Archive for October 19th, 2007


Os du Randt

Os du Randt’s last stand

Friday, 19th October 2007 at 3:25 pm

12 years ago, a young prop forward with limited experience but enormous presence entered the Rugby World Cup as a relative unknown, and ended it as as superstar, feared as a scrummager, a marauding forward, and a surprisingly agile athlete …

Graeme Smith

Pakistan blasts put tour in jeopardy

Friday, 19th October 2007 at 3:10 pm

Officially, the tour is still on, Cricket South Africa issuing a terse statement on Friday confirming that Pakistan authorities had assured them that security wouldn’t be an issue, and that the team was safe to continue its tour of Pakistan. …

Alice Dabrowski

Alice Dabrowski signs new Dodos contract

Friday, 19th October 2007 at 2:49 pm

Most of the newspapers have missed it, which is hardly surprising given the rugby fever sweeping the country; and to be honest, given the hysteria that follows his every move, he probably wanted it that way. But Feverpitcher keeps a …

Lewis Hamilton

Can Lewis Hamilton make history?

Friday, 19th October 2007 at 2:36 pm

The sideshows have provided much distraction this week, Felipe Massa’s Ferrari extension throwing Fernando Alonso’s suggested moveĀ in doubt, and the general undercurrent of rumour and conjecture concerning who will be driving where in 2009, adding to the week’s intrigue. Throw …

Roland Schoeman

Roland Schoeman lights up World Cup

Friday, 19th October 2007 at 2:12 pm

Feverpitcher can very proudly report in live from the World Cup; unfortuantely, it’s the Swimming World Cup in Durban, rather than the rugby in Paris. The first leg of FINA’s traipse across the globe is underway, and good as the …

Array

Feverpitcher pin-ups: Mark Rowles

Friday, 19th October 2007 at 2:02 pm

Rugby hangs thick in the air today, South Africa awash with green in preparation for Saturday’s final. And while Feverpitcher certainly isn’t immune from it all - we’ve got our lucky Springbok boxer shorts on for the fourth day running, …