🇿🇦 SOUTH AFRICANS IN ACTION AT HOCKEY WORLD CUP TODAY! 🏆 Good luck to the South African Men's and Women's hockey teams taking the turf today. ⏰ SA Women v India — 15:00 SAST ⏰ SA Men v Ireland — 17:00 SAST ⸻ 🗣️ "Dayaan Cassiem brings up his 100th test cap this afternoon, leading SA Hockey Men out against Ireland. The Women are in action too — a full day of green and gold on the turf!" – 🎙️Jay ⸻ #HockeyWorldCup #FieldHockey #DayaanCassiem #Hockey #SouthAfrica #JustPlainSport

🎉 HAPPY BIRTHDAY, WILLIE LE ROUX! THE MAVERICK WHO OUTLASTED EVERY CRITIC 🇿🇦 Willem Jacobus le Roux turns 37 today. From the Boland Cavaliers and a Currie Cup First Division title, to Kimberley, to a Springbok debut against Italy in Durban in 2013. Written off at home, then a Premiership record 21 try assists at Wasps. Two World Cup winner's medals. And on 12 July 2025, his 100th Test — against Italy again — as only the eighth Springbok centurion. He played the 2019 knockouts with a shoulder injury he never made public, and offered to step aside. Rassie kept him in. Happy Birthday, Willie. 🎂 🎙️ FULL STORY on JustPlainSport .com #WillieLeRoux #Springboks #Bulls #Rugby #JustPlainSport

🇿🇦 CORBETT CLAIMS 200M BREASTSTROKE BRONZE AT PAN PACS 🏊‍♀️ Kaylene Corbett touched third in 2:22.97 in Irvine — her fastest 200m breaststroke at any major championship, and a third straight medal in thirteen months. 🥉 She led Kate Douglass turning for home. The Olympic champion closed in 36.93 to take silver by four tenths. Corbett still finished clear of the rest of the field. ⸻ 🗣️ "Corbett has spent a decade being the other name in the lane, and she has now medalled at three straight major championships. Nobody hands you that!" – Jay ⸻ 🎙️ FULL STORY on JustPlainSport .com 📸 Images via Kaylene Corbett IG / Team SA #PanPacs2026 #KayleneCorbett #Swimming #SouthAfrica #JustPlainSport 🎙️

🇿🇦 CAMDEN McLELLAN MAKES IT FOUR STRAIGHT MX2 PODIUMS 🏁 Camden McLellan went 3-3 at Uddevalla to take third overall at the MXGP of Sweden — his fourth podium in a row and the tenth of his career, on one of the hardest, slickest tracks on the calendar. 🗣️ "Four podiums on the bounce on a track built to punish mistakes — that's not luck, that's a rider proving he belongs in this title fight!" – Jay He's now third in the MX2 World Championship, 21 points off second with four rounds left. Arnhem is next, and the sand suits him. 🎙️ FULL STORY on JustPlainSport .com 📸 Images via Camden McLellan – Triumph Racing / MXGP Uddevalla Sweden #CamdenMcLellan #MXGPofSweden #MX2 #SouthAfrica #MXGP #JustPlainSport

🇿🇦 BINDER STORMS FROM 18TH TO 8TH AT SILVERSTONE 🏍️ Brad Binder converted an 18th-place start into an eighth-place finish at the 2026 British Grand Prix, delivering his best result of the second half of the season as MotoGP returned from its summer break at Silverstone. Friday didn't go to plan. Binder crashed at Luffield with a quarter of an hour left on the clock in Practice, ending the session down in P18. That result carried a sting — he had to fight through Q1 just to lock in 18th on the grid for the weekend. Saturday brought a gamble that paid off. Binder and Jack Miller were the only two riders in the Sprint to start on the medium rear tyre while the rest of the field went soft. It looked risky early, but Binder got stronger as the laps wore on, setting his fastest lap of the race on lap eight. Sunday's Grand Prix was where it came together. Binder made a strong launch off the line, was into the points inside the first few corners, and kept climbing — past Iker Lecuona, past Jack Miller, past Fabio Quartararo — before Ai Ogura's retirement moved him up another spot late on. The weekend by the numbers: - Friday Practice: crashed at Luffield, ended the session P18 - Qualifying: through Q1, started 18th on the grid - Saturday Sprint: 11th, one of only two riders to gamble on the medium rear tyre - Sunday Grand Prix: 8th, a ten-place gain from the start, finishing over 12 seconds behind reigning champion Marc Marquez in 7th - Championship standings: 13th on 72 points, four adrift of Tech3 KTM team-mate Enea Bastianini, who crashed out of the race ⸻ 🗣️ "Doesn't matter if it's his last year in the class — that's a bloke still digging, still fighting. Proud of him!" – 🎙️Jay ⸻ Written By Jay #BradBinder #MotoGP #BritishGP #SouthAfrica #JustPlainSport 🎙️

🇿🇦 SCHOEMAN RECLAIMS IRONMAN 70.3 LAPU-LAPU TITLE 🔥 Congratulations to Henri Schoeman — champion in Cebu again. First out of the swim, clear on the bike, and holding on through cramp to clock 4:08:52 for a second IRONMAN 70.3 Lapu-Lapu title. ⸻ 🗣️ "Two years of chasing form and Schoeman still comes back to Cebu and makes the rest of the field chase shadows – that's the mark of a champion who refuses to be written off!" – Jay ⸻ 🎙️ FULL STORY on JustPlainSport .com #SouthAfrica #HenriSchoeman #IRONMAN703 #Triathlon #JustPlainSport

🇿🇦 SA U18 RUGBY SIDES UNBEATEN IN INTERNATIONAL SERIES 🔥 Both South African sides finished the 2026 SA U18 International Series unbeaten on Saturday — SA U18 'A' beat France 51-26, then SA U18 beat England 68-40, both at Stellenberg High School. ⸻ 🗣️ "Two South African U18 sides in one international series, both unbeaten. That's astonishing!" – Jay ⸻ 🎙️ FULL STORY on JustPlainSport .com #RSAvFRA #RSAvENG #SAU18Rugby #SouthAfrica #JustPlainSport 🎙️

🏉 BULLS GOES DOWN 19-50 TO THE ALL BLACKS AT LOFTUS 🇿🇦 #BULvNZL #greatestrivalry #Rugby