Category: BrightRock Plays the Bounce
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What We Can All Learn About Life & Change From the Blitzboks
What makes the Blitzboks so special? Why is it that the Springboks are at rock bottom, but these guys are consistently at the top of their game?
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An 8-Point Plan to Fix the Mess South African Rugby is In
I wonder if we as a country might have embraced the professional rugby era better had we not won the 1995 Rugby World Cup? Weird, I know, but bear with me.
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Why Even Rugby Players Need a Holiday
The chances of staying on your feet are far greater when you get off them for a decent period at some stage, writes Ben Karpinski.
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Basil Bey, the Rugby Legend Who Changed My Life
Tank Lanning writes South Africa has lost a rugby legend, a great mate has lost a father, and he has lost one of the first guys outside his family to really believe in him.
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How Moving to South Africa Taught Me to Love Rugby
A handful of Stormers games at Newlands set it off. The results didn’t matter, although a fix of live sport on a Saturday afternoon certainly did.
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What Barney and the Baa Baas Can Teach us About Business
In its current guise, the Baa Baa game offers the Boks a timely and valuable opportunity to experiment with the pressure cooker valve that comes with operating at the highest level. It’s an opportunity they should grab with both hands.
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How a Dad’s Amazing Gift of Love Helped an SA Rugby Hero
It has been a tough year for South African rugby, but young lock Springbok lock Pieter-Steph du Toit is one of the few positives. He is fully deserving of his SA Rugby Player of the Year accolade.
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How the Big Indaba Can Save SA Rugby From Itself
Were I in the room, I would not be wasting time trying to change the things that cannot be changed by the people attending.
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How Two Kids From Khayelitsha Made Their WP Dream Come True
Antoinette Muller shares the story of two young rugby stars who are on their way to stardom.
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Hooray for the Teachers Who Changed Our Lives
A selection of Western Province players cast their minds back to school and celebrate the teachers who helped to make them who they are.