Archive for September, 2007


Odd ball

World cup rugby balls are an odd shape?

Wednesday, 26th September 2007 at 3:50 pm

Turns out Andre Pretorius is not alone in his struggles as a goal kicker - he just may have been using an odd shapped ball.
The IRB are launching a special probe to investigate whether the WRC match balls are different …

Frans Steyn

Frans Steyn off, but conspiracies abound

Wednesday, 26th September 2007 at 3:31 pm

There’s was a collective holding of breath across South Africa early this week, but despite the best efforts of the Axis of Evil - known more colloquially as the citing commission - Frans Steyn has been cleared of supposedly biting …

India celebrate Twenty20 win

Indian cricketers return as heroes

Wednesday, 26th September 2007 at 3:21 pm

It might seem a crazy statement right now, but Feverpitcher is very happy not to be an Indian cricketer. Mahendra Dhoni and his world-conquering Twenty20 squad have returned home, and India has gone suitably berserk, showering the squad in praise, …

Misbah ul Haq

Misbah ul Haq’s recurring nightmare

Tuesday, 25th September 2007 at 2:58 pm

There are moments in sport that will never leave us as fans - dropped catches, missed penalties, fumbled passes. And then there are those that will never leave the professionals - Jeff Wilson will never forget that tackle by George …

Nathan Bracken

Feverpitcher pin-ups: Nathan Bracken

Sunday, 23rd September 2007 at 3:10 pm

It’s an occasional series, throwing up the odd image that strays across Feverpitcher’s desk with a certain aesthetic flourish. Feverpitcher pin-ups has given you the likes of Gurthro Steenkamp and Lurker Fleming; now, we present another of sporting star who …

Bakkies Botha

Springboks go three from three

Sunday, 23rd September 2007 at 2:52 pm

No, it wasn’t terribly pretty, shades of the Connacht warm-up game all too evident against another team of fired-up underdogs. But with a little help from the big name back-up on the bench, the Springboks are three from three, and …