🇿🇦 RASSIE NAMES HIS BOK TEAM FOR ALL BLACKS AT ELLIS PARK 🏉 Only Eben Etzebeth and Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu keep their starting jerseys from Argentina. Ox Nche is back from injury, three-cap Paul de Villiers gets the six jersey, and Siya Kolisi waits. 👀 ⸻ 🗣️ "Rassie spent eight years building the depth of this side and now he finally gets to apply them four weekends in a row!" – 🎙️Jay ⸻ 15 Damian Willemse 14 Cheslin Kolbe 13 Jesse Kriel 12 Damian de Allende 11 Kurt-Lee Arendse 10 Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu 9 Grant Williams 8 Jasper Wiese 7 Pieter-Steph du Toit (captain) 6 Paul de Villiers 5 Ruan Nortje 4 Eben Etzebeth 3 Wilco Louw 2 Malcolm Marx 1 Ox Nche 🎙️ FULL STORY on JustPlainSport .com #RSAvNZL #Springboks #AllBlacks #SouthAfrica #JustPlainSport 🎙️

🎂 THE MALMESBURY MISSILE WHO NEVER SLOWS DOWN 🏉 Pieter-Steph du Toit turns 34 today. In February 2020 a thigh injury against the Blues became acute compartment syndrome — he lost 10kg and his left leg wasted to half its size. 🇿🇦 Fourteen months of rehab on the family farm in the Riebeek Valley. Then 28 tackles and Player of the Match in a World Cup final, and a second World Rugby Player of the Year award nobody from this country had ever won twice. ⸻ 🗣️ "Ask which Springbok has paid the most for his caps and there's no argument. He's played a decade of Test rugby doing the work that never makes the highlights reel!" – Jay ⸻ 🎙️ FULL STORY on JustPlainSport .com #PieterStephduToit #Springboks #MalmesburyMissile #JustPlainSport 🎙️

🇿🇦 MARX'S 17 ALL BLACKS TESTS WILL BE CRUCIAL FOR BOKS 🏉 Seventeen Tests against the All Blacks. Seven wins, one draw, nine losses. Malcolm Marx knows this fight better than anyone in green, and Rassie is asking him for 65 minutes and up at Ellis Park on Saturday. 🗣️ "Seventeen Tests in the bag against the All Blacks and he still says if I'm selected — that's exactly why he keeps getting selected!" – Jay No counting on the jersey, no leaning on Wellington, no making Saturday about himself — just the 64 or 65 million people he says the Boks are carrying. 🎙️ FULL STORY on JustPlainSport .com #RSAvNZL #Springboks #AllBlacks #SouthAfrica #EllisPark #JustPlainSport 🎙️

🇿🇦 SOUTH AFRICA ENTERS THE U20 WORLD WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS 🤼 The U20 World Wrestling Championships hit Bratislava this week, and South Africa is in the field — Slade Shadowshot at 79kg Freestyle, with the men's programme running 20 to 23 August. 🇿🇦 Six-minute bouts. Knockout brackets. Repechage. Here's what the tournament actually is, and where South African wrestling stands in it. ⸻ 🗣️ "Ask a South African to name a Springbok loose forward and they'll give you four. Ask them to name a South African wrestler and you get silence — that's the gap this tournament exposes!" – 🎙️Jay ⸻ Everything You Need To Know Here ⬇️ https://justplainsport.com/more-sports/u20-world-wrestling-championships/ #U20WorldChampionships #Wrestling #Bratislava #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 🎙️