Well, not so fast. There are some Springbok fans alive today who might not know… we used to lose a lot of games. But that hasn’t really been the case in recent years. And while the current group of Springboks might be ageing, and we could see the last of…

I grew up in Johannesburg and went to high school in the late 90s. It was a small Catholic school down the road from Linden Hoërskool, where current Lions and Springboks scrumhalf, Morne van den Berg, went to school. I was the only kid from an Afrikaans background that I…

You see, it’s been 12 years since the Springboks played the All Blacks at Eden Park. And had I known it at the time, I may not have attended the match — because the Springboks haven’t won at Eden Park in the modern era. Having only lived in Sydney for…

Unsurprisingly, 1995 was when it all started for me. I remember coming home from school one Friday, and there was a buzz of excitement around the house. My parents had invited some friends over, and snacks had been prepared. We gathered around the TV and watched the Springboks defeat the…