With only one round of regular fixtures left in this year’s Super 15 – outside possibilities aside – the six playoff births are all but sealed. That said, we thought we’d cast our eyes ahead and look at who will likely be playing who in the playoffs. Before we do that though, a quick reminder of […]
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I miss the days when men were men in sport
I sat down on my couch on Saturday afternoon with a packet of chips, some biltong and a couple of Windhoeks – ready to watch the Stormers batter the Rebels in an 80 minute episode of glorious barbaric action. Halfway in, Schalk Burger goes down in a ruck only for Nic Stirzaker to timidly rake him on his calf and my Twitter […]
LeftBack’s Weekend Betting Tips
We haven’t done a betting post in a while, so we thought we’d have a go. After last nights “Real Madrid and Juventus draw”, as well as “Ronaldo to score anytime” bets we placed, landed – we feel we in a lucky space at the moment. And thanks to those winning bets – we have some money […]
An ode to the Incredible Schalk
Here at LeftBacks HQ, we couldn’t be happier that Schalk Burger’s remarkable comeback was adjudged as the 2014/15 sporting year’s best by the Laureus Awards. While we’ll be the first to admit that we know very little about his competitors in the category, we feel fairly confident to say that Burger’s journey back on to […]
#TuesdayHIGH5: Super Rugby 2015
In the lead up the Super Rugby 2015 season many, many pundits made predictions for how the various teams would go – including us. How are things looking in reality now that we’re four rounds in? We thought we’d dedicate this week’s #TuesdayHIGH5 to one key lesson we’ve learned about each SA team so far […]