Paper Talk: Powell set to stay, Goosen missing Bloem
A round up of what some of South Africa’s leading Sunday papers are saying, including some good news for the Blitzboks and Neil Powell.
A round up of what some of South Africa’s leading Sunday papers are saying, including some good news for the Blitzboks and Neil Powell.
Former Lions and Springbok captain Warren Whiteley says he will seek a fourth medical opinion on his career-threatening knee injury after the national lockdown.
Joe van Niekerk says there are ‘many different reasons why players take recreational drugs’ and each case should be empathetically investigated individually.
Vodacom Bulls president Will Strauss has given a brief update for the immediate future of all the union’s teams from amateurs up to the Super Rugby side, and stipulated what can be expected for remainder of the lockdown.
Utility back Frans Steyn has revealed his primary goals are to make a valuable contribution and a positive impact on the field when he returns to the Cheetahs.
SA Rugby has reportedly compiled and presented a radically-changed calendar for the 2020 season, with the hope of returning to on-field action on 5 June.
Local players could lose just under half of their salaries to help stabilise SA Rugby and the local unions’ finances during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Springbok utility back Frans Steyn has agreed to a deal with the Cheetahs and will join the side from 1 July.
Vodacom Bulls CEO Alfons Meyer says he hopes a strengthened double-round Currie Cup could be arranged to offer some excitement to rugby stakeholders once the South African lockdown ends. CRAIG LEWIS reports.
Vodacom Bulls loose forward Josh Strauss believes the unexpected break in the 2020 season could help revive the Currie Cup and restore the tournament’s former glory and prestige. MARIETTE ADAMS reports.