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Rugby great Os du Randt says he's "a little worried" about the Springboks' lack of competition ahead of the British and Irish Lions series that begins next month.
Historic letter signed by Nelson Mandela and other Rivonia trialists on auction by UK education trust The historic letter is on auction for R34,000. Image: Canon Collins Trust
A letter signed by the late former statesman Nelson Mandela and 23 other Rivonia trialists appealing for funds to cover legal costs for their treason trial is on auction by a UK-based education trust to support young South Africans to develop solutions to the climate change crisis.
The Canon Collins Trust is hosting the online auction which also includes sports memorabilia signed by Springbok greats, cricketer Gary Kirsten, Manchester United s David de Gea, Protea cricket players and tennis player Alexander Zverev.
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It should all be so straightforward, shouldn’t it? As a coach, you pick the best player available in every position, and then you name them all in your team. They go out on the field and play superbly, each to his or her full potential.
In reality, it never works out that way. The best players do not always work as the best combinations in the sub-units of the team. The front row, the back row, the midfield, the back three.
Daniel Carter, tormentor of South Africans… well, tormentor of anyone he played against… has retired. Rugby’s version of Lionel Messi, Roger Federer and LeBron James has finally said goodbye to a game he started playing 32 years ago.
Jean De Villiers (centre) of South Africa is tackled by Dan Carter (left) of New Zealand during their Tri-Nations match at Newlands Stadium in Cape Town on 6 August 2005. South Africa won 22-16. (Photo: EPA / Nic Bothma)
He seemed eternal as a player, his youthful good looks almost unchanged after two decades on the world’s stage. But, as with all the greats, the one opponent they can’t beat and can’t hold back is time. Carter’s time is up, and all you can say as a sports lover is, “Thank the stars I lived in the time of Dan Carter.”