🎉 HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DIVAN SERFONTEIN! THE SPRINGBOK CAPTAIN WHO WALKED AWAY TO BECOME A SURGEON 🇿🇦 He scored a try 11 minutes into his Test debut, captained Western Province through three Currie Cup titles, and played all three Tests on rugby's most hostile tour, the 1981 Barbed Wire Boks. Then, at 30, he walked away from it all to become an orthopaedic surgeon. Divan Serfontein turns 72 today. Full tribute on Just Plain Sport. 🎙️ FULL STORY on JustPlainSport .com #DivanSerfontein #Springboks #WesternProvinceRugby #CurrieCupLegends

WHAT A LEGEND!! ❤️ #JustPlainSport #Legends #Heroes #Springboks #OxNche

🇿🇦 RADEMEYER ENDS 24-YEAR SA POLE VAULT WAIT WITH SILVER 🔥 Kyle Rademeyer secured Commonwealth Games pole vault silver in Glasgow on Saturday night, clearing 5.70m to end a 24-year wait for a South African medal in the event and lift Team South Africa's overall haul to 28 — one better than Birmingham 2022. The 24-year-old from Paarl went over the bar at 5.40m to guarantee himself a spot on the podium, then matched Englishman Owen Heard's 5.70m clearance for a season's best. Both failed at 5.80m, but Rademeyer had done enough. He took silver on countback, having needed only his second attempt to clear 5.70m against Heard's third. It is South Africa's first Commonwealth pole vault medal since Okkert Brits won gold in Manchester in 2002, and it arrives four years after Rademeyer's own Commonwealth Games dream fell apart before it began. He was selected for the 2022 Birmingham squad but had to withdraw after testing positive for COVID-19, missing the Games entirely. Glasgow was the redo he never got to ask for. Rademeyer built toward this moment the long way. He left Paarl for the University of South Alabama, where he won the 2023 NCAA Division I outdoor pole vault title with a clearance of 5.70m. The following year he claimed gold at the 2024 African Championships and pushed his personal best out to 5.73m in 2025, the mark that made him a genuine medal contender heading into Scotstoun Stadium. Medal Table 🥇 Kurtis Marschall (Australia) — 5.85m, Games record 🥈 Kyle Rademeyer (South Africa) — 5.70m, silver on countback 🥉 Owen Heard (England) — 5.70m ⸻ 🗣️ "Four years ago COVID took that Commonwealth Games away from him before he'd even jumped. Saturday night, Kyle Rademeyer took it back!" – 🎙️Jay ⸻ Rademeyer's silver capped a heavy day for Team South Africa in Glasgow. The pole vault result pushed South Africa's overall medal tally to 28 for these Games, edging out the 27 won in Birmingham four years ago — the same Games Rademeyer never got to compete at. #KyleRademeyer #PoleVault #CommonwealthGames2026 #TeamSA #JustPlainSport 🎙️ Written By Jay

Chad Le-Clos came into these Games needing just one medal to make history. He left with three, and a place no swimmer has ever stood before. 🥇🇿🇦 22 medals. A backstroke sweep for the ages. A comeback gold through tears. A farewell lap 12 years in the making. Glasgow 2026 was South African swimming's greatest week. Story's live now on the website 🔗

🇿🇦 41-3. That's what Boland did to the Stormers XXIII last week 😳 Seven days later, this happened 👇 36-28 derby win over the Sharks XV. A 19-year-old debutant with a Currie Cup try. Lead changed hands four times before the Stormers finally slammed the door. This is how you answer a horror show 🏉 Full match report on Just Plain Sport — link in bio #CurrieCup #StormersXXIII #SharksXV #CapeDerby #JustPlainSport 🎙️

🇿🇦 TEN BOKS BACK, ONLY TWO MISS OUT FOR ARGENTINA 🏉 Rassie Erasmus has the kind of selection headache most coaches dream about. Eben Etzebeth, Siya Kolisi, Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, Wilco Louw and more all walking back into camp this week, with only Ox Nche and Franco Mostert ruled out long-term. ⸻ 🗣️ "Ten Boks walking back into camp in one week isn't a problem, it's a luxury most coaches would kill for. Rassie just has to be ruthless about who's actually Test-ready!" – 🎙Jay ⸻ Saturday's touring squad announcement just got a lot more interesting. 🎙️ FULL STORY on JustPlainSport .com #Springboks #RassieErasmus #RSAvARG #JustPlainSport

🎉 HAPPY BIRTHDAY, HEINRICH KLAASEN! THE FINISHER WHO NEARLY WON SOUTH AFRICA ITS FIRST WORLD TITLE 🇿🇦 🌍 2,141 ODI runs ⚡ 1,000 T20I runs at a strike rate of 141.84 💥 174 off 83 balls against Australia 🚀 Fastest fifty in a T20 World Cup final A calm head. A destructive bat. One of the most feared finishers South African cricket has produced. Happy 35th Birthday, Heinrich Klaasen! 🎙️ FULL STORY on JustPlainSport .com #HeinrichKlaasen #ProteasCricket #SunrisersHyderabad #JustPlainSport

🇿🇦 CHAD LE CLOS CROWNED MOST DECORATED COMMONWEALTH ATHLETE EVER 🏊 Chad le Clos stood on the deck at Tollcross International Swimming Centre on Wednesday night and became the most decorated Commonwealth athlete in history, and for a man who has spent the past five years fighting battles far tougher than any race, the tears told the real story. ⸻ 🗣️ "Some records get broken by talent alone. This one got broken by a man who had to fight his own head just to get back in the water, and that's the part that makes it mean something!" – Jay ⸻ 🎙️ FULL STORY on JustPlainSport .com #ChadleClos #CommonwealthGames #Swimming #JustPlainSport