🎉 OX NCHÉ TURNS 31: WORLD CHAMPION, HISTORY-MAKER, STILL NOT DONE 🇿🇦 There are props who scrummage, and props who dominate. And then there are those who force the sport itself to reconsider what the position can be. Ox belongs firmly in the second category. Born on 23 July 1995, in Thaba Nchu, he turns 31 today. Happy 31st Birthday, Ox. From all of us at Just Plain Sport — enjoy the cake, you’ve earned every slice of it. Heal up fast. 🎙️ FULL STORY on JustPlainSport .com #OxNche #Springboks #rugby #worldrugbyplayeroftheyear #happybirthday

🥇 CHAD LE CLOS ONE MEDAL AWAY FROM STANDING ALONE IN COMMONWEALTH GAMES HISTORY 🇿🇦🏊 Chad le Clos needs one more Commonwealth Games medal to stand alone as the most decorated male athlete in the event's history, and he gets his shot at it in Glasgow, the exact city where he last rewrote the record books. 🎙️ FULL STORY on JustPlainSport .com #ChadLeClos #Glasgow2026 #CommonwealthGames #TeamSA #JustPlainSport

🚨🥇 JOSH KERR SHATTERS MILE WORLD RECORD WITH SEBASTIAN COE WATCHING HIS OWN LEGACY REWRITTEN 🏆🔥 Some records get broken. This one got demolished. Josh Kerr ran 3:42.66 for the mile at London Stadium, tearing nearly half a second off a mark that had survived every serious challenge thrown at it for 27 years. Hicham El Guerrouj set it in Rome in 1999. Nobody got close until Saturday. The man who rose fastest to applaud wasn't lost in the crowd of 60,000. Sebastian Coe, President of World Athletics, was in the stadium watching a record he once owned three times over change hands again, in his own country, in front of his own successor... 🎙️ FULL STORY on JustPlainSport .com #JoshKerr #MileWorldRecord #DiamondLeagueLondon #TeamGB #JustPlainSport

🏃‍♀️ ZENÉY GELDENHUYS' SEASON BEST 55.48s HAS HER SURGING BACK INTO FORM 🔥 A week and a half on from Memphis, Zenéy Geldenhuys's form is still the story in South African hurdling. Her season's best of 55.48 seconds, clocked at the Ed Murphey Classic in early July, remains the number to beat as she heads into the next stretch of her international season. 🎙️ FULL STORY on JustPlainSport .com #JustPlainSport #ZenéyGeldenhuys #athletics

🏆 CARLING CURRIE CUP PREMIER DIVISION 2026: OPENING ROUND DELIVERS DRAMA AND HEART-STOPPERS! 🏉 The 2026 Carling Currie Cup Premier Division exploded into life with four fiercely contested battles full of comebacks, debut fireworks, and last-gasp heroics. Defending champions Suzuki Griquas were stunned, while home fans were treated to edge-of-the-seat finishes across the country. Here's how the opening weekend unfolded: 🎙️ FULL STORY on JustPlainSport .com #CurrieCup #CarlingCurrieCup #rugby #JustPlainSport

🇿🇦 JASPER WIESE PUTS IN THE HARD YARDS AS SPRINGBOKS DEMOLISH WALES 43-0 🏉 Four minutes on the clock at Kings Park, and Jasper Wiese was already through the middle of the Welsh defence. His brother Cobus had done the damage first, bursting through a couple of tackles to open the door, and Jasper finished the job, barging over for the opening try of a 43-0 rout in Durban. 🎙️ FULL STORY on JustPlainSport .com #RSAvWAL #JasperWiese #Springboks #NationsChampionship #JustPlainSport

🎉 HAPPY BIRTHDAY, WILCO LOUW 🥂 "The prop who kept coming back, from a missed world cup to a starting jersey for the world's number one side" There are props who scrummage hard for eighty minutes and are forgotten by Monday. And then there are those a national coach names specifically when explaining a selection call. Wilco belongs firmly in the second category. Born on 20 July 1994, in Ceres, in the Western Cape, he turns 32 today. 🎙️ FULL STORY on JustPlainSport .com 📸 via Springboks #JustPlainSport #WilcoLouw #Springboks #HappyBirthday

🇿🇦 SPRINGBOKS, BLITZBOKS AND JUNIOR BOKS ALL REIGN AS BACK-TO-BACK WORLD CHAMPIONS 🏉 South Africa now hold back-to-back world titles at three separate levels of men's rugby at the same time. The Springboks. The Blitzboks. The Junior Boks. No other nation in the sport's history has managed that. This is not a coincidence, and it is not a purple patch. It is a dynasty, built layer by layer, and it is still standing. 🎙️ FULL STORY on JustPlainSport .com #Springboks #Blitzboks #JuniorBoks #JustPlainSport