Red Card For Bryce Lawrence, No Games In SA For Super 15 Season
Bryce Lawrence will not be getting a stamp in his passport from South African Border Control this year, as he has not been given any games to ref in South Africa for the Super 15 Rugby season.
I'm taking a quick breather from my Rhino Awareness campaign to bring you some splendid news that some of you may have already heard. According to an article published in RugbyWeek, Bryce Lawrence… Read More
40 SA Rugby Players That You Should Follow On Twitter
Check out this list of South African Rugby Players past and present that you should follow on Twitter right now.
I've been scouring Twitter to bring you a massive list of South African Rugby players that are active tweeters that you should follow. Enjoy their "words of wisdom" and join the conversation… Share the list on, I'm sure the okes will appreciate it. Mention @PharSideUK if you tweet them and… Read More
Bryce Lawrence… Let’s Have A Chat
Bryce Lawrence, scared to visit South Africa, wins award for Referee Of The Year In New Zealand and more on all that…
So for the last couple weeks I've been sitting back to see what develops with the Bryce Lawrence saga, to see if the joke of a ref would wait for the dust to settle and maybe find it in himself to mutter an apology… I'd say it came… Read More
Victor Matfield Gets To Meet Marky Mark
If you were down at The Slug in Wimbledon this afternoon you'd have got to shake hands with a legend of note… yes I know a lot of you are thinking of me right now but no, I mean another legend, a Springbok Rugby legend at that, Victor Matfield.
Victor popped down to The Slug for a little meet and greet yesterday afternoon to sign a few copies of his… Read More
Update On The Stop Bryce Lawrence Petition
An update on the "Petition To Stop Bryce Lawrence Ever Reffing A Rugby Game Again", things are starting to happen!
The Rugby World Cup 2011 has drawn to a close and congratulations to the winners, New Zealand for clinching the title of Rugby World Cup Champions for the next four years. After patiently waiting for the dust to settle and for the IRB to get back into business as usual… Read More
Craig Joubert Cracks The Nod To Ref The Rugby World Cup Final 2011
It's official!… South African Craig Joubert has been given the honour of reffing the Rugby World Cup Final 2011 between the All Blacks and France next Sunday.
This follows Craig Joubert's outstanding performance in yesterdays semi final of the All Blacks vs Australia at Eden Park in Auckland.
The IRB are said to be delighted by Craig's performance and based on merit, he has been awarded the honour, he'll be… Read More
The Petition To Stop Bryce Lawrence Ever Reffing Another Game Of Rugby
My take on Bryce Lawrence, the state of Rugby and why a certain little petition was created that has been making a lot of noise from New Zealand to the UK via Australia and South Africa.
Like many other South African's in London, I made my way over to The Slug in Wimbledon in the early hours of Sunday morning, to watch and support our boys against Australia in the… Read More
Boks Can Be Bigtime Proud!
Springboks rolling back the clock… Horsja!
Finally the Springboks play some rugby we can be proud of! They held nothing back and completely blew the Fijians off the park. Bakkies mixing it up in the trenches (brought goosebumbs on my arms). Dannie running over every player in sight creating space for the outside backs to do their magic. Steyn at inside centre again was unbelievable. A scary stat think of… Read More
Have You Met My Friend Jib Jib?
You may have noticed a new cat on the PharSide block, sneaking in a few posts here and there…. just who the hell is Jib Jib?
A few months ago, there was an underlying reason why I made the trek to SA, this wasn't just for a holiday, I was on a search, searching back alleys and dark messy clubs and bars, searching for a man I'd heard what some… Read More
The Other Hand With Jib – Week Two of The Rugby World Cup 2011
After a manic weekend of nail biting World Cup Rugby… We go over to the other hand with Jib
What a weekend of rugby! There are a few top tier teams licking their wounds and counting their lucky stars this Monday morning. As the once minnows aka exwhipping boys of the tournament, showed that the sport has truly going professional and global. Can you not tell me you were on… Read More
What Now! 
Steve Peralta 