My two cents

Musings on my 40 years in schools and newspapers scratching the surfaces of the world of work and the educational role of sport in school

Wednesday, 1 July 2020

No Craven Week this year, and I'm not that sorry

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In other times the Craven Week would have been under way in Port Elizabeth this week. It was cancelled, of course, along with all other sc...
Wednesday, 17 June 2020

The percentages are up, but is that rugby transformation?

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Team selection is based on achievement, it reflects excellence and form, and rewards the work and effort players put in to stand out from ...
Sunday, 7 June 2020

Hand school sport back to the community

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We are all quite fond of the maxim ‘It takes a village to raise a child’ even though there isn’t much evidence that shows that children ar...
Friday, 15 May 2020

Taking the goalposts out of play was a good move. Now let's look at a few of the other crazy rugby laws

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World Rugby’s decision to change the scoring law to exclude grounding the ball against the goal post or its surrounding padding was a welc...
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Wednesday, 13 May 2020

Now's the time to reboot

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This forced sabbatical from rugby has led to much thinking about how the game should change when it gets going again. I’ve read some enc...
Saturday, 25 April 2020

Varsity Cup - efficient but not really satisfying

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There's a fence outside the bar, under the pavilion at the Wits Rugby Club where I, and a good few other long-time supporters, have bee...
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Monday, 6 April 2020

Time to look at the two referees idea again?

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I watched the 2014 UCT vs Pukke Varsity Cup final on Supersport’s Relive today – the most remarkable comeback to win you’re ever likely to ...
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