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Springbok training

Springbok ‘B’ side ready to go

Saturday, 7th July 2007 at 7:59 am

After a week of particularly petulant behaviour from the Australians, who appear to be absolutely terrified by the prospect of losing to the South African second XV (and thus taking a body blow to their World Cup chances), one very …

Australia World Cup

Three in a row for Aussies

Monday, 30th April 2007 at 10:19 am

The final was a farce, a wholly appropriate way for a drawn-out and poorly managed tournament to draw to a close. But despite the embarrassing conclusion in the gloom of the Kensington Oval, Australia still deserve to celebrate a quite …

Array

Zimbabwean cricket sinks further

Tuesday, 17th April 2007 at 9:49 am

Memories of Andy Flower and Henry Olonga’s famous protest at the last World Cup have faded, and interest in the downward spiral of Zimbabwean cricket has waned, mismanagement and player exodus becoming too familiar a tale to attract new attention. …

Sophie Edington

Australian menace in Durban waters

Friday, 13th April 2007 at 2:22 pm

A largely dismal year for Australia in the Super 14 has brought some cheer to South Africa, but most of that dissipated in the pool defeat to Ricky Ponting’s crew in the Caribbean. And now another Australian has added her …

Australian Open brawl

Finally - a real sporting battle

Monday, 15th January 2007 at 10:35 pm

Big tennis tournaments tend to take a few days to warm up, a string of local wildcards and no name journeymen providing warm-up cannon fodder for the seeded stars, with only the occasional upset to pique the attention. Clearly nothing …

Shane Warne

The fat man has sung

Saturday, 23rd December 2006 at 8:46 pm

Amongst the blur of the build-up to this Ashes series (a quite monumental anticlimax, thanks to English cricket reverting to type), there was much debate over the longevity of Australia’s team, and in particular, just how much longer Shane Warne …