Rob Houwing, Sport24 chief writer WP Rugby and by extension the Stormers are, I believe, the biggest losers in many respects from the nail-biting "transfer window" over South African professional rugby players that ended at midnight on Thursday ... even if it is really just the continuation of a scarily well-developed trend at Newlands.SIGN UP…
Jurie Roux (Gallo Images) SA Rugby on Friday confirmed across-the-board pay cuts for players, staff, administrators as finer details of the Industry Financial Impact Plan to save up to R1.2 billion from the budget were revealed.Register your interest for the British & Irish Lions tickets in South Africa 2021The plan was collectively designed and concluded…
Michael Rhodes (Getty Images) Heinz Schenk - Sport24 The local rugby community is on tenterhooks this week, waiting with bated breath to see whether the controversial "escape clause" - negotiated as part of SA Rugby's Covid-19 cost saving plan - will decimate playing stocks or be a storm in a tea cup.Register your interest for…
John Mitchell (Gallo Images) Former New Zealand head coach and current England defence chief John Mitchell believes some good may come for rugby union from the coronavirus if it creates "greater professionalism" thanks to a concentration of talent at fewer clubs worldwide, including Super Rugby. Even before Covid-19 saw this year's edition of Super Rugby…
Kade Wolhuter (Gallo Images) Western Province Rugby on Friday announced the signing of promising young players flyhalf Kade Wolhuter and loose forward Keke Morabe.Wolhuter is a product of Paul Roos Gymnasium and represented Western Province at youth level, starring in the 2019 Craven Week before signing with French club Montpellier last year.The 18-year-old returns to the…
Kataza the baboon. Facebook / Baboon Matters The City of Cape Town has asked the public not to feed a baboon that has relocated to Tokai. The baboon, known as Kataza or SK11, is slowly being integrated into the Tokai troop. Video footage, however, shows humans feeding Kataza. The City of Cape Town has requested that Kataza…
As SA Rugby moves to determine which franchises will go to Europe in future, Rassie Erasmus has noted several potential benefits for the local game should that route be followed.The national director of rugby believes the high world rankings of Wales, Ireland and Scotland mean PRO Rugby is competitive and that fans will eventually identify…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…