Tag: Rugby
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The Day a Legendary Kiwi’s Grandson Cut My Hair
“My grandfather was stopped from being an All Black because of apartheid,” is not your usual barbershop banter.
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Where have all the Great Springbok Scrumhalves Gone?
Knowing what to do and when is often the difference between a team winning and losing at the highest level, and if your scrumhalf is getting this wrong, the latter may very well be the outcome.
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SP Marais: ‘What I Learnt From Losing My Contract’
Fullback SP Marais has worked for several of South Africa’s rugby unions before settling at the Stormers in January of this year. Mandy Collins caught up with him to talk about Playing the Bounce.
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What SA Rugby Can Learn From the Road to Kariba
“Failing to plan is akin to planning to fail” was a saying first brought to my attention by my then Ikeys coach, Alan Solomons, a man who went on to coach the Stormers.
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Why Rugby Rage Needs a Whole New Card
Should red cards not be kept for the thugs who go out to intentionally maim another player via a punch, head-butt, or eye-gauge?
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The Power of Winning Ugly, in Rugby & in Life
A cliché you often hear in rugby is ‘winning ugly’, which means getting a result despite being off your best.
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The Unintended Consequences of Super Rugby’s Big Team Divorces
SA Rugby have just retrenched the Cheetahs and Kings. Or are they going through a divorce? Either way, both teams are out of Vodacom Super Rugby and as part of the settlement, the discarded franchises are off to Europe to play in an expanded Pro12 tournament, starting in September.
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Should Rugby be Played With the Head or the Heart?
Rugby is a contact sport so emotions will run high, but they need to be harnessed for good. The next time you watch a game, look out for the draining effects of emotion.
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The Accountant With a Head for Rugby
Western Province Captain Chris van Zyl didn’t get into professional rugby the traditional way, and it’s seen him playing with a chartered accountancy qualification under his belt.
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Let’s Keep it Local, Bokke!
As seen in the recent series against the French, a series that saw coach Allister Coetzee pick only locally based players in the run on XV, the Boks can win without the overseas based players.