I just had to laugh! Australian Rugby kicking coach and former rugby league star Andrew Johns was arrested this week in London for possession of an Ecstasy tablet. The unlucky bugger got caught in a random search by London police. The part that had me in hysterics, though, was the spin-doctoring by Johns’s management who […]
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The truth will set your fee
I owe a big thank you to South Africa’s cricket administrators. You see, they have set me straight. I had, for a long time, laboured under the misapprehension that the truth is a good thing. But apparently this is not so.
Official sketches leaked of Audi A1
Go to Car Online website I just got word that Car magazine has obtained the first official sketches of the so-called Mini-killer, the Audi A1. They write that these sketches have been “smuggled out of Audi’s design HQ”. The sketches show Audi’s tiny hatch in three-door trim, though a five-door, coupé and convertible are also […]
SA vs Scotland: Nervy signs for the RWC
I’m no rugby tactician and I don’t follow the game off the field much, so I must confess that I take things at face value. At face value, what I saw last night was a South African team that spent most of the night defending against Scotland and taking some heavy tackles in the process. […]
Great expectations?
I always get nervous at about this time, the time just preceding a major international tournament in which a South African team is playing. I wait, wondering what it is that is going to go wrong to play a part in compromising the spectacle.
Of Aussies, booze and handbags
Ah, so those Aussies are at it again. With the Rugby World Cup just around the corner, Matt Dunning and Lote Tuqiri have managed to earn themselves Cup curfews after yet another episode of booze-filled shenanigans. When will they learn?
Staying ahead of the Joneses
So, it has been confirmed that Eddie Jones will be going to the World Cup with the Boks as a technical adviser. And for the most part, the mood seems quite upbeat about this appointment.