Tag: Western Province
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SP Marais: ‘What I Learnt From Losing My Contract’
Fullback SP Marais has worked for several of South Africa’s rugby unions before settling at the Stormers in January of this year. Mandy Collins caught up with him to talk about Playing the Bounce.
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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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Rugby’s Brotherhood of the Bounce is for Real & for Life
Like all team sports, rugby helps you appreciate that life is not always fair. Your personal success is often reliant on someone else doing what they are supposed to do.
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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 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.
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Siya Kolisi, a Gentle Giant With the Soul of a Stormer
Fresh from his home in the ramshackle Township of Zwide in the Eastern Cape, Siya Kolisi wanted to make a big splash as a sportsman in his new primary school. He jumped right in, and almost drowned. It was only the third time he had been in a swimming pool.