With the 2010 Super 14 upon us the Bulls will have a lot to prove this year. After the dismal showing in 2008 the Bulls will look to retain the title which they won in 2009. In 2008 they struggled, a factor that played a major role was the appointment of a new coach and [...]
The Western Force’s Super 14 has not yet begun, but their signing of Andre Pretorius has already made them red in the face. Pretorius who has only played 40 minutes of rugby in their warm up matches has again injured himself. On Wednesday he complained off a stiff hamstring but further tests revealed the his [...]
Tags: Andre Pretorius, Super 14, Western Force
Carlos Spencer former All Black flyhalf stood out shoulders above the rest of the players in the Lions last warm up matches before the start of the Super 14. The Lions lackluster performances only saw them narrowly beating the Leopards (38-30) and Pumas (24-17) in two games in a wet Witbank.
The outstanding player in a [...]
Tags: Carlos Spencer, Lions, Super 14
The Bulls will have to wait another week before former Springbok and Blue Bulls player Jaco van der Westhuizen can join the Pretoria based side ahead of the Super 14. Van der Westhuizen has been playing his rugby in Japan for a couple of seasons now for NEC.
The NEC Green Rockets have qualified for the [...]
Tags: bulls, Jaco van der Westhuizen, Super 14
Dewald Potgieter has been ruled out for the first two weeks of this years Super 14. He sustained a grade two medial ligament tear to his knee in training on Tuesday. With this Pedrie Wannenburg has a chance to do the talking on the field after the last few weeks controversy surrounding his confession on [...]
Tags: bulls, Dewald Potgieter, Pedrie Wannenburg, Super 14
The Lions have signed former All Black Carlos Spencer reportedly for the biggest amount ever in South African Rugby history. Spencer was signed in place of Springbok Andre Pretorius who will run out for the Western Force this year.Spencer now aged 34 is due to arrive in the country in the next 10 days, Spencer [...]
Tags: Carlos Spencer, Lions, Rugby, Super 14
2010 Fifa World Cup