Province to go for broke

Dale Granger|Published

Western Province have acknowledged that they will have to shed their conservative outer skin against the Lions to keep their slim Currie Cup hopes alive.

Percentage game awaits Province

Dale Granger|Published

Western Province coach Allister Coetzee is confident that his rugby players will walk all over the bottom-of-the-log Valke at Newlands this weekend.

Nokwe. . . the Cape outcast

Dale Granger|Published

Cheetahs wing Jongi Nokwe calls Khayelitsha home, illustrating what a loss the No 11 speedster is to Cape rugby and the Stormers franchise.

Bulls call up six Boks against Province

Dale Granger|Published

The Bulls have included some heavy artillery for Western Province's Waterloo at Loftus.

Fijian has shown contempt for WP

Dale Granger|Published

One hundred and eight days and counting, that's the period Fijian wing Sireli Naqelevuki has been absent from Western Province rugby with his latest AWOL episode. ...

Fresh look for Wallabies

Dale Granger|Published

Wallaby playmaker Matt Giteau is gearing up to play as pivotal a role against the Boks as Dan Carter did at Newlands.

'Monty's been a great servant'

Dale Granger|Published

On the eve of the clash between the Boks and the All Blacks at Newlands, coach Peter de Villiers has been putting out fires. . .

De Villiers starts verbal war

Dale Granger|Published

There was no thawing in rugby relations between South Africa and New Zealand as Bok coach Peter de Villiers went on the offensive. . .

Colossus Bekker has big boots to fill

Dale Granger|Published

The Boks have paid a heavy price for scheduling a Test against Argentina in the middle of the Tri-Nations.

WP 'guppies' take on Sharks

Dale Granger|Published

The youngest, most inexperienced Western Province team in years will run out and face the Sharks at Newlands.

WP could lose 11 Bok players

Dale Granger|Published

Unbeaten at Newlands, but yet to win on the road, Western Province fly to Johannesburg to face a Lions side in a match that needs to be won to regain lost impetus. ...

Du Preez looks sharp

Dale Granger|Published

It was just another day at the office for the Bulls in Wellington where they easily accomplished their objective of scoring four tries and banking the bonus point ...

Sireli still on the loose

Dale Granger|Published

Sireli Naqelevuki has continued to make a mockery of Western Province rugby when he failed to arrive for the third straight day.

Kiwi scrums were illegal - Watson

Dale Granger|Published

South African refereeing boss Andre Watson has thrown his support behind Bok coach Peter de Villiers' assertion that the All Blacks have been cheating. . .

Mallett praises Div's Boks

Dale Granger|Published

The Springboks failed to impress in their 26-0 victory over Italy, but former Bok coach Nick Mallett nevertheless believes Peter de Villiers' team has the ability ...

Victor wants all the spoils

Dale Granger|Published

Victor Matfield says there is one more thing that he wants to achieve before hanging up his boots, something no Springbok has done before.

Bok flank quandary for coach

Dale Granger|Published

Schalk Burger has recovered from the knee injury he suffered in the Super 14 and is available for Springbok selection against Italy.

Show me the million - Bok captain to SA

Dale Granger|Published

Springbok captain John Smit is available to Western Province and the Bulls, and he won't be coming cheap. . .

Conundrum for SA Rugby

Dale Granger|Published

SA Rugby have run into some tricky potholes in their endeavours to bring Springbok captain John Smit back to South Africa.

Ollie a one-off wonder

Dale Granger|Published

Ollie le Roux could have the grandest swansong in South African rugby by running out for the Stormers in their do-or-die battle against the Lions.

Centres of excellence

Dale Granger|Published

A warning has been issued to both Australian rookies that they will be facing a seasoned Springbok combination in the form of their lives who have no intention of ...

Ewen to prove a point

Dale Granger|Published

Only the Australians give a coach notice in mid-season and then have to watch him take his side to second place on the Super 14 log. Dale Granger chats to Ewen McKenzie. ...

Stormers need to stay focused

Dale Granger|Published

It's into virgin territory for the pride of Cape rugby at Newlands Jean de Villiers and his players get set for the storming of the Bastille. . .

Stormers summon rookies

Dale Granger|Published

Stormers training sessions are beginning to resemble a field hospital in a combat war zone, writes Dale Granger.

Stormers consider options

Dale Granger|Published

The Stormers are facing a flyhalf crisis as they wait to discover whether All Black Tony Brown will have a role to play for the rest of the Super 14.