Tag: Springboks
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Where have all the Great Springbok Scrumhalves Gone?
Knowing what to do and when is often the difference between a team winning and losing at the highest level, and if your scrumhalf is getting this wrong, the latter may very well be the outcome.
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Should Rugby be Played With the Head or the Heart?
Rugby is a contact sport so emotions will run high, but they need to be harnessed for good. The next time you watch a game, look out for the draining effects of emotion.
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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.
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How the Blitzboks Put the Dazzle & Joy Back into SA Rugby
The Blitzboks are the most skilful rugby team in the country. Since the World Series circuit first began, South Africa has been one of the most entertaining teams to watch.
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Why SA Rugby Needs to Embrace Its Inner Underdog
Last year may have been a grueling year for local rugby, but the good news is that underdogs often emerge victorious when all expectations are against them.
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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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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.