HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAKHAYA NTINI 🏏 THE BOY WHO RAN BEFORE HE COULD READ Makhaya Ntini turns 49 today, born on this day in 1977 in that same village, and the distance between that dirt road and 390 Test wickets remains one of the most remarkable journeys the sport has produced. Happy Birthday, Makhaya. From herding cattle with no shoes to becoming the first black cricketer to represent South Africa in Test cricket, his story was never just about the ball he bowled — it was about the door he kicked open... 🎙️ FULL STORY on JustPlainSport .com #JustPlainSport #MakhayaNtini #Cricket #Birthday

🚨🇿🇦 RASSIE MAKES 10 CHANGES TO THE BOK TEAM to face SCOTLAND in Pretoria 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #Springboks #RSAvSCO #Rugby #NationsChampionship #NationsCup

🇿🇦 SA U18 WATER POLO STUN ARGENTINA IN WORLD CHAMPS THRILLER Congratulations to the SA U18 Water Polo men’s water polo team, who found a way to win the kind of match their group stage never allowed them to have. At the World Aquatics Men’s U18 Water Polo Championships in Rio Maior, Portugal, the young Proteas were drawn into a brutal group alongside Greece and Australia. They left that phase without a win, on the wrong end of some heavy scorelines against nations with far deeper junior water polo pedigree. It was the kind of group stage that can shake belief heading into the placement rounds. Argentina gave them the chance to answer that question. The SA U18 Water Polo team took it, grinding out an 11-10 win in a match that had nothing in common with the one-sided contests of the group phase. 🎙️ FULL STORY ON JustPlainSport .com #JustPlainSport #WaterPolo #SouthAfrica

🇿🇦 WELL DONE, BOKKE!! 💪🏉 #RSAvENG #NationsCup #Springboks #Rugby #JustplainSport #SouthAfrica

👏 CONGRATULATIONS to CHESLIN & DAMIAN on getting their 50th caps when the BOKS takes on England this afternoon in Jozi!! 💪🏉 GO BOKKE!!🦌 #JustPlainSport #RSAvENG #NationsCup #Rugby

🇿🇦The SPRINGBOKS Match Day 23 to face England🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 on Saturday at 17:40 (SA Time) at Ellispark!🏉🔥 #RSAvEng #Springboks |🎙️#JustPlainSport #Bokke #southafrican ❤️

🇿🇦 HAPPY BIRTHDAY DUANE VERMEULEN 🎂 THE LEADER WHO NEVER NEEDED THE ARMBAND There are rugby players who need the captain’s armband to lead. And then there are those who lead anyway, armband or not. Duane Vermeulen belongs firmly in the second category. Born on this very day, 3 July 1986, in Mbombela, Mpumalanga, he turns 40 today. And what a journey it has been. Happy Birthday, Duane. The Springboks won two World Cups with him doing the heaviest lifting, often quietly, and rarely for the cameras. 👉🎙️ FULL STORY ON JUSTPLAINSPORT .COM #JustPlainSport #DuaneVermeulen #Springboks #happybirthday

🇿🇦 EASY WIN FOR THE JUNIOR SPRINGBOKS vs GEORGIA 🇬🇪 in the Junior World Rugby Championship 🏉 #JustPlainSport #RSAvGEO #WorldRugbyU20s #rugby