Female spectator gets knocked to the ground as she attempts to intervene a fight taking place in the stands at Newlands Stadium for the Stormers v Crusaders match.
This last Saturday, the Stormers lost their Super Rugby fixture to a visiting Crusaders side 14-19 in a tightly contested battle. But it wasn’t the loss that irked injured Stormers wing and international rugby icon, Bryan Habana most that evening. A number of local residents dubbed the Cape Crusaders who have made a tradition out of […]
It may have been the most boring game of the weekend, but the Sharks versus Kings match in Port Elizabeth on 9 March did produce fireworks, even if they were in the stands. The description below the video reads, So what happened was, spectators were expecting their seats to be empty but found that someone […]
Super Rugby is a tough school and over a season it’s not just the form players that will be included in the Bok team. It’s also the players that perform when the going gets tough and can consistently show that they are Springbok material. So without further ado, let’s have a look at the backline players that I’ve put on the radar
It’s a mixed bag of uncapped players, bit-part Boks and established Test players. All of them have something to prove this season if they’ve got Springbok aspirations.
Oh it’s so bad. There’s not much more to say, except for “Your team, Pretoria.” [Source : @ArthurJones]
Think Bryan Habana’s fast? How about Zee Ngwenya, who famously rounded Habana in the 2007 Rugby World Cup? They’re fast, right? Not as fast as Carlin Isles, a US Sprinter on the United States Sevens Rugby team, who may be the fastest rugby player to have ever graced a field. He’s ranked in the Top […]
Together with International Lions and Irish rugby legend, Brian O’Driscoll, tech entrepreneur Ray Nolan recently launched Ultimate Rugby – the first ever global rugby app and online community which brings fans up to the minute news of all professional games around the world.
Western Province Rugby have issued a public apology for the actions of a few players during the provincial rugby side’s ticker tape through Cape Town following their victory over the Sharks in the 2012 Currie Cup Final. A number of players tossed R50 notes to fans who had lined up to catch a glimpse of […]
Sharks coach John Plumtree says that Western Province labeling the hosts as favourites for this Saturday’s Currie Cup final is nonsense. Really? The Western Province team selected for the final has six players that are still eligible for the U21 team (including the whole front row), has an average age of 23 and finished third […]
You just can’t ignore a headline such as “Wood loses testicle in Grand Final.” We know rugby isn’t a game for sissies, but this brings a whole new meaning to pain. You can wince a little bit gents, it’s OK. I did.
2oceansvibe’s sports columnist, Sean Wilson, debates the controversial perils of what happens when you name an unchanged Springbok team. It’s something a Bok coach hasn’t done since 2009.
Heyneke Meyer may have closed the casket on Morné Steyn’s Springbok career once and for all. But probably not.
Tens rugby is about to take Jozi by storm! The weekend that isn’t just about rugby, as we all know, is taking place this weekend – the 14th and 15th of September – at Pirates Rugby Club in Parkhurst.
Sunday night saw M-Net’s Carte Blanche interview Joost van der Westhuizen. After the episode aired, a lot of people’s interest around Joost’s condition has been piqued – especially since the effects of his illness are starting to become more visible.
A report in yesterday’s Beeld newspaper sensationally claimed that former Springbok captain, Bob Skinstad called current Bok coach Heyneke Meyer a “dictator”. The broadsheet, and publications like Die Burger to which the report was syndicated, will today be licking their wounds and considering the issuing of a retraction and apology to Skinstad.
2oceansvibe’s bi-weekly sports columnist, Sean Wilson, is today staring the recovery process from the hangover that the Springboks’ performance gave him this weekend. The Boks delivered what was a decidedly lackluster performance against Argentina in Mendoza on Saturday, that’s for sure.
2oceansvibe’s bi-weekly sports columnist, Sean Wilson, has been crunching the numbers. The bonus point numbers to be exact, and whether they serve any relevance.
The Lions Rugby franchise has been booted into Super15 touch by the SARU bigwigs. The highly controversial and much-maligned Southern Kings will replace the Gauteng union, in a move that has been pegged more for its strategic developmental and politically expedient benefits than pure merit. IOL has more: The top four teams in the South […]
2oceansvibe’s bi-weekly sports columnist, Sean Wilson, took some time out ahead of tomorrow’s titanic Super 15 final taking place between The Sharks and The Chiefs to share his reasons why The Sharks (should think they) will win.
2oceansvibe’s bi-weekly sports columnist, Sean Wilson, mulls over the important aspects of this weekend’s upcoming Super 15 semi-final between the Stormers and the Sharks.
The man responsible for recklessly and childishly ending the Sprinkboks’ 2011 Rugby World Cup campaign shall never referee a test match again!
It is patently obvious that the brand of rugby that the Bulls play is not the way forward for the Springboks. It is vital that Heyneke Meyer ensures that the personnel he selects for the Rugby Championship can play a game that includes intelligence and momentum created from flair and creativity.
2oceansvibe’s bi-weekly sports columnist, Sean Wilson, considers what we have been able to glean from a totally new format of Super Rugby – the league phase.
As part of the run up to the JAG Invitational celebrity golf tournament, Nick Farr-Jones and Colin Charvis will be joining Ian F and Spike live on the The Ian F Show tomorrow morning. They’ll discuss everything from golf to rugby, and anything Ian and Spike can throw at them. The Investec JAG Invitational celebrity golf tournament, now in its second […]
Thys Burger, a former springbok rugby player, has been caught out with his hands dirty after it was unveiled that he has been scamming charities out of money. Burger, who was capped at Number 8 three times in the 80’s, is also the father of former Cheetah players and current Blitzbokke player, Philip Burger.
2oceansvibe’s bi-weekly sports columnist, Sean Wilson, asks why we should give a toss about end of season games.
[Image Source: Sports Illustrated] 2oceansvibe’s bi-weekly sports columnist, Sean Wilson, covers Lion’s coach, John Mitchell’s recent suspension, and asks: are the Lions a bunch of fancy gentlemen with a low capacity for criticism? You know you’ve had a bad season when the coach has been suspended for abusing the players and the public immediately assume that […]
2oceansvibe’s bi-weekly sports columnist, Sean Wilson, gives us the low-down on last weekend’s disappointing international rugby test against England, considers Morne du Plessis kissing one’s sister, gives a heads up to the fickle Port Elizabeth crowd, and fires off a warning to Pat Lambie’s hair stylist. 1. Sometimes Morne du Plessis’s quote about sisters doesn’t cut […]
A Cape Town woman has accused four members of New Zealand’s under-20 team, the Baby Blacks, of gang rape at the Southern Sun Hotel Newlands on Friday night.