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Players to watch in the Super 14

Bulls Established Fourie du Preez. The IRB brainfart notwithstanding, he was indisputably head, shoulders and socks above every other player in the world last year. The question this year will be whether he can maintain that level of performance and even more crucially, what that will mean for his fitness and motivation levels heading into […]

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Nasa: Going beyond the clouds

It seems not even revered aeronautical institution Nasa could escape the belt-tightening effects of the recession. Their chosen solution though was something you will not find in any scientific or engineering journals. Reports today indicate that cocaine was found in a processing hangar for the shuttle Discovery. Nasa, however, officially deny that the stash formed […]

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Gazing at my crystal ball

1. The Stormers will win the Super 14. That is the local pre-season tourney for the top 14 clubs in the Province/Boland area. 2. Rassie will dictate on field moves via strobe lights from the top of Table Mountain. 3. The Bulls machine will rumble on. Cheeky sub-eds everywhere will fall over themselves to write […]

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Gold teeth and yellow walls

A friend of mine (who is getting increasingly cantankerous with his advancing age) recently managed to turn a beer-nursing afternoon, while watching nubile young ones go by, turn into a dark day of discontent. The cause of all this? A wall painted in a colour he deemed unpleasant. True story. I must also add that […]

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2009’s hits and misses

Team of the Year — Close one between the *choke*Bulls*choke* and the Bokke here. I’ll go for the Bokke purely on the fact that a Lions Series is a real era-defining win. Player of the Year — He calls the shots like no other and leaves an imprint on every major victory — Fourie du […]

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The beerpocalypse is upon us

Warning: the next few paragraphs contain an extremely one-sided and highly indignant view on a contentious issue. No, I haven’t joined the Desperate Alliance or the selective amnesia support group that broke away from the ANC, this isn’t at all about politics. It’s bigger than that nothingness. In the UK, the noble Birtish Beer and […]