Author: Tank Lanning
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When the boks chase the bucks
Yes it’s about earning money, but in a team sport like rugby, it’s also about understanding – and respecting – the rich culture and traditions. Today’s youngsters could do with a few years of mentoring before taking up that all important contract.
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Holding out Hope for a New Bok Era
Zero continuity planning, instead a completely new approach every time. In effect three steps forward, and two steps back – at best. Most often four steps back, meaning that it has been incredibly difficult to take the South African game forward.
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What Rugby Can Teach Us About the Fine Art of Surviving the Pitch
Having spent some time with the bid team – I edited the magazine that was left with the decision makers after the team had made their final presentation in London – I got some insight into how much work actually went into that bid.
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My Day of Tackling Change With Tomorrow’s Rugby Heroes
We want to drive transformation numbers in our professional teams, yet we are denying the very people we want to take up the sport in order to achieve that goal, the ability to watch said teams on TV?
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Why Rugby Needs to Come Back Home in 2023
Our track record of hosting premier global sporting events is unparalleled. Along with England, South Africa is one of only two countries to successfully host the FIFA World Cup, Rugby World Cup and Cricket World Cup. That’s massive.
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What SA Rugby Can Learn From the Road to Kariba
“Failing to plan is akin to planning to fail” was a saying first brought to my attention by my then Ikeys coach, Alan Solomons, a man who went on to coach the Stormers.
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Why Rugby Rage Needs a Whole New Card
Should red cards not be kept for the thugs who go out to intentionally maim another player via a punch, head-butt, or eye-gauge?
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The Unintended Consequences of Super Rugby’s Big Team Divorces
SA Rugby have just retrenched the Cheetahs and Kings. Or are they going through a divorce? Either way, both teams are out of Vodacom Super Rugby and as part of the settlement, the discarded franchises are off to Europe to play in an expanded Pro12 tournament, starting in September.
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Let’s Keep it Local, Bokke!
As seen in the recent series against the French, a series that saw coach Allister Coetzee pick only locally based players in the run on XV, the Boks can win without the overseas based players.
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What the Blitzboks Can Teach the Boks About Teamwork and Winning
The Blitzboks chase excellence in an environment conducive to doing exactly that. The Bok environment is almost the complete opposite, writes Tank Lanning.