On the 21st of March 1975 I was born in Lusaka Zambia. Rumor has it that I was born in the same Hospital as the Australian Rugby player George Gregan. That is in fact not true as I was born in the University Teachers hospital and George was apparently born in the Military Hospital. In January 1980 my parents had…
In 2014 I had the opportunity to be one of two Captains on Survivor South Africa. I had never watched the series before so I asked the producers to send me some videos so that I could see what it was all about. After long deliberation and a couple of sessions with my friend and mentor Casper Oelofsen, I decided…
Welcome to the latest installment of Captain Courageous. Someone once said to me: “It is one thing to become a Springbok and play a handful of tests. It is another thing be a consistent Springbok who plays many tests for his Country.” I had no plan in giving up my goal of playing 50 tests for the Boks. I started…
Captain Courageous continued…After my big injury in the 1997 Currie Cup Final, I had to take stock of my career and the injuries I had sustained from a young age. I knew I had the potential, but I also knew that my abrasive style of playing could possibly lead to more injuries. After being selected to play for the Springboks,…
1996 was not a good year for Western Province Rugby. We were playing our first Super 12 season and in the process of rebuilding our team. Alan Zondagh was our coach at the time, who gave me and many of the other under 21 players a golden opportunity to come through the system. All we needed was game time and…
My journey started when I was 4 years old in a small city called Lusaka. My parents did not have the luxury of sending me to a good school. My two elder brothers were already in High School at the time in a town called Paarl, where I would soon become a scholar at Paarl Boys Primary – 3500 kilometers…
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