WEDNESDAY, 12.30PM:
NAMIBIAN Coach Rusten Mogane has warned his Bafana Bafana counterpart Jomo Sono not to underestimate his team when they meet in a Cosafa cup clash in Windhoek next Saturday.
Mogane yesterday said he believed that the exclusion of experienced players like Doc Khumalo, Eric Tinkler and Shoes Moshoeu could prove costly to Bafana caretaker Sono. These players had been dropped after Bafana Bafana’s poor showing at last month’s Confederation Cup in Saudi Arabia.
Sono countered by dismissing all talk of vulnerability, saying the side was being rebuilt and that Mogane was in for a big surprise.
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FALCONS TAKE FLIGHT WITH CHRISTIEWORLD Cup coach Kitch Christie’s services have been called upon by the Gauteng Falcons. Christie is to serve as a consultant coach to the East Rand union in a bid to re-establish itself as a force in provincial rugby.