Delighted to have been a guest on the Honest Truth with Benito on Smile FM last night Talking 2023 Rugby World Cup.

Do Listen, but let me tell you … The All Blacks are not winning the World Cup. The pack is weak and the tight 5 does not exist. Backline is superb, but games are won with a pack and a good loose trio and the Foster Flops … Aka The All Blacks don’t have that at the moment.

Winner of 2023 World Cup comes from France, Springboks or Ireland and my tip is Boks to win it.

Also a fantastic book is out by Mike Greenway called The Fireside Springbok – its coffee table beauty.

ISBN: 9780639797724
Size: 28cm x 21.5cm
Book Details: Hard Cover / 256 pages

Go get it.

I am great friends with Mike Greenaway. Our friendship goes back over 27 years, from 1996 when we both worked for a major record company, myself in Cape Town and Mike in Durban.

Mike has toured the world with the Sharks and the Springboks, and this book is a beauty: rich personal stories from players Mike knows well and his stunning research on the Boks in days gone by. The book is a must-read for any sports lover.

Each chapter is short, maybe three pages, with stunning pics and or cartoons with rich stories from the likes of:

Breyton Paulse
Mark Andrews
Solly Tyibilika
H O de Villiers
Siya Kolisi
Frik du Preez
Eben Etzebeth
Boy Louw, and many, many more.

The book comprises 256 pages of bliss reading, and the stories in this book are meticulously researched.

Paul Delport and Martin Myers (founder of Music Exchange) speak about the Springboks at the Rugby World Cup and the victory against Romania.

Paul Delport was a Springbok Sevens player and was Head Coach of SA Womens Sevens Team.

The defending champions beat Scotland 18-3 in their opening Pool B match in Marseille, and following Sunday’s win against Romania, have Ireland (23 September) and Tonga (1 October) as their remaining fixtures in the group stage.