The Springboks first toured Europe over 100 years ago in 1906. In fact, it was during this tour that the nickname ‘Springboks’ was first used (the press were asked to refer to the team as ‘De Springbokken’ but the Daily Mail went with Springboks and it...
One of my earliest childhood memories is waking up at 4.30am on a Saturday morning to watch the Springboks play the All Blacks in New Zealand. When I was five, it was my dad who would get me up, cook us breakfast and wake me up when I dozed off. As the years passed, roles changed and it was...
Catherine didn’t come to Africa to watch sport but I’ve managed to get in a few events! She made her football debut at the national stadium in Addis Ababa where we saw Ethiopia play...
It’s certainly been a fantastic few weeks of rugby! Three weekends ago I was at Murrayfield in Edinburgh to watch Saracens defend their Champions Cup crown, beating French...
Two weekends ago I headed to Edinburgh, on the good old night bus, to watch the Champions Cup final. Formerly known as the Heineken Cup, it’s Europe’s premier rugby competition and defending champions Saracens were up against twice-losing finalists, Clermont Auvergne.
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Watching Toulon here in London a few weekends ago (against Saracens) and hearing the legendary Pilou Pilou war-cry performed before every match brought back memories of an epic sporting trip myself and Dyl went on over two years ago in late 2014 where we watched top 14 French rugby...
November in the UK is rugby month! For more than 100 years, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand have toured these shores over the winter months. Unlike in 1951-1952 when the Springboks toured from early October until the middle of February and played 31 matches, in this age of...
This past weekend was certainly nice and busy on the sporting front.
On Friday night we headed to the London Aquatics Centre in Stratford to watch the European Aquatic Championships. Held every two years, the championships consist of swimming, diving and synchronised swimming and we...
After the huge upset of losing their opening game of Rugby World Cup 2015 to Japan, the Springboks had bounced back to
After a bitterly disappointing loss to the Brave Blossoms in their opening game of Rugby World Cup 2015, the Springboks could no afford no more slip-ups and needed to really up their game.