hit ‘Once A Jolly Poacher’, the Zimbabwean version of ‘Waltzing Matilda’. No video footage exists …