Rugby World Cup Finals: South Africa vs. (it doesn’t really matter)
You might not know, or you might now, but you might not care, that tonight is the finals of the Rugby World Cup. It’s a big deal amongst Rugby playing nations as it will determine the current champions...
View ArticleSouth Africa – Rugby World Cup Champions 2007
Dawn broke this morning with South Africa the new world champions of rugby. Twelve long years after they won it the first time triumphantly in 1995, they beat England last night 15-6 in the finals of...
View ArticleRandom Snippets I
Here’s a collection of random things that apply to multiple categories. Rugby The world champs went home and although politics are pissing on their parade, they have the umbrella of that longed-for...
View ArticleFunky Blog Behaviour
Last night’s post that got destroyed… or so I thought, and then like Hiro Nakamura just appeared from nowhere. Yatta! I seriously don’t trust my host anymore – weird things have been happening to my...
View ArticleUltimate Frisbee Sunday Afternoon
This next activity is a sensitive issue for Flabby Gut, but only because it’s exercise, which reduces his standing in society and he really doesn’t like that. Frisbee has been a regular Sunday...
View ArticleTri Nations Rugby: South Africa vs. Australia
Looking for the 2009 Tri Nations Rugby Tournament instead? Try this link. Tri Nations 2008: Rugby is one of those games that you can like even if you’ve never seen it before and you don’t understand...
View ArticleTri Nations Rugby Goes to Cape Town
Looking for the 2009 Tri Nations Rugby Tournament? Try this link instead. Tri Nations Rugby Tournament 2008: After a wait, which, in my opinion, was way too long, the Tri Nation Rugby finally goes to...
View ArticleRock Climbing at 1 Utama’s Camp 5
This entry is part 3 of 15 in the series Tour D Tom YumWe started off relatively early this morning with a great French toast and mushroom breakfast that Ian produced from seemingly thin air. We...
View ArticleThis Year’s Theme: Find Myself
Wow, it’s 2009. Where’d 2008 go, did anybody see? I was just starting to settle into 2008, and now it’s 2009. And where’s those flying cars already? Anyway, as I reflect on the year gone by I realise...
View ArticleRugby Tri-Nations 2009
This entry is part 1 of 3 in the series Tri Nations 2009It’s been a while since I’ve felt this level of excitement for a rugby tournament. As the Springboks enter the home stretch of the 2009...
View ArticleWallabies beat the Springboks 21-6
This entry is part 2 of 3 in the series Tri Nations 2009Well, last night’s Tri Nations match between South Africa and Australia went very much unlike I expected it to in my blog post on Thursday....
View ArticleSpringboks beat All Blacks 32 – 29 Tri Nations Champions
This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series Tri Nations 2009After a nail-biting match the Springboks managed to stave off the All Black’s last ditch surge, and won what might as well have been the Tri...
View ArticleWorld Cup Also Has Football Action
I’ll be the last person you’ll ever see at a screening of a regular football (soccer) game, yet, like many, I find the World Cup irresistible. And it’s not just because I’m from South Africa either....
View ArticleVuvuzela Set to Take Over the World
It’s just the nature of being South African; we love South African things. And the biggest thing to come out of South Africa since Charelize Theron and Pronto Condoms, is the Vuvuzela! Previously the...
View ArticleBlaas jou Vuvuzela – Blow your Vuvuzela lyrics translated
If you friend me on Facebook you would think I was advertising Vuvuzelas, but honestly, I’m just another enthusiastic South African loving the attention that our country’s newest and loudest icon is...
View ArticleUltimate: Transition to Rugby
Due to stuff, a sabbatical from the Sabah Ultimate scene has turned into something seemingly more permanent. Flabby Gut loves this, but Rugby to the rescue… There are plenty of similarities between...
View ArticleI run because… I have nothing else to do
Sad but true. I run because I currently have nothing else to do. Sad story really… Although somewhere in the distant future I might go back to Ultimate, that future is indeed very distant. My rugby...
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