Charl Malherbe

We had 235 380 fans at DHL Stadium across our nine home league games this season. That is almost 10 000 more than last season to break our record and the second-most of any team in the history of the @Vodacom #URC. Thank you for the incredible support. #inittogether

The man worth R6.4bn, who stuffed R10 million into his sofa only for it to be stolen, and who lives here, is concerned about the "inequality emergency".

My cousin Bruce was attacked in his home a few days ago and did not survive. He leaves behind his two children, Alex and Savannah. A fundraiser has been set up to support them. If you're able to contribute or share, it would mean a great deal. backabuddy.co.za/campaign/suppo…

1991, I had just dropped out of medical school to go play semi-professional rugby in New Zealand. I was 22 years old, working out at a place called Sgt Rock’s gym in Galveston Texas, while going to medical school at the University of Texas Medical Branch. The owner of the gym, a guy named Paul McCartney, not the Beatle, was a chiropractor who was the captain of the local rugby team, which was coincidentally affiliated with the medical school. Now at the time I was 6’5” about 240lbs, I could squat over 500 lbs and deadlift over 600, was lean, fast and could jump out of the gym. He somewhat jokingly, but was also being serious, told me that if I wanted to continue to train at his gym then I needed to come play rugby for his team. I thought about it for a few days and thought, what the heck, it could be fun. I went out to my first practice and learned about scrums, rucks, knock ons and how to tackle people. A few other medical school students were there as well as a mixture of a bunch of locals include the Lopez brothers, Steve, John and Chris “AKA Chowder Head”. I picked things up reasonably well and the first match they stuck me out on the wing. Usually, that position was for smaller fast guys and the guy playing opposite of me on the other team was like 90lbs lighter than me. The wing runs around a fair bit but doesn’t often get the ball very often. My first game was fairly uneventful as I recall. Eventually as I got a bit more familiar with the game I was moved into what known as “the pack”. Where I played what is called second row or lock and eventually some time at number 8, which honestly is one of the best positions in the game in my opinion. Anyway, I start my journey with the local club team and by the end of the season I get selected to be on the All Texas team, and shortly after that the all Western US team. I can remember becoming obsessed with rugby to the point that medical school became a thing I had to do between practice and matches. About halfway through my second year of medical school one of our professors, who happened to be from New Zealand starting talking to me about bringing me to New Zealand to play for one of their teams. The team was called Hautapu RFC and it was a team in the premiere division of a region known as the Waikato. They apparently every year recruited a foreigner to help fill out their side, often South Africans and sometimes Americans. They said they would fly me out, house me, feed me and pay me a small salary. Honestly the decision for me was pretty simple. Get payed to go play a sport that was a blast or toil away in medical school. Needless to say, I chose the more fun option and a few weeks later I was on my way to New Zealand. The medical professors thought I was nuts and asks me to reconsider, my parents

If you want to grow the game, it's better not to geoblock your content.

Always loved playing Faf. So smart, skilled, strong. One of the greats. Hope this is not our last match up. #9Gang💪🏾

The ‘Dubai dossier’ on Fikile Mbalula is a drop in the ocean but it does show how he abused his position as Sports Minister! Mbalula manipulated and corrupted so many organs in SA sport. Join the dots, Mbalula, Lottery, Sedgars, SA Boxing and Sports Trust … all filthy dirty!

💬 @brysondech can't hold back the tears... REPORTER: "Bryson, the 18th green there was lots of tears. It's obvious it was about something much bigger. I saw the Reebok feature come out a couple of days ago. What was that about?" BRYSON: "Just a lot of emotion. Numerous things. Stuff I can't talk about, stuff I'm not going to talk about and then stuff that I can talk about, which is obviously my dad. It's been a few years now, and I think it's time for people to see that I'm not just a scientific robot guy. I care a lot. I have a lot of passion. I care about the game. I care about people watching. I care about entertaining. I care about my team. I care about pretty much everything in life." "When you have moments in life that aren't easy, it's really nice to have had a father that can give you that perseverance and that wisdom to say, don't quit. Don't ever quit. You've just got to keep going." "It was true. There was another moment on 16 that happened with a fan out there that did something to me that made me literally cry as I was walking up to the 16th tee. That's when the storm got really heavy, and it just gave me that perseverance and that gratitude to go, you know what, no matter what happens I'm going to be okay." "There's more to life than just golf. It honestly relaxed me a lot in that moment. It was getting difficult. It was getting tough, and it was brutal. That emotion was a lot of built-up, pent-up (tearing up) -- I wish I could tell you guys, but I can't. There's just a lot going on. There's a lot going on." "I love everybody for it, and I love my team for it. I love all the people back at home. It's just been tough." "Life is not easy sometimes. Losing my dad wasn't easy. Going through what I'm going through isn't easy. But everybody has it, and that's why I've such a great team here to give me a lot." #LIVGolfSouthAfrica | @Crushers_GC

I love you South Africa! 🇿🇦❤️ What an honor it was to win in front of the most incredible fans. You guys made my first experience in South Africa unforgettable! The game is trending and I’m excited for the next couple of weeks! #backtoback Much love

@GaytonMcK Gayton, you can’t on one hand say afrikaners must be proud of their history, then on the other hand, curb stomp their history through name changes.

Remember the Boks and France can’t wear their traditional Green and Blue when they face each other…

It's a stark reminder how two-faced the South African government is when you see the gigantic Amazon building going up in Cape Town. Built on a wetland with so much manipulation to get the permits for it passed. Jeff Bezos is ok but Elon Musk isnt. Amazon delivers mostly Chinese manufactured goods door to door competing with local industries and local eCommerce businesses while @Starlink and @elonmusk are banned who will bring the entire country online and 5000 schools connectivity. South Africa is not a serious country.

Last year's Rugby Championship was the best it had been in a long time. The 6 Nations has been top-notch. Super Rugby — "Let's change the laws."

𝙉𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙖 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙖𝙖𝙖𝙖𝙖𝙖𝙖 💙 #ITAvENG #Italrugby #insieme #rugbypassioneitaliana

We need to fucking seriously look at introducing scrumming into cricket!

@bensmithrugby Has your account been hacked Ben?

Marler calling Etzebeth a fake tough guy. He’s more qualified than anyone to say, but in Etzebeth’s defence he has played almost entirely in the jersey-pull era. He can’t throw any. He’s restrained himself very well because he gets heated all the time. If he could throw some, let’s not sugarcoat. Flies would drop. Rules have changed and he plays by the rules. Team first guy despite unsportsmanlike conduct.

💬 "We’re open [to changes], but we don’t want to break what works."

@AndyWilliams386 @JamieWall2 Text book

Wales deadset ripped off here, Scotland 8 out here playing NFL…how did the officials miss this

@Rugby_Scoop Good call Scoop

Am I the only person who thinks this guy should be Wales 13? Good defensive reads Good anticipation Good tackle technique Strong ball carrier Good ball skills Good footwork - can beat anyone: 1 v 1 Welsh heritage of having big midfield over the past decade