Four years ago the Boks were crowned World Champions for the second time and SA Rugby was covered in glory. Having without doubt the most complete team in all the rugby world and with fantastic talent on the fringes, SARU (the people who are essentially in charge of the great game here) decided that they would celebrate what was going to be the start of a bright future by welcoming back all conquering coach Jake White with a hand shake and good bye. While the rest of the world scratched their collective heads at this decision (especially as All Black coach Graeme Henry retained his job after being knocked out in the quarters), SARU felt no remorse and then proceeded to do something even more unexpected.
SARU - Crazy Mother .......
On the back of successful fan campaigns by South Africa’s biggest beer, cell phone and sports broadcasting brands, the organisational body thought they would run a Superfan competition of their own and select Peter De Villiers instead of an actual coach to replace the celebrated White.
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That gang of crazies, the ICC, recently released a best Test XI of all time and it didn’t include Jacques Kallis. The team was formed by reader votes on their website, but rather than issuing a statement that all those who voted were cricketing heathens who clearly don’t know shit from shoe polish when it comes to the best that ever played the game, they strapped their name onto it and published it.
Jokers.
Now I’m not even going to bother displaying this said ‘best’ team as quite frankly it is a joke; it is like publishing a book on the best ever sports car makers and leaving out Ferrari. So, if the ICC are going to have a laugh and post these ‘fantasy teams’, we are going to do the same. Gentlemen and ladies, I present the ‘Best Hair XI’ of all time.
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At the beginning of this year I made the effort to start a sports blog and came up with TheBounce. Based on my favourite things and with absolutely no intentions of being a serious sports authority, I compiled a series of posts each week which illustrated sport from my view point. As the year comes to a close and I go on holiday, I thought I would leave you with my favourite posts from the year – and in doing so provide you with some essential holiday reading.
TheBounce on holiday - for sure.
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Only a matter of hours now until the eagerly awaited Test Series between cricket’s two best sides gets underway. It is South Africa vs India and below is all you need to know to warm you up for a contest so hot and spicy that you will want to enjoy it with naan bread and a fair helping of icy cold beer.
So hot you're on fire!
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