GO BLITZBOKS! 🇿🇦💚 The boys are on their way to Valladolid, Spain for the second leg of the HSBC SVNS World Championship — and the World Championship crown is within reach! After winning the first leg in Hong Kong, they face Great Britain, Kenya and Australia in Pool A with the following kick-off times (SA time): 🗓 Friday 29 May 🕧 12:34 — vs Great Britain 🕔 17:08 — vs Kenya 🗓 Saturday 30 May 🕑 13:23 — vs Australia The squad: Ryan Oosthuizen, Impi Visser (c), Zain Davids, Selvyn Davids, Dewald Human, Siviwe Soyizwapi, Shilton van Wyk, Quewin Nortje, Sebastiaan Jobb, David Brits, Tristan Leyds, Jayden Nell, Gino Cupido. Should they progress, the grand final takes place in Bordeaux on 5–7 June — where the 2026 World Champions will be crowned. Let’s go, Bokke! 🏉⚡ 📸 via Dewald Human #justPlainSport | #Blitzboks #rugby

KAGISO RABADA AT 30 🏏 FROM JOZI TOWNSHIPS TO WORLD TEST CHAMPIONSHIP HERO 🇿🇦 There are fast bowlers who take wickets. And then there are fast bowlers who change games, shift momentum, and carry nations on their shoulders. Kagiso Rabada, born on this very day, 25 May 1995, in Johannesburg, turns 30 today. And what a 30 years it has been... Happy 30th Birthday, Kagiso. From all of us at Just Plain Sport — thank you for the memories, thank you for Lord’s, and thank you for making us proud to follow South African cricket. 🎂🏏 🎙️ FULL STORY on JustPlainSport .com #JustPlainSport | #KagisoRabada #Cricket #SouthAfrica

🚨🇿🇦 KLAASEN IS ON FIRE🔥 Heinrich Klaasen became the first-ever overseas cricketer to score double digits in every group stage match of a single IPL edition 🔥🔥🔥 💪 Great consistency! What a player! #JustPlainSport 🏏 | #Rabada #Proteas #Cricket

🇿🇦 CHESLIN KOLBE STORMERS HOMECOMING DEAL SECURED 🏉 On good authority and after checking our facts, we can report that the DHL Stormers appear to have secured the return of double Rugby World Cup winner Cheslin Kolbe. Sources close to the situation, corroborated by reporting from Afrikaans newspaper Rapport, indicate that Kolbe’s homecoming to Cape Town has been made possible through what is described as a massive collective effort — believed to involve the Stormers, his agency Roc Nation Sports International, and third-party financial backing... 🎙️ FULL STORY on JustPlainSport .com #JustPlainSport | #CheslinKolbe #Stormers #RugbyTransfer

BISMARCK DU PLESSIS: THE WARRIOR WHO HELPED DEFINE A GOLDEN ERA OF SPRINGBOK RUGBY 🏉 There are rugby players, and then there are forces of nature... Bismarck du Plessis belongs firmly in the second category. The man from Bethlehem in the Free State — born on 22 May 1984 — celebrated his 42nd birthday on Friday, so it is the perfect moment to reflect on a career that left an indelible mark on South African rugby, European club rugby, and the global game. You do not become Bismarck du Plessis by accident. You are forged — on a farm in the eastern Free State, where his father Francois and mother Jo-Helene raised a family of rugby-mad, fiercely competitive brothers... 🎙️ FULL STORY on JustPlainSport .com #JustPlainSport | #BismarckduPlessis #Rugby #Springboks