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Ilan Weisenbacher

Stormers to sign Zimbabwean star?

Thursday, 2nd August 2007 at 1:41 pm

2008 is shaping up as a year of change for the Stormers, with Rassie Erasmus and Os du Randt taking over coaching, De Wet Barry and Brent Russell amongst the players leaving, and now, possibly, a young Zimbabwean front row …

Dan Nicholl and Brent Russell

Dan, Pocket and Snoopy go shopping

Friday, 25th May 2007 at 6:13 pm

The lunch was a mixed bag, to be honest (canneloni not terribly memorable, lemon souffle quite splendid), but the company was unequivocally stellar: former Bok scrumhalf Neil de Kock, now starring for Saracens on a weekly basis; ‘Pocket Rocket’ Brent …

Bryan Habana

Bryan Habana, master thief

Sunday, 20th May 2007 at 10:25 pm

You can still hear the disbelief in Durban. One minute, the Sharks had the Super 14 title sewn up, black and white clad fans already mentally placing the champagne orders at the bar. Then Bryan Habana, half superhero, half extravagant …

Absa Stadium

Durban goes completely mad

Saturday, 19th May 2007 at 1:05 pm

The airport has been chaotic since Thursday, bottle stores are like Woolworths the week before Christmas, and half the city would happily exchange a kidney for a rugby ticket. Super 14 at last has an all South African final, and …

Oregan Hoskins

John Robbie chews up Oregan Hoskins

Wednesday, 16th May 2007 at 6:29 am

Lawyers: erudite, well-spoken, capable of shrewd and cognitive argument… until they get entrusted with the presidency of South African rugby.
This weekend’s Super 14 rugby showpiece – which should have been a grand celebration of all things South African – has …

Dick Muir

Sharks have the edge in Durban

Tuesday, 15th May 2007 at 9:06 pm

Just a few days to go, and despite the distractions of meddling politicians in the Springbok squad, the Super 14 final has gone well past simmering, and is moving quickly towards boiling point. Furious fans who’d driven down from Pretoria, …