Proteas on top down under
What an amazing game of test cricket Perth delivered! It once again proved why test cricket is the pinnacle! Turning points were Dale Steyn leaving the field injured, 100’s by Elgar and Duminy […]
Paul’s Perspective
Unnoticed changes to documents crucial to BI dispute between mall owners and insurers
The contract went through 10 iterations between July 2019 and March 2020, with the term ‘infectious and contagious diseases’ variously in or out.
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Proteas in Aus
As you know, we won the toss and elected to bat and so far the Perth wicket is not disappointing. The bounce and seem movement have the batters in a bit of a […]
Of captains and Indabas
Protea Captaincy The inevitable withdrawal of our world class cricketer, AB de Villiers, due to injury following his sustained presence in all formats in the game, may be a blessing in disguise. We […]
Springbok Rugby Indaba
All eyes and ears of rugby lovers were focused on Newlands this week as the cream of South African rugby converged to plot and plan the resurrection of the ailing patient. Perhaps I […]
Thank you Proteas
Posing with Faf du Plessis at the start of the tournament is as close as Steve Smith got to the trophy. Photo: Gallo Image I was chatting to my colleague Billy Seyffert this […]
Will the Boks surprise us like the Proteas did?
Last night’s victory over the team we most love to beat will be remembered for a long time. We did not really expect any great cricket in the series, but yesterday’s match was […]
Cheika se jakkalsdraaie
As jy nie sterk is nie, moet jy slim wees, sê ons in Afrikaans. In die Aussie weergawe hiervan moet jy “slim” met “slinks” vervang. Die Aussie breier se nuutjie, om sy plaasvervangerbank […]
Die vis vrot van sy kop af
Die spreekwoord sê dinge kan nie doller as kopaf raak nie, maar as ek so na SA politiek en sport kyk, smaak dit my ons gaan die idioom herskryf. Dit wat nou by […]
The future looks bleak!
The terrifying prospect of facing the All Blacks due to what we have seen in the last couple of months from Alistair and his charges, have lots of Bok fans planning alternative activities […]
Alistair’s Bok selection…
Humour me for a moment please, as we look at Saturday’s team of 23: A fly half playing full back, a left wing playing right wing, a scrumhalf playing left wing, a full […]
That’s right – Dale and Vern are back!
Steyn was the leading wicket-taker in the two-match Test series against New Zealand with 10 scalps at 10.20 and claimed his 26th five-for in Centurion to end questions over whether he could regain […]
Alles is nie verlore nie
Alister Coetzee se besluit om nie te torring aan sy span van verlede week nie, behalwe waar beserings dit noodsaak, sal waarskynlik kritiek uitlok. In die kort tydjie wat hy in die stoel […]
Rugby Championship Statistics
It has been a while since I last had goose bumps at the start of a rugby series. While the Rugby Championship is far from ideal, it is a great deal more exciting […]
SA Cricket on Transformation
The issue of transformation appears to attract more attention these days than the performance of our national sides, and cricket in particular. If we ignore the politicians for a moment, difficult as that […]
Cats or Canes?
The panel of New Zealand rugby experts in last night’s discussion on the final of the 2016 Super Rugby displayed a lot of respect for the Lions, but were unanimous in their view […]
Ackers, the Gambler
At this stage of the Super Rugby competition, the words of the Don Schlitz song, made famous by Kenny Rogers, come to mind: You’ve got to know when to hold ’em Know when […]
