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Author : Chris Greyvenstein
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Springbok Rugby written by Chris Greyvenstein and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Sibusiso Mjikeliso
Publisher : Pan Macmillan South africa
ISBN 13 : 177010545X
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (71 download)
Download or read book Being a Black Springbok written by Sibusiso Mjikeliso and published by Pan Macmillan South africa. This book was released on 2018-07-01 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thando Manana was the third black African player to don a Springbok jersey after unification in 1992, when he made his debut in 2000 in a tour game against Argentina A. His route to the top of the game was unpredictable and unusual. From his humble beginnings in the township of New Brighton, Port Elizabeth, Thando grew to become one of the grittiest loose-forwards of South African rugby, despite only starting the game at the age of 16. His rise through rugby ranks, while earning a reputation as a tough-tackling lock and later open side flanker, was astonishingly rapid, especially for a player of colour at the time. Within two years of picking up a rugby ball, he represented Eastern Province at Craven Week, and by 2000 he was a Springbok. But it isn’t solely Thando’s rugby journey that makes Being a Black Springbok a remarkable sports biography. It’s learning how he has negotiated life’s perils and pitfalls, which threatened to derail both his sporting ambitions and the course of his life. He had to negotiate an unlikely, but fateful, kinship with a known Port Elizabeth drug-lord, who took Thando under his wing when he was a young, gullible up-and-comer at Spring Rose. Rejected by his father early in his life, Thando had to deal with a sense of abandonment and a missing protective figure and find, along the way, people to lean on. Thando tells his story with the refreshing candour he has become synonymous with as a rugby commentator, pundit and member of the infamous Room Dividers team on Metro FM. He has arguably become rugby’s strongest advocate for the advancement of black people’s interests in the sport, and his personal journey reveals why.
Author : Mark Keohane
Publisher : Zebra
ISBN 13 : 9781868729173
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (291 download)
Download or read book Springbok Rugby Uncovered written by Mark Keohane and published by Zebra. This book was released on 2004 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The years between 2000 and 2003 have been among the most turbulent in the history of Springbok rugby.
Author : Edward Griffiths
Publisher : Jonathan Ball Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1868426718
Total Pages : 497 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (684 download)
Download or read book The Springbok Captains written by Edward Griffiths and published by Jonathan Ball Publishers. This book was released on 2015-11-16 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For more than a century, the Springbok captain has represented the pinnacle of rugby achievement in South Africa. In this revealing narrative, Edward Griffiths and Stephen Nell tell the stories of the elite group of men who have been able to call themselves 'Springbok captain', exploring their backgrounds, their triumphs and their disappointments. The Springbok Captains offers an epic historical perspective on this remarkable country, viewed through the prism of rugby. Compelling and emotional, the book brings the story of the Springbok captains right up to date. Relive the heyday of legends such as Bennie Osler, Danie Craven, Hennie Muller, Johan Claassen, Naas Botha, François Pienaar, Gary Teichmann, Joost van der Westhuizen, Andre Vos and others. This revised and updated third edition includes up-to-date accounts of the careers of Bob Skinstad, John Smit, Victor Matfield and Jean de Villiers, as well as the story of the Springboks' 2015 Rugby World Cup campaign.
Author : Lionel Friedberg
Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1789046475
Total Pages : 351 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (89 download)
Download or read book The Flying Springbok written by Lionel Friedberg and published by John Hunt Publishing. This book was released on 2021-07-31 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An artistic rendering of the African antelope, the Springbok, was depicted with stylized wings to serve as the logo of South African Airways (SAA) for well over 60 years. It was replaced by a new corporate identity when the airline was rebranded after the demise of apartheid, the release of Nelson Mandela from political incarceration, and the introduction of a non-racist democratic society in South Africa in the mid-nineties. As a state-owned entity, many people once saw SAA as the 'apartheid airline.' For a time, travel on board its aircraft was restricted to whites only, but this was later changed to include members of all the country's diverse racial groups. SAA pioneered flight throughout Africa during the colonial era, long before airports, supply services, radio and weather forecasting capabilities even existed. Its staff and equipment served with the Allies in Europe and North Africa during WWII and it met the enormous challenge of having to circumvent African airspace when flying to destinations abroad after most African nations closed their skies to it in protest against the country's racist policies in the early sixties. Over the years the airline grew into one of the world's major domestic, regional, and international carriers. Its long history was eventually terminated and replaced by a new entity in 2020 with the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. In its original incarnation it could proudly boast of being one of the world's oldest and longest-surviving international carriers. It is still seen by many around the world as the airline with that much revered and fondly remembered emblem, the Flying Springbok.
Author : Ronald Hyam
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521824532
Total Pages : 397 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (218 download)
Download or read book The Lion and the Springbok written by Ronald Hyam and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2003-05-15 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book traces British and South African relations from the Boer War to the present.
Author : Jamie Wall
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
ISBN 13 : 1761062174
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (61 download)
Download or read book The Hundred Years' War written by Jamie Wall and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2021-06-22 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Hundred Years' War is the story of the intense competition between the All Blacks and the Springboks over the past 100 years, the games they've played and the battles that have raged from parliaments to the streets. It's an examination of two cultures brought together by rugby, torn apart by racism, then brought back together to forge a new era of rivalry. There are heroes and villains on both sides, on and off the field. For every tale of battling the Boks on the highveld or in the mud of a New Zealand winter, there's one of political intrigue, injustice or cowardice. The events off the field have dramatically shaped those on it, as both the nations and the teams have undergone huge changes. The test matches played between the two sides defined both the Springboks and All Blacks. They have a saying in South Africa: 'You're not a real Springbok until you've played the All Blacks' - perhaps the greatest sign of respect an opposition side has ever paid the most successful team in the world. This is a history of the most brutal and relentless rugby ever played, and the century of bitter struggles that have come with it.
Author : Siya Kolisi
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0008431353
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (84 download)
Download or read book Rise: The Brand New Autobiography written by Siya Kolisi and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2021-10-04 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘Siya's rise from humble beginnings to lifting that World Cup trophy is the stuff of fairytales.’ MARCUS RASHFORD ‘Siya Kolisi is a warrior on the field and an inspiration off it. This book is an extraordinary reminder of what can be achieved with inner belief and an indefatigable spirit.’ JAY SHETTY
Author : John Carlin
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9781594201745
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (17 download)
Download or read book Playing the Enemy written by John Carlin and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After being released from prison and winning South Africa's first free election, Nelson Mandela presided over a country still deeply divided by fifty years of apartheid. His plan was ambitious if not far-fetched: Use the national rugby team, the Springboks--long an embodiment of white supremacist rule--to embody and engage a new South Africa as they prepared to host the 1995 World Cup. The string of wins that followed not only defied the odds, but capped Mandela's miraculous effort to bring South Africans together in a hard-won, enduring bond.
Author : Jeremy Daniel
Publisher : Jonathan Ball Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1868429830
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (684 download)
Download or read book Siya Kolisi written by Jeremy Daniel and published by Jonathan Ball Publishers. This book was released on 2019-09-11 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Siya Kolisi leads the Springboks out onto the field at the Rugby World Cup in September 2019, it will be the crowning glory of an incredible journey that began on the impoverished streets of Zwide, a township outside Port Elizabeth. As the first black South African to captain a Springbok rugby team, Kolisi's remarkable story is unique and deserves to be heard. His mother was a teenager when he was born. She left him in the care of his grandmother who brought him up until she died (in his arms) when Siya was twelve. He found love and acceptance playing junior rugby with the African Bombers club until his talent was spotted by the prestigious Grey High School who offered Siya a full scholarship that changed his life. He adapted well to the posh private school, but it was on the rugby field where he excelled. Siya was rewarded with a call-up the SA schools team and a contract to join the Western Province rugby union. Author Jeremy Daniel tracks Siya's journey from running wild on the streets of Zwide, through some crucial games in high school, into the Western Province rugby set-up and his fight to become Springbok captain. He goes deep inside the systems that identify junior talent, the characters who shaped his journey and the moments where he showed who he really was. Siya never forgot where he came from, and ultimately adopted his mother's other two children after she died when he was in high school. His life has not been without controversy, and his marriage to a fiery young white woman was a lightning rod for racial politics. But he is a shining beacon of hope for South Africa, he is massively popular and there is a huge appetite from the public to know about his life and to support him as Springbok captain.
Author : Jake White
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book In Black and White written by Jake White and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'In Black and White' traces the life story of Springbok rugby coach Jake White, right up to and including the 2007 Rugby World Cup. The first man to coach the Springboks for four successive seasons, his rise to the top job in SA rugby is a journey of intense determination to succeed against all odds.
Author : Trevor Lawson Richards
Publisher : Bridget Williams Books
ISBN 13 : 1877242004
Total Pages : 343 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (772 download)
Download or read book Dancing on Our Bones written by Trevor Lawson Richards and published by Bridget Williams Books. This book was released on 1999 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leading New Zealand anti-apartheid campaigner Trevor Richards has written this history of New Zealand's contribution to the fight against racism and apartheid in South Africa. The story of the protests is vividly told - but it is not an account of one man's battle against the system - "it is a serious history of a crucial part of our recent past."
Author : Lloyd Burnard
Publisher : Jonathan Ball Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1776190432
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (761 download)
Download or read book Miracle Men written by Lloyd Burnard and published by Jonathan Ball Publishers. This book was released on 2020-09-01 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Rassie Erasmus took over as coach of the Springboks in 2018, few thought they had a chance of winning the Rugby World Cup. The Boks had slipped to seventh in the world rankings and lost the faith of the rugby-loving public. Less than two years later, jubilant crowds lined the streets of South Africa's cities to welcome back the victorious team. Sportswriter Lloyd Burnard takes the reader on the thrilling journey of a team that went from no-hopers to world champions. He examines how exactly this turnaround was achieved. Interviews with players, coaches and support staff reveal how the principles of inclusion, openness and focus, as well as careful planning and superb physical conditioning, became the basis for a winning formula. The key roles played by Rassie Erasmus and Siya Kolisi shine through. There were ups and downs along the way: beating the All Blacks in Wellington during the Rugby Championship was a high point, but then came Kolisi's injury, while in Japan the distractions of a volatile support base sometimes shook the players' focus. Miracle Men is filled with marvellous anecdotes and sharp insights. It is also inspiring testimony to what can be achieved when a group of South Africans from all backgrounds come together as a team.
Author : Edgar H. Brookes
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000624412
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (6 download)
Download or read book Apartheid written by Edgar H. Brookes and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-10-05 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1968, this volume traces the history and growth of Apartheid in South Africa. The acts which enforced Apartheid – the Group Areas Act, Population and Registration Act are given in full. The book also includes documents which reflected reaction to these measures: Parliamentary debates, newspaper reports and policy statements by the leading political parties and religious denominations. The documents are headed by a full historical and analytical introduction.
Author : André Odendaal
Publisher : New Africa Books
ISBN 13 : 9780864866387
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (663 download)
Download or read book The Story of an African Game written by André Odendaal and published by New Africa Books. This book was released on 2003 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE STORY OF AN AFRICAN GAME is a ground-breaking book, the first to cover in detail the history and experiences of black African cricketers in South Africa. It is long overdue, coming 195 years after the first recorded game of cricket in this country was played at the Green Point Common, Cape Town, in 1808. This is a book that will forever change the way we look at South Africa's cricket history and help us understand where the game is heading in the future.
Author : Tendai Mtawarira
Publisher : Pan Macmillan South africa
ISBN 13 : 1770106545
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (71 download)
Download or read book Beast written by Tendai Mtawarira and published by Pan Macmillan South africa. This book was released on 2019-11-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tendai Mtawarira is known throughout the rugby world simply as Beast. Or, more often than not, ‘Beeeaaassssttt!’, as crowds from Durban to London, Buenos Aires to Auckland cry whenever he gets the ball. In 2018 he became the most capped prop in Springbok history, earning his 100th Test cap for the Springboks, and in 2019 he became the most capped Super Rugby player in South Africa. Due to play in his third World Cup in September 2019, Beast has been in a winning series against the British and Irish Lions, contested two Super Rugby finals and won three Currie Cups with his beloved Sharks. Along the way, he has been moved from back row to front row, bullied by xenophobic politicians and undergone three bouts of heart surgery. Beast is the story of how a humble man from Zimbabwe has become a rugby icon.
Author : Bill Nagelkerke
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781775437178
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (371 download)
Download or read book My Nz Story: Stop the Tour written by Bill Nagelkerke and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
