Innholdsfortegnelse for November 2022 i SA RUGBY

Siya Kolisi is in the spotlight of the 300th issue of SA Rugby magazine and what better way to mark this milestone than with recognition of his leading role in keeping the Springboks moving in the right direction this year. The World Cup-winning captain will be in the vanguard of South Africa's northern conquest in November, tasked with capping off the season in style. A large Bok invasion party will wrap up 2022 with Tests against the two teams above them in the world rankings, namely Ireland and France, on a four-week tour that includes the secondary objective of establishing depth in key positions in two midweek matches. Having looked ahead, we look back to reminisce about SA Rugby magazine's storied past, savouring historic covers and fables or the title's…

FORWARDS ‘ANDRÉ WAS DEFINITELY THE FITTEST I PLAYED WITH’ ‘JAPIE WAS SUCH A STRONG RUNNER' BACKS…

DAN CARTER ‘Cape Town was not ready for DC and Brady.’ The All Blacks legend enjoyed a day out with the popular sidecar company on a vintage motorcycle during his trip to South Africa in September. DAMIAN WILLEMSE ‘Special to get our first win over in Australia in nine years.’ – The Springbok utility back celebrated a Rugby Championship victory over the Wallabies in Sydney with Damian de Allende, Jesse Kriel and Canan Moodie. DANIE ROSSOUW 'Some top water action on the Premeira banks.' – The ex-Springbok utility forward showed off an impressive catch while on a fishing trip in Mozambique. DYLAN RICHARDSON 'Team effort for this one.’ - The Sharks flank went on a fishing trip with Kerron van Vuuren, Marnus Potgieter, James Venter and Dian Bleuler. BOB SKINSTAD…

Crowning SA’s greatest sevens player is no easy task, but after four head-to-head rounds, Cecil Afrika took his place on the throne ROUND 1 MZWANDILE STICK vs BRANCO DU PREEZ Du Preez is the most-capped Blitzbok (417), scoring 1434 points, including 100 tries and 464 conversions (the most by a South African). Stick, a rapid playmaker, captained the Blitzboks to their first World Rugby Sevens Series title in 2008-09 when the team competed in five out of eight finals, winning three. He earned 170 caps and scored 855 points, including 86 tries and 208 conversions. ROUND 2 FABIAN JURIES vs BRANCO DU PREEZ Juries was the top try-scorer in the 2003-04 and 2007-08 World Rugby Sevens Series. He had speed to burn and would dot down for fun. He scored…

HANDLING Ball + support = space Use these two simple 2 vs 1 exercises to concentrate on the attacker manipulating the ball to draw the defender while the support player creates the space. WHY USE IT If the attacker interests defenders by holding the ball correctly, the support player can time their run from the right depth to accelerate onto the pass, creating the best space. SET-UP A 5m square, play 2 vs 1. HOW TO DO IT Puttwoattackers and a defender at the side of the square. Theyrunto opposite corners on one side and enter the square Thedefenderaimstoget a two-handed touch on the ball-carrier who delays their pass and awaits the call from the deeprunning support player. Iftouched the ball-carrier becomes the defender. The defender also wins if he…

In terms of rugby-writing career highlights, being in the press box at Ellis Park in 1995 when the Springboks beat the All Blacks to win the World Cup is my No 1 memory. It was a victory that was so much bigger than a rugby match. It was about a nation. My other most significant World Cup memory was being in the press box at Eden Park in 2011 when the All Blacks beat France to win the World Cup for the first time in 24 years. It was also a victory that was so much bigger than a rugby match. It was about a nation. Off the field, I was blessed to have met and spoken with the late Nelson Mandela on several occasions, both as part of the…

STORMERS 34 EDINBURGH 18 Wing Suleiman Hartzenberg scored a brace of tries - the second in the 82nd minute - as the defending URC champions claimed a comeback bonus-point victory at DHL Stadium. Edinburgh had led 10-0 until first-half stoppage time. OSPREYS 27 LIONS 28 Scrumhalf Sanele Nohamba races away to score the Lions' second try, early in the second half of the URC clash in Swansea. The Lions overturned an 11-point deficit to win their first overseas fixture of the season, with winger Edwill van der Merwe's decisive 70th-minute try converted by Gianni Lombard.…

LINEBREAKS Nick G Leonard The Springboks were their own worst enemy. Again the wrong tactics and gameplan. They kicked the ball in good attacking areas when we should have kept ball in hand and put phases together and our discipline allowed Argentina to stay in the game. We need more variation in our game and we need to be able to adapt to the situation in front of us, and not play like robots. Lourens Millard Well, the Boks definitely did not do themselves any favours. Poor performance. A world-class team would have put this Argies team to the sword tonight. Eugene Lavery With such a dominant forward pack, it is a shame the Springbok backline is so poor. Once Lukhanyo Am and Damian Willemse are out there really isn’t…

Did you always want to be a professional rugby player? Strangely enough, when I was growing up I wanted to be a geologist, thanks to my fascination with rocks and the outdoors. But as I neared the end of primary school I settled on becoming a rugby player. It’s still weird for me to think that it’s what I’m doing for a living! Who was your favourite rugby player growing up? There are quite a few, but when going through to Newlands to watch rugby with my dad when I was younger, I looked up to Deon Fourie. In primary school and for some time in high school, I used to switch between flank and hooker, too, so it’s very cool that I have the opportunity to play with him…

I'II never forget the day I saw the first issue of SA Rugby magazine. After school, I walked down to the local café to get something to eat before rugby practice and there was Chester Williams - beaming at me from the magazine display stand. It was April 1995, the World Cup in South Africa was a month away, and Chester was the face of SAA's marketing campaign for the tournament. Now he was also on the cover of SA's new rugby magazine appropriately wearing a jersey in the colours of the new SA flag. I bought it - for R8.50! - and read it from cover to cover when I got home that evening. From then on, I collected every issue, riding to the shops on my bike when…

What's it like to captain a Sharks team loaded with Springboks? It can be a difficult task when you have so many strong personalities in a team who want to enforce their opinions. But I'm lucky to have a lot of experienced guys to turn to when the going gets tough and difficult decisions need to be made. They've been in those situations before and I can use their experience. The captain doesn't just make all the calls, we consult each other. How would you describe your captaincy style? I'm very straight down the line. I like things to be black and white, with no grey areas. I enjoy it when there's a process, a system and a structure to work within. I try not to make decisions based on…

JASON RYAN W hen the All Blacks pack had finished its warm-up at Ellis Park, Jason Ryan called them into a huddle. There were 61 519 people crammed into the famous rugby ground in Johannesburg, the scene of many epic contests between the Springboks and All Blacks. That day the crowd had the scent of blood in their nostrils as the All Blacks seemed to be on the verge of collapse. They had lost the series to Ireland in New Zealand and two coaches - Brad Mooar and John Plumtree - were sacked in the aftermath. The calls for head coach Ian Foster to be sacked too were ringing around New Zealand. That chorus got even louder after the All Blacks were completely outplayed by the Boks in Nelspruit. So…

WHAT SELECTION POSER MUST THE BOKS ANSWER ON THE END-OF-YEAR TOUR? VS OYLAN JACK SAYS JOHAN GOOSEN AT FLYHALF Even before the start of the Test season, the Springbok flyhalf situation was seen as risky. Handré Pollard, the go-to guy for the No 10 jersey, had again spent a good portion of the club season either injured or playing at inside centre for former club Montpellier. Elton Jantjies, the second-in-command, suffered a shoulder injury while playing in Japan and played less than 40 minutes in total for his club. The events during the season have only served to exacerbate the flyhalf issue. Pollard suffered an injury during the away leg of the Rugby Championship, which forced him to miss the rest of the tournament, while Jantjies had two off-field sagas,…

CHESTER WILLIAMS FEATURE 'Chester - Everything turns to green and gold' was the headline of the first SA Rugby magazine cover story. Paul Dobson wrote that Springbok coach Kitch Christie told Williams early on that he was not fast enough to be a Test wing. ‘I believe in myself,' said Williams. ‘It's not that much about speed. You must read the game. The better you can read the game, the quicker you can get there. James Small is faster than I am, but if I can look, see and think faster than he can, I can be three or four metres ahead of him. At one of the recent Springbok training camps, James and Pieter [Hendriks] beat me by only half a metre. I wonder what Kitch will say about…

W hich team is the greatest in the history of Super Rugby? Was it the 2009 Bulls powered by Victor Matfield and Fourie du Preez, the all-star Stormers side that contested the 2010 final, the Sharks outfit that coasted into the 2007 decider or the 2017 Lions who tripped at the final hurdle? Or how about Joeli Vidiri's Auckland Blues of the mid-1990s, Sam Whitelock's 2018 Crusaders or the masterful 2011 Reds steered by halfbacks Will Genia and Quade Cooper? The envy of northern hemsiphere rugby for the better part of two decades after the game turned professional, Super Rugby produced most of the talent that went on to win a World Cup between 1996 and 2019. SARugbymag.co.za readers have tackled the opportunity to participate in a unique 32-team knockout…