Well firstly seasons greeting to all of you. I trust that you all had an enjoyable Christmas and a wonderful New Year. I have been away attempting to fly fish, but this time of the year is not the greatest.
Water is warm and the fish tend to be off the bite. Notwithstanding these little setbacks I still managed to land three out of 10 rainbows all of which were over a kilogram, so come on winter.
So what have we missed while I was away? The biggest news is the first ever series win by a South African cricket team in Australia.
After a stunning 414 run chase in Perth, SA cashed down 183 runs in Melbourneto win the second test by nine wickets. Fatboy Smith has lead by example and has been in great nick, although it seems he will miss the rest of the third test after breaking his left hand after being stuck by Mitchell Johnston. SA trail Australia by 140 runs at the end of Day three in Sydney and it does not look that great that we can win this test.
If South Africa can pull off and win the series 3-0 they will become the number 1 ranked test team in world cricket. England will be eyeing the rest of the third test and the return leg closely as the Ashes will be played again this year and I am sure they will be thinking they stand a good chance of taking the Ashes back again.
On the soccer front, well Liverpool leads Chelsea from Man U, from Aston Villa from Arsenal. The FA Cup was played this weekend and the richest club in the world was knocked out 3-0 by Nottingham Forest.
So far everything is going according to ranking, but the fourth round has a mouth watering fixture when the Red Devils take on Spurs. Liverpool plays Everton and the Gunners take on Cardiff.
The world’s premier rugby competition starts in February. Yes that is right, it is Super 14 time! The Bulls, The Stormers, The Hurricanes, The Crusaders, The Reds or The Sharks, who will be crowned the Champions at the end of May.
The Lions and Cheetahs along with the Highlanders will in all likeliness fight it out for the wooden spoon. Judging by quality of their squads, they just don’t seem to have the fire power. The Western force tends to play well at home, however they don’t travel well.
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