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Growing up as a Durban boy my only sporting interest and great passion as a school boy was surfing.
What I didn’t fully realize was that I was born with the body of a prop, and so rugby entered my life as a prop forward at Under 13 level and soon thereafter rugby had relegated surfing to second place, and I played my first game at first division level against the then current Springbok tight head at the tender age of Nineteen!!
15 Years later I played my last game at first division level and happily bear the cauliflower ear and aches and pains of being lucky enough to scrum down in this great game with and against the most interesting men I could ever wish to meet.
Scrumming had become a practical education in the skill of a contest that only a few get to experience, and the enjoyment of watching and appreciating the contest between props based on their know how and technique has kept me close to the game that gave me so much enjoyment.
SO WHO HAS STOLEN THE SCRUM FROM RUGBY IN 2012?
Now that I have the attention of every backline player, let’s talk scrumming!! Continue reading
Scrumming is the hot topic of debate for all Bok rugby fans right now.
There are plenty of opinions and hotly debated arguements about the ability or lack therof of coaches and players when it comes to trying to answer the question:
What has happened to our scrumming? Continue reading
All the questions that we have asked about this tour and about the planning, management and vision of the coach are now starting to be answered. Continue reading
Another Bok selection with all the debate about form, merit ,transformation and just plain craziness. The only definite is that barring injury, these are the players that will go North and attempt to come back with our rugby reputation intact.
Leading up to the semi finals of the CC rugby writers are starting to examine the up coming breakdown battles and the influence of individuals like Heinrich Brussouw on the outcome of the battle for possession.
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Having read a lot about individual players and teams chances of making the CC final, I could not help thinking about the tactics displayed in the Sharks/Lions game on Saturday that I attended. Continue reading
Although the Boks are the best team in world rugby and are possibly the finest Bok team ever, the debate around Peter De Villiers as coach is as polarised as ever, with those who claim him to be the best Bok coach ever and those who hold the view that he has been fortunate to inherit the best Bok team ever. Continue reading
We were certainly shown the importance of the number three jersey in a rugby international today!!
As resident scrum guru, Tight Head brings you some insight on The Dark Art of the FRONT ROW.