Navigating the rules of rugby

I feel like they change the rules of rugby every season just to annoy those of us who didn’t even fully understand them last season. I clearly remember it being ‘touch, pause, engage’ before they gave each other a big hug and fell about giggling, and now I hear the ref saying some completely different…

Time to get our rage on

November is a very important time of the year, mostly because it’s an important practice month for Dezemba, but also because a large contingent of young South Africans sit down to write their matric finals. This is arguably one of the most important moments of their young lives, drawing on a culmination of knowledge gained…

Being a real sport about it

The South African obsession with outdoor sports is well-documented, and pretty clear-cut considering it’s the one area we tend to dominate on a global scale – illiteracy rates and corruption levels notwithstanding. This fervour, while admirable in tackling our ever-rising obesity and diabetes rates, does, however, come with its setbacks. Injuries and concussion? Sure. But…