Tag: Birthday Tribute

AKKER VAN DER MERWE TURNS 35: THE WARTHOG NEVER STOPS CHARGING

Rugby
Birthday Tribute | Akker van der Merwe | 17 June 2026 | Bulls · South Africa · Rugby Union Picture a ruck on the floor...

SIYA KOLISI TURNS 35: THE LAST LINE OF DEFENCE

Rugby
Picture the young Siya Kolisi. He sleeps near the front door of his grandmother's two-room house in Zwide township, Port Elizabeth, on a makeshift...

KWAGGA SMITH TURNS 33: THE ANIMAL THAT WASN’T SUPPOSED TO EXIST

Rugby
There is a theory in South African rugby that certain players don’t fit the template. Too small, too light, not quite a six, not...

ALBIE MORKEL TURNS 45: FROM MATCH-WINNER TO MASTER COACH

Cricket
April 2012. Chennai. The target is 206. Chennai Super Kings are in trouble, wickets down, the asking rate climbing past what most teams would...

DAVID MILLER: THE SUPERHERO FINISHER WHO NEVER FLINCHED

Cricket
There are cricketers who accumulate runs, and there are cricketers who win games. David Miller belongs firmly in the second category. Born on this...

PIERRE SPIES TURNS 41: THE BULL WHO CARRIED A NATION’S HOPES

Rugby
There are rugby players who make their living in the hard yards, who do the grinding work that never makes the highlight reel. And...

DANIE ROSSOUW TURNS 48: THE MAN WHO SAVED THE WORLD CUP

Rugby
There are rugby players who do their jobs quietly, in the shadows of the scoreboard. And then there are those who, in a single...
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