alex ferguson Archives | Jedidiah https://jedidiah.org.za/tag/alex-ferguson/ Raising a Standard of Excellence & Significance Wed, 18 Sep 2019 19:04:21 +0000 en-ZA hourly 1 Rugby World Cup Fever https://jedidiah.org.za/excellence/rugby-world-cup-fever/ https://jedidiah.org.za/excellence/rugby-world-cup-fever/#respond Wed, 18 Sep 2019 18:56:47 +0000 https://jedidiah.org.za/?p=1330 rugby, world cup, japan, 2019, rugby world cup 2019On the eve of the 2019 Rugby World Cup kick-off in Japan, I think as South Africans, we have a more positive expectation for the Springboks to perhaps go all the way to the final than a couple of seasons ago.

There is a much bigger consensus about the players selected for the tournament and after winning the Rugby Championship trophy earlier this year I think we all feel that the Springbok coach has a workable strategy in place.

Concerted effort

Winning a world cup is a concerted effort of ... continue reading

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]]> https://jedidiah.org.za/excellence/rugby-world-cup-fever/feed/ 0 Sharks 17 – WP 12: Still good business for WP https://jedidiah.org.za/business/sharks-17-wp-12-still-good-business-for-wp/ https://jedidiah.org.za/business/sharks-17-wp-12-still-good-business-for-wp/#respond Thu, 01 Nov 2018 18:56:55 +0000 http://jedidiah.org.za/?p=967 Last week I wrote that entrepreneurs are the forgotten heroes of the economy and the past weekend in a speech Pres Cyril Ramaphosa asked that entrepreneurs should be treated as heroes. Rugby produces sport heroes, but in the professional era it is also big business.

Currie Cup

About a month ago I wrote that no team can always win, not even the All Blacks. Unfortunately the one that the WP lost was the final, yet the good work they did beforehand, was instrumental in securing two matches with higher revenues ... continue reading

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