Today was one of the best days I’ve had in years. The Springboks victory parade came to Cape Town and the CBD was absolutely packed. After last weeks heroics against England, South Africa was told we’ll be getting a World Cup trophy open bus parade all around the country. Immediately the whattsapp groups started pinging […]
Author: Bruce
Using sandpaper or pulling a gun – which one gets the longer ban?
Steve Smith and David Warner got a one year ban for being involved in using sandpaper to tamper with the ball, yet Qaasim Adams gets banned for just six matches for pulling a gun on a team-mate. It’s disgusting! I was the first to say that Steve Smith and David Warner should be banned after using […]
Mzansi Super League Squads.
The Mzansi Super League kicks off today and even though we may be having our doubts about the success of the tournament, we’re hoping it reaches the heights of the IPL or the Big Bash. Let us take a look at the six squads: JOZI STARS Dane Vilas, Rassie van der Dussen, Dan Christian, Beuran Hendricks, […]
Why are England/Belgium preferring to finish second?
I’ve been reading loads of reports that England would rather finish 2nd in their World Cup group whilst Belgium have said they’ll be resting players against England – it got me wondering why. Once I worked it out – it all makes sense. I know this is a pointless post – because if you read […]
Win with Puma and Arnie’s Army
PUMA have an awesome sweepstakes competition that could see you win a pair of custom ‘Dancing Umbrellas’ Arnold Palmer & PUMA Hi-Tops and Snapback Cap autographed by Rickie Fowler. In tribute to Arnold Palmer, Rickie Fowler will once again head to Bay Hill for the Arnold Palmer Invitational, with special plans to pay tribute to […]
Cricket is becoming soft and it’s killing the game we love.
Test cricket is the height of any cricketers career. It’s the format everyone wants to play. But if the ICC are going to continue to run it like children – We’ll all lose interest and the format will die The general rule I have when writing a blog post is to think what I want to […]
LeftBacks EXCLUSIVE: Quinny NOT De Kock Speaks!
If you haven’t heard about the incident between Quinny de Kock and David Warner – then you’ve been under a rock. So, ahead of the 2nd test – we spoke to Quinny not De Kock on Twitter and asked for his side of the story… For those of you needing a quick catch up, David […]
Proteas batsmen need to up their game to beat Australia
I’ll admit it, I don’t care that India are number one in the world – I’m way more excited for the Proteas vs Australia test series. But if our top six bat the way they did against India, we’ll get an absolute hiding from the Aussies. What worries me most about facing Australia is the […]
Happy new year, and we’re VERY happy with these new Puma boots
PUMA is kicking off the year in style with the reveal of their latest football boot, the FUTURE 18.1 NETFIT FG with adaptable NETFIT technology for infinite lacing options and comfort to be worn by Antoine Griezmann and local stars Percy Tau, Themba Zwane and George Lebese. This lightweight boot initially designed for running has […]
Stats are not in Temba’s favour
Ithemba is a Xhosa word meaning hope, and Temba Bavuma needs to hope that the selectors and new coach Ottis Gibson look beyond his current form / stats or better yet, hope for a change of fortune with regards to his form The 27 year old has played 24 matches for the Proteas test side, with […]