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South Africa head coach Rassie Erasmus has long been lauded for revolutionising rugby with original strategic moves but Saturday’s epic comeback win over France highlighted his abilities as the world’s leading tactician.
The 52-year-old led his back-to-back Rugby World Cup-winning outfit to a 32-17 win over Les Bleus, despite playing down a man for a whole half, with a centre covering at flanker.
On the back of winning the Rugby Championship, it was an all-round performance against the Six Nations champions that clearly marks out the Boks as the stand-out side in the game, well ahead of New Zealand, France and the rest – and Erasmus as the best game…
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Fun South African Fact: South African Dr. Christiaan Barnard performed the world’s first heart transplant on 3 December 1967 at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town. The groundbreaking surgery was carried out on Louis Washkansky and Dr. Barnard was assisted by a large and exceptional team of surgeons, nurses and technicians. One of Dr. Barnard’s assistants was Hamilton Naki, a black laboratory assistant who had worked previously as a gardener and went on to work in the animal laboratory at the University of Cape Town. He had assisted Dr Barnard with research leading to the transplant. In the apartheid days, Naki had no access to higher education due to his race. Despite being unable to access formal training, he learned from and assisted university researchers and went on to do amazing work.
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Aikona – not on your life [eye-koh-na] or [hi-koh-na] A Zulu term used to express shock or disbelief when talking to friends or family.Example: “Aikona, why did she do that?!” / “Haikona, when?! How?!”