If our top three sporting codes had to battle it out for the best team in SA, the Springboks, without a shadow of doubt would grab that gold medal and leave Bafana Bafana to battle it out with the Proteas for silver. Not one, but two world cup winning medals are proudly in the Springbok trophy cabinet, […]
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5 Super Star Springboks With Underwhelming Careers
Pierre Spies’ announcement that he is going to call it a day really stuck with me. Spies is a guy with all the talent in the world and despite playing 71 tests – it’s unlikely that we’ll recall his name as a Springbok legend when chatting around the braai in 20 years time. And he’s […]
LeftBacks Weekend Betting Tips
Football, Rugby World Cup and cricket are all on at the moment, and it seems like a great weekend for a few good bets. Here is a look at this weekend’s punts: SINGLE: Chelsea to beat Liverpool Odds: 21/20 Return: R50 will return R102.50 DOUBLE: Pakistan to beat England and the Boks to beat Argentina (Obviously). Odds: 2.8/1 Return: R50 will […]
JdV – Our 5 Favourite Memories
The retirement of Jean De Villiers is not only going to leave a massive hole in the Springbok midfield but so too in the hearts of rugby fans the world over. I’ll admit that over the course of the last couple of months I have been moaning about Jean De Villiers and his seemingly untouchable […]
Stop Moaning & Get Behind The Springboks
Over the past couple of`days – since our boys lost to Japan – I have received a total of 16 memes about Saturday’s rugby disaster. You still can’t go online without seeing jokes about the game, people aggressively calling for Meyer’s head and others moaning about how rubbish the Boks are. To put it bluntly – I am over it. […]
The casual fan’s guide to the Rugby World Cup
I am as excited as the next guy for the Rugby World Cup – but it’s fairly well documented that Juan is the Rugby Leftback and I’m the Football Leftback, but I’m still really amped – so how do I fit in during the next few weeks? As mentioned above, I think it’s fairly obvious […]
The RWC Bucket List
With the 2015 Rugby World Cup mere days away and one excited LeftBack all set to take in the experience live from the muddy isle – this week we thought we’d bring you our very own RWC flavoured bucket list. As many of you know – I will be making the rugby pilgrimage of a […]
Springboks: 3 Reasons To Believe
The Springbok’s World Cup warm up lies in tatters, but there is still plenty of reason to believe that we can emerge triumphant come the October 31 final. I’m hurting, I’m not going to lie. Not only did we lose to Australia and New Zealand, we then went on to lose to Argentina for the […]
Springboks: A Problem Position Under Our Noses?
While we have busied ourselves with braai-side arguments about our front row and who should or who shouldn’t go to the World Cup, I fear there is another position of contention that is going unnoticed right under our very noses. And that position is flyhalf. Exactly who is our first choice backline general? More specifically, who […]
Top Memories of SA Sport in my Twenties
My twenties have come and gone and the big 3-0 is mere hours away. It’s been quite a journey and I’m really looking forward to life’s next chapter. But before I look forward, now is as good a time as any for reflection. The last 10 years has played host to many, many memorable sporting moments […]