The only way pro rugby survives in South Africa is if a big-time benefactor bankrolls a breakaway league with five squads of top talent, writes CRAIG RAY. READ MORE
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Specmagic is a team effort
OOM RUGBY showcases the roaming role that the Bulls have created in their attack for Rosko Specman to ‘hang around like a hungry Jack Russell at a braai’. READ MORE
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Bulls kickbait hooked Stormers
STAT ATTACK: The Bulls used a timeless recipe to kick on their own terms, lure the Stormers into long-range runs, and then counter from the inevitable errors. READ MORE
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Blitzboks gamble on Super success
FRESH TAKE: Though code-hopping Blitzboks will boost SA’s Super Rugby cause, KEBA MOTHOAGAE wonders whether they’ll make it stick. READ MORE
Best buy, biggest loss
With the Super Rugby season about to kick off, the AOR team names the best new signing in the SA Conference, and which departed player is the biggest loss. READ MORE
It’s staring us in the face – Jake
JAKE WHITE says the foundation of the All Blacks’ sustained success is no secret to SA rugby – it’s right in our back yard and on TV every Monday night. READ MORE
Koppestamp isn’t rugby
Rugby has become ugly and almost unwatchable, DAN RETIEF blames chronic off-sides for choking what is meant to be a free-flowing spectacle. READ MORE
England mimic Bok thumpers
FRESH TAKE: DAWIE BOONZAAIER says England copied a Springbok recipe to begin the Six Nations with a win against the defending champs. READ MORE
WP implosion a great thing?
GAVIN RICH believes that the crisis threatening to push Western Province back towards amateurism may turn out to be the best thing to ever happen to rugby in South Africa. READ MORE