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…
KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner discussed federal policy on vaccine research, vaping, and drug access on Science Friday on May 8. Rovner also discussed the Supreme Court decision on the abortion pill mifepristone on NPR’s Morning Edition on May 5. Click here to hear Rovner on Science Friday. Click here to hear
Here in Washington, we’ve been hearing about tensions between the White House and one of its most controversial — but, at least in some circles, most popular — figures: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Polling of likely voters indicates that the Health and Human Services secretary can be an asset to Republicans when he’s talking about improving the nation’s food supply or labeling ultraprocessed foods. But when he’s talking about removing recommendations for routine childhood vaccinations, he can be a detriment. So, when I
Several states have joined President Donald Trump’s deportation efforts and are taking federal reporting requirements to immigration authorities a step further — by using their public health agencies as arms of enforcement. North Carolina, in late April, became the latest member of a growing group of Republican-led states to require their public health agencies to