Frogs like kryptonite for Naas
NAAS Botha made a startling revelation on radio this week. He told a radio station with a distinct purple leaning that his family had encountered an intruder the previous evening. “We had a frog in the house last night and I made absolutely sure I was at least 10m away,” Botha told listeners. “That I call bang. I nearly passed out.” Never mind stiff arms from Morne du Plessis or Jannie Els, if only Botha’s main adversaries knew all those years ago that slipping a frog down his shorts would have got the job done.
DURING the same interview Botha sought to dispel a few myths. Asked about his glittering athletics career, Botha countered: “Chick Henderson (former TV commentator) told people I had these records. Not true at all. My claim to fame was as a baseballer. It’s my wife who is the Olympian,” Botha said. SPEAKING of going to foreign shores to earn a quick buck, Sonny Bill Williams this week had New Zealand in a tizz after he decided to cover up a Kiwi bank’s logo on his Blues shirt. He cited religious beliefs as the reason for his actions. Tightheads thought it was a little rich of ‘Dollar’ Bill whose devotion to his next move has consistently carried greater weight than whatever jersey he happens to be wearing.
ON that score, just imagine if sponsors could pull their support on the basis of teams not living up to the company's slogan. What do you make of the Bulls, Isuzu?
THE Bulls this week launched their coffee brand with the slogan: “The freshest Africa Coffee from Soil to Tip”. We’re left a little confused about whether they are has-beens or has-beans? Now if only they could wake up and smell the coffee.
SA Rugby this year rather annoyingly changed the look and feel of the Super Rugby page on their website. Things took a turn for the worse this week when they displayed a Super Rugby points table that made as much sense as Allister Coetzee’s game plan against the All Blacks in Durban last year. On Thursday afternoon the Bulls, who should then have been third in the Africa One conference, somehow found themselves at the top. The different logs were a jumbled mess with individual teams’ log points mysteriously running into three figures. And don’t get us started on SA Rugby’s mobi site.