“Work hard like Pieter-Steph du Toit does – the reward will come. Keep believing like Steven Kitshoff does – even when the odds are against you. Keep knocking on the door like Herschel Jantjies did – it has to open iewers langs die pad. ”
‘The proof is in the pudding. Losing matches against Afghanistan and Ireland are now par for the course, while any excuse to fear the ‘mighty’ Bangladesh in the ...
Team South Africa owe Mzansi’s sports fans big time at the Olympic Games in Paris, after bagging only three medals at the Tokyo Games in 2020.
Don’t hate me ’cos you aint me. I’m not sure who coined that term, but it seems to be the one most relevant to the WORLD CHAMPION Springboks right now.
‘I finally stuck out my paw and shook the hand of Mr Watered-down Currie Cup. Yes, dear readers, I made peace with the fact that the tournament that made me fall ...
‘Yes, obviously there is lots to play for on the field, but sometimes it’s the moments off it that truly captures hearts. Like Jurgen Klopp. ’
‘I have to be upfront and say that I don’t think coach Rob Walter could have chosen a better 15-man squad for next month’s T20 World Cup in the US and West Indies,’ ...
Du Plessis has had his fair share of injury problems, but you just get the feeling that if he can stay fit the selectors and Erasmus will have to take a closer look ...
If it’s a Test match approach, the Stormers will once again have to let their slow poison do the trick and they have to be disciplined from start to finish, writes ...
Individually, both Malherbe and Kitshoff can lay claim to being the best in their respective positions in the world, writes Dudley Carstens.
Pienaar deserves a better sending off than a second-tier local tournament that features South Africa’s smaller unions, writes Dudley Carstens.
If you consider that the new captain will have to lead the team at the 2027 World Cup, it becomes even trickier, writes Dudley Carstens.
Now that the honeymoon period is surely over, I’m beginning to having second thoughts about this marriage of South African rugby and their UK counterparts, writes ...
I mean Western Province won the 1Day Cup earlier in the season and is now drukking for a double in the 4-Day Series final, writes Dudley Carstens.
It’s the first year of building a squad for the next World Cup and judging by coach Rassie Erasmus’s squad for the Bok camp, the Springboks will have a new look ...
It’s about time our boys catch the attention of the big leagues in Europe, writes Dudley Carstens.
You can’t even call the team currently playing in the first Test a ‘B’ team, because they aren’t even the next-in-liners, writes Dudley Carstens.
You need a bit of luck along the way to win big tournaments, and yes, my friends, I believe we can go all the way, writes Dudley Carstens.
Dudley Carstens looks at some of the SA20 players who have either butchered it completely or excelled and made their stem dik for inclusion.
Dudley Carstens writes that soccer loves should accept when their heroes have aged and start help building on new ones.