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Shit news from Sport24 : Serfontein to leave South African shores Cape Town - Springbok centre Jan Serfontein has elected not to renew his contract with the Bulls and will instead explore opportunities abroad. SA Rugby confirmed on Wednesday that an offer was made to keep the player in the country,...

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But how many Tories want to remain in the EU is a bigger question. It is obviously a significant amount as close to 50% of the voters supported staying in the EU. One of the misconceptions created by the media coverage. The real number is around 40%. (Compared to 65% of Labour voters). Quite differ...

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danny_fitz wrote:Dr Tania Mathias, she ousted St Vince in 2015

Twickenham for those who don't know. Vince is standing again. It will flip just like Richmond did.

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Hawk97 wrote:That's it, Corbyn consents.

His farewell announcement.

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Will this actually happen? It needs 434 votes to pass (absent or abstaining effectively are votes against). There are 330 Conservative MP's, and I expect a few of them to rebel.

Will Labour MP's vote for their own demise?

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Total bastards. I've voted Tory in about half of the elections. Usually for tactical reasons. That stops now, May, Boris and all the other isolationist right wing ideologues can go straight to hell. To boil it down she doesn't like the current parliament because it makes things difficult for her, so...

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Pound is falling. Bad!

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Is he pretty much a winger now or does he also still play fly half? Wing or fullback. Incidentally his answer was that he shut his eyes and hoped. You can see how he swivels his head back to the left after he's thrown it behind his back with his right hand. Just to see if it went anywhere near the ...

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I caught him after the game and asked him how he did it. I warned him that "practicing" was not the right answer.

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The more I think about it, the better it sounds.

Also Siya and Scarra.
And Jano, Dan and Notshe (by birthplace anway).

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OomPB wrote:The Kings tour in Australia will be interesting. What if they beat the Reds & Tahs?

What if I win the US Open?

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Monk Zombie wrote:i'd be happy for the Kings to fall under the Stormers franchise - lots and lots of talent there and no reason why they couldn't play the odd game in that fantastic stadium in PE

Should be easy to convert the EP supporters too.

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Ogre wrote:
Jensrsa wrote:Current odds:

Stormers (4/6)
Lions (11/8)
what does this mean in real odds? e.g. Lions at $1.75 v Stompies at $3.00

STO $1.67
LIO $2.37

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1 2. The Cape Town test may be sooner than you think. (It's been 9 years.) You might have noticed that the Rugby Championship venues have still not been announced. I think there is a split among the administrators. The other part of the plan is to play at Green Point, not Newlands. This was more or...

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That is a much needed change, but it's still an executive proposal at this stage. AFAIK it has to be voted by a majority of provincial representatives. Christmas, turkeys, voting.

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1. There are no plans. All that has happened is that the constitution has been changed so that it is now possible. 2. The Cape Town test may be sooner than you think. (It's been 9 years.) You might have noticed that the Rugby Championship venues have still not been announced. I think there is a spli...

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I think the Chiefs will win. The Stormers are trying to play like a New Zealand team, specifically like the Chiefs after that thrashing last year. Trouble is, they've only been doing so for 5 games, and the Chiefs are (still) better at it.

I just hope we can keep it close.

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Sorry, you're right PB. Margin would probably be about 10 points. Makes the tour results pretty impressive.

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Thanks guys. Yes, if PBHS had to play the numbers 5, 24, 12* in South Africa then the results would be pretty similar. Christchurch (16) probably won't trouble them either.

*(Monument, Nelspruit, Boland Landbou)

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Hats off to Paarl for organising this tour, but some of the scorelines do leave me wondering if they selected the right opponents. The full fixture list is: Sacred Heart (Auckland) Gisborne BHS Nelson College Christchurch BHS Maybe a NZ'er can tell us if these are appropriate opponents for SA's top ...

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saffer13 wrote:Which overseas based players are worth including? For me: Habana and Duane. Kitshoff as well but he'll be back in SA soon enough.

For me, Francois Hougaard.
Go on, hate me.

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Isn't Manie Libbok a flyhalf? It seems he can play anywhere from 10 to 15. Most recently he played last year for the Blue Bulls as a fullback. With Janse van Rensburg, Willemse and (probably) Bosch in the squad, I guess the coach wants to find a way to use the best players, even if out of position....

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Didn't realise it was so big here. Saw two games on tv last night, second one is a cracker. But why all the experimental rules like white card and 9 point tries ? Is this a saffa thing, or a irb trial thingy? It's a saffa thing, but the irb (as you call World Rugby) are quite happy to see these tri...

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Kellyanne Choice there.

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Back to the topic, I think it's a good move. We should remember that Ackermann has only been coaching the Lions since 2012, he was playing as recently as 2008 and he's still only 46. If he can add a similar number of years at Gloucester then he should approach 50 with a strong coaching CV and make h...

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Your beloved SARU begged for the current format so that your teams could avoid playing NZ teams. And now this format looks like it will drag down not just Super Rugby, but SANZAAR as well. You absolute idiots. Get lost, we never wanted it. We only wanted Argentina included. It was the Australians t...

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This is South Africa. Get other people to do the actual work and get paid a shit load for doing nothing. Isn't that called good management? :) Normally. But in this case it's because they cannot afford to pay out AC s contract Keeping him on the payroll costs just as much. Granted, the payments are...

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Don't expect too much immediately. The anti-Zuma groups are so widespread, they will need time to act together. The opposition parties can make noise but the governing party holds the cards. The ANC will want to keep the decision making within their own senior groups, Cyril can't be seen as a rogue ...

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I am not unhappy with that. Carr on the bench for impact and playing Wiese on the flank as a traditional grunt 6, seems to be part of our game template. Also another lineout option...... My only real concern is the hooker position. If Bongi gets injured we could be in serious trouble. Cant wait for...

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....And your wish is granted. Well, my wish too of course, I really like Dan du Plessis, he's got something about him. DHL Stormers: 15 SP Marais, 14 Cheslin Kolbe, 13 EW Viljoen, 12 Dan du Plessis, 11 Dillyn Leyds, 10 Robert du Preez, 9 Jano Vermaak, 8 Sikhumbuzo Notshe, 7 Siya Kolisi (captain), 6 ...

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Well our ex-player coaches are actually doing a good job atm The only one that isnt one is Marais and he's not an ex-player (a well known one anyway) Franco, Robert, Ackers, and Fleckie all paid their dues through coaching at lower levels Just to be clear, I'm not saying they shouldn't be coaches, ...

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I agree 100% For me it's about 80%. It's easy to name all those Kiwi coaches working abroad, but if do that you should also count Jake White, Rassie Erasmus, Alan Solomons, Brendan Venter, Gary Gold, Dawie Theron, Eugene Eloff, David Wessels, and so on. We already have the SA version of IRANZ, funn...

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I'm not sure this will solve it, but something you can try. How many of the devices are wireless? Do the wireless devices suffer more than the wired? Try to use wired where you can. You might be getting interference from a neighbour using the same wifi channel, so I have found it useful to install s...

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Of course, Donny tells us that China made the whole thing up, so obviously we won't see them spending money on alternative energy. Oh, wait. China to invest £292bn in renewable power by 2020 https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/jan/05/china-invest-renewable-fuel-2020-energy Illustrating the sca...

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No wonder the SA Government are after the Boks with those figures (in regards to transforming the side). They lost Jean de Villiers, Fourie du Preez, Victor Matfield and Jaque Fourie to retirement so four of those were enforced. Schalk Burger pretty much was a given that he wouldn't play for the Bo...

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Oh sweet Jesus

Cape Town – President Jacob Zuma on Monday joined court proceedings as an interested party in the North Gauteng High Court matter between Oakbay Investments and Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan.

He's not even trying to hide it any more.

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I just saw Leyds in Nando's. I told him what Chilli said.

We both laughed.

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That's just crazy.

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If you ignore the whole Obama/Trump race thing, there is still an authoritarian, anti-free press element which was part of the old South Africa under the Nats. Similarly the hatred of liberals and the perception of anybody who acts against the State by protesting or going on marches as the enemy. A...

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I find it strange that people say they find this or that commentator too biased. Is it not part of their job to know their target market? Surly they have to pander to their own countrymen. That is how it usually works, but remember that in SR matches the commentary is being broadcast to all English...

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