Having met more than 100 times since Dunedin in 1921, the Springboks and All Blacks have produced one of rugby’s greatest rivalries and by the end of the 20th century, the AB’s led the head-to-head 27-26. Some of my earliest memories are of my dad waking me at 4.30am on Saturday...
As I’ve said in many a ‘November Rugby’ blog, Autumn in the UK means a month of rugby and following the Springboks around the UK and Europe with close friends is one of my favourite times of the year....
(I am only six months late writing this)…
It was 13 years ago now that I first saw the Springboks at Murrayfield. That match in 2011 was in fact the last time we lost to the Scots though we would recover that tour with a win against the English the following week.
It’s been 33 years of World Cup heartache. 33 – over 3 decades.
Like many South Africans of my age and older, I can remember them all:
– The rain in 1992 when Dave Richardson (Swinger) and Brian McMillan were on the cusp of steering us into our maiden...
Following unbelievable B&B adventures at the 2019 Cricket World Cup (WC) in the UK, the
Four years on from the inaugural BURTSandBORTZ adventure following the Springboks around Japan, we were back on...
November is always a wonderful month of the year here in the UK with the Springboks visiting on their annual (formerly) end of season tour. Every November they play three or four Tests against a combination of the four home unions – England,
The South African 7s Rugby Team are more commonly known as the BlitzBokke. The team’s nickname is derived from “blitz”, an Afrikaans word meaning lightning, and of course Bokke – the nickname of our rugby team....
For those of us South Africans who live in the UK, November is a wonderfully special month of live rugby as we follow our Springboks around...
