If, like me, you are occasionally denied access to a television or you’re working or you don’t subscribe to whichever TV network is showing the rugby you can get free audio commentary here.
I’m currently listening to the Irish playing the Ruskies, the commentary is good, includes snippets of information as radio commentary should. (Did you know that New Zealand switched to daylight saving time today?)
The Champions League has begun and what a start!
This competition brings 10 of the finest T20 teams in the world together for a single two-week tournament. 4 from India, South Africa 2, Australia 2, England. 1, West Indies 1. (there were others from New Zealand and Sri Lanka but they failed to qualify.)
My provincial team, The Chevrolet Warriors, who I have supported all my life were charged with the opening fixture against the mighty millionaire IPL outfit The Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Our Cinderella province boasting such (un)household names as Jon Jon Smuts, Craig Thyssen, Justin Kreush and a few aging retired internationals (Prince, Boucher, Boje) provided the fans (and me, I couldn’t watch the last 3 balls) with a nailbiter.
Here’s a match report, in summary RCB batted first and made a formidable 172, our guys, forever behind the run rate had explosive 4th, 3rd, and 2nd last overs to get the target down to 7 from six balls, here’s how it went..
dot, dot, wicket, 1 (now needing 6 from 2!) 4,2.
Unbelievable stuff.
At 10:30 gmt our other side The Cape Cobras take on the Aussie NSW Blues.
I had a call this morning, the bits in Italics were in Afrikaans, I’ve translated them for publication here….
Me: Good morning
Scammer: I wish to talk to you about your windows operating system
Me: Excuse me
Scammer: Hello
Me: Ja
Scammer: I need to talk to you about your Windows system Continue reading “Telephone scam”
Here’s a really amazing slideshow that I received on the Uyuni salt lake in Bolivia, I was fascinated by it and thought that I’d share.
Not the best flash mob effort I’ve seen but topical nonetheless.
Here’s how it should be done, from a shopping centre in my home town by students at our local university Continue reading “Flash mob Haka hits Auckland”
They say that seeing is believing, watch this, or close your eyes and simply listen, amazing stuff!
Right then, our world cup starts this morning
(Ladies, there’s a really really cool video at the end of this post which I’m sure that you will enjoy, please go take a look) Continue reading “S.A. vs Wales”
While watching the anthems at tomorrow’s Boks v Wales match you may notice during the performance of our anthem some Bok supporters clutching either their right breast with their left hand, or clutching their left sleeve with their right.
Let me explain…
Our jersey for over a hundred years has looked like the one depicted on the left, Springbok emblem over the heart (it was combined with a Protea perhaps 10 years or so ago.)
Not good enough for the power crazed ANC government, they insisted that we ditch the Springbok and replace it with the Protea, as our cricketers and (I think) all other national sports have.
Our rugby board obviously had tremendous pressure placed on them by the politicians and agreed but in order to prevent full scale fall-out compromised by Continue reading “Bok rugby jersey and ANC meddling”
Boadicea's Chariot 
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