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“Erm… what?” moments: On the ‘South African caveman’
Here’s a quote and a half from Steven Howard at the Sun:
SO, no change then in South African rugby.
First soften the tourists up in midweek and then lay ‘em out on Saturday.
Only one thing is certain in the sport.
The South African caveman always reverts to type.
Way to write off [...]
Peter De Villiers on good, harmless gouging
Although he’s led his side to a Lions series victory, Peter de Villiers took a step beyond the pale on the weekend by playing down the relevance of Schalk Burger’s gouging of Luke Fitzgerald barely half a minute into the Second Test. According to the BBC, the South Africa coach said of the incident the following:
“I [...]
Sports thoughts from the weekend
A world where Springboks conquer Lions
Commiserations to the British and Irish Lions, whose efforts on the weekend were ultimately rewarded with nothing. A committed performance against a resilient Springbok side made for an excellent game of rugby, and the Lions will certainly come away from their tour in more credit than Woodward’s 2005 side. The [...]
Chat on the rugby field: Probably not to be taken literally
There’s an amusing piece in the Guardian this morning about some of the dialogue on the pitch during the 1st Lions Test last weekend, and for scrum-half Mike Phillips the words from the Springbok lock Bakkies Botha were a bit more than he had been expecting:
“There was a lot of talk on the pitch and Bakkies [...]
Sports thoughts from the weekend - Nadal, Bulls and Moyes
Rafael Nadal in French Open defeat shock horror
Rafael’s career record at Roland Garros until yesterday read 31-0, and for his career on clay read 179-15, including a bunch of defeats as a 15 year-old too good to play boy’s tennis. His record against the top 10 players in the world on clay was 48-2. He’s playing [...]
Don’t ruin it, Alan Quinlan
When Alan Quinlan earned a call-up to the British and Irish Lions squad for this summer’s visit to South Africa, it came as something of a surprise given that it meant overlooking other flankers with big or burgeoning reputations such as Wales captain Ryan Jones, and England’s Tom Croft. Analysts felt the selection had its [...]