Tough Sunday Eiither Way

A quick look at the odds suggests it the unlikelier of the two results, but a strong season playing rugby both composed and innovative has got the Stormers into the Super 14 final, and they’re certainly a reasonable chance at upsetting the Bulls in Soweto. In which case I definitely wouldn’t want to be Jaque Fourie, Andries  Bekker, Juan de Jongh, Fancois Louw or Gio Aplon on Sunday morning, for if the Cape quartet hit into the night on Saturday as Super 14 champions, they’ll awaken not to a lazy Sunday morning, a dull headache, and a lunchtime stroll to McDonald’s, but instead to a 10am meeting with Pieter de Villiers, and a flight to London that night ahead of next weekend’s game against Wales.

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Not Easy Being an Optimist in Challenging Times

Eish. It’s not easy being an optimist in these challenging times. The forces of sadness and negativity are finding more and more evidence to justify their unhappy existence. The psychic vampires are conspiring to drain my positive energy.

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