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Following the Springboks on their 2021 end of year tour to the Millennium Stadium, Murrayfield and Twickenham
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...
An epic sporting trip – rugby in Toulon and football in Madrid
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...
A packed sporting weekend – the European Aquatics Champs and London Rugby 7s
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...
Rugby World Cup 2015 – Springbok pool games (post Japan)
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.
Rugby World Cup 2015 – Springboks vs. Japan
Traveling around sporting events is the best fun as it combines two of my biggest passions. On the flip side, having a World Cup ‘come to you’ is a rare and real treat, especially when you are working full time. Even more so with a Rugby World Cup and the favourable...
A visit to Twickenham to watch the Springboks
Without doubt one of the finest stadiums to watch rugby at is Twickenham. Its sheer size, with a capacity of 82,000, coupled with its rich history and rousing support ensures a very special afternoon in South-West London.
In 2010 I watched us come storming back to beat the English...
Watching the Springboks in Dublin
November is traditionally a busy rugby month as the Southern Hemisphere teams embark on their annual end-of-season tours north. 2014 was no different and this year’s schedule would take us to Dublin, west London and finally Padova, a town in Italy I had never heard of. (I did not make it to...
Back at Newlands to watch the Bokke
Having studied and then lived in Cape Town for a number of years, Newlands is very likely my second-most visited rugby ground (after the now derelict Boet Erasmus in Port Elizabeth). Outside of the numerous provincial and Super rugby games we watched over the years, I went every year to...
London Sevens
Last weekend, I headed through to Twickenham for the London Sevens, the 9th and final leg of the IRB Sevens World Series. As expected, the weekend was great fun and much like last year, very little rugby was actually watched on the Saturday by any of our large 122 person crew who made it...