Tag: Birthday Tribute

MAPIMPI – THE BOY WITH NO FAMILY PHOTO WHO WON A WORLD CUP

Rugby
Birthday Tribute | Makazole Mapimpi | 26 July 2026 | Sharks · Springboks · Rugby There are wingers who chase a reputation someone else built...

OX NCHÉ TURNS 31: WORLD CHAMPION, HISTORY-MAKER, STILL NOT DONE

Rugby
Birthday Tribute | Ox Nché | 23 July 2026 | Sharks · Springboks · Rugby There are props who scrummage, and props who dominate. And...

WILCO LOUW TURNS 32 | THE PROP WHO FOUGHT HIS WAY BACK INTO A SPRINGBOK JERSEY

Rugby
Birthday Tribute | Wilco Louw | 20 July 2026 | Bulls · Springboks · Rugby There are props who scrummage hard for eighty minutes and...

SHAUN POLLOCK TURNS 53: THE FIRST SOUTH AFRICAN TO REACH 400 TEST WICKETS

Cricket
Birthday Tribute | Shaun Pollock | 16 July 2026 | Dolphins & Warwickshire · South Africa · Cricket Some surnames carry weight in South African...

MALCOLM MARX TURNS 32: THE BEST HOOKER IN THE WORLD, FULL STOP

Rugby
Birthday Tribute | Malcolm Marx | 13 July 2026 | Kubota Spears · Springboks · Rugby Union There are hookers who do a job, and...

ULI SCHMIDT TURNS 65: THE BOELIE WHO BECAME A HEALER

Rugby
Birthday Tribute - Uli Schmidt | 10 July 2026 | Blue Bulls · Springboks · Rugby There are rugby players you remember for the scoreboard....

TATJANA SMITH TURNS 29: THE GIRL NEXT DOOR WHO BECAME SA’S GREATEST OLYMPIAN

Swimming
Birthday Tribute - Tatjana Smith | 9 July 2026 | Swimming · South Africa · Swimming THE TOUCH Paris, August 2024. The 100 metre breaststroke final....

DUANE VERMEULEN TURNS 40: THE LEADER WHO NEVER NEEDED THE ARMBAND

Rugby
Birthday Tribute - Duane Vermeulen | 3 July 2026 | Springboks - South Africa - Rugby There are rugby players who need the captain's armband...

IVAN VAN ZYL TURNS 31: SHUT OUT AT HOME, CHAMPION ABROAD

Rugby
Birthday Tribute | 30 June 2026 | Saracens · Springboks · Rugby Twickenham, May 2023. The Premiership final. Saracens against Sale. And in the second...

TIAAN STRAUSS TURNS 61: THE BOK WHO WON THE WORLD CUP IN GOLD, NOT GREEN

Rugby
Birthday Tribute | Tiaan Strauss | 28 June 2026 | Western Province | Springboks | Wallabies | Rugby Union Picture the scene. It is 1995....

DALE STEYN TURNS 43: THE FASTEST GUN PHALABORWA EVER PRODUCED

Cricket
Dale Steyn | Birthday Tribute | 27 June 2026 | Titans · Proteas · Cricket Picture Perth. November 2016. Dale Steyn runs in off his...

CURWIN BOSCH TURNS 29: THE TALENTED FLY-HALF WHO NEVER QUITE GOT HIS CHANCE

Rugby
Birthday Tribute | 25 June 2026 | Sharks · South Africa · Rugby He is 29 years old, living in France, and playing second-tier rugby...
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