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Daniel Adongo INTERVIEW – SupeRugby in NZ or SA?

The first time I heard the name, Daniel Adongo, it was the associated image that got my attention. Kenya and a Rugby Union context do not axiomatically just roll-to-flow off the tongue. Sure; there is some heaven in those Sevens, but a specimen …

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#RUGchamps: iamjonnyking’s starting Springbok 15 for the Wallabies

With recent hostilities not falling the Springbok way, talk of selections have reached a fervour, off the pitch, with Morne Steyn’s name like a Beetroot stain.

You can’t get rid of it off the teamsheet, while consumption with this concept, is …

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Reviewing the Alien Invasion of All Blacks v Springboks

 

Much has already been said since this Saturday night in Dunedin, with the following something close to a final word on the matter.

Final Score:

21-11 – All Blacks.

Overview of the 80:

When discussing an 80 such as Saturday night …

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Springboks: “Expert” Reaction to the Wallaby Woe and the Way Forward

You know the definition of an, Expert? Dad joke alert. Yes, Father did offer these words. “Ex is the X-known factor, and a ‘spert’ is a drip under pressure.”

#BaDomChing. Just like an old person with technology, don’t you know that …

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#RUGchamps: Preview of a Double Dose of Saturday Night Fever

Well, depending on your timezone, but in New Zealand and Australia, it will be a rugby night to savour; time will tell how much this will say about success.

While one match looks more straightforward, the forecast of rain and gales …

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Heyneke Meyer: A Breakdown in his Thinking?!

Not very sweet 16 at all for the Springboks. Although they were very fortunate to be kissing anyone, let alone their sister.

Confused? Back to the drawing board. Vamos. Lekker.

For all those surprised by the result, an understanding of the tenacious …

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PREVIEW: Springboks v Los Pumas – This is the Rugby Championship

It is a matter of hours away before the main event in a southern hemisphere rugby season finds its annual appeal – + 1.

Time will only allow one to touch base on the singular in the titanic battles before my …

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Welcome Argentina: Let Your Passion Be Free – VAMOS!

Passion. We very easily confuse this with the extroverted; those that provide more substance to any of their reality.

However, it is often those who know what it is to invert this reality that also grasp what it means to let …

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