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Springboks nominated for Laureus Team of the Year
Led by inspirational captain and South Africa’s first black Test captain Siya Kolisi, South Africa beat England 32-12 in Tokyo to win their third Rugby World Cup after triumphs in 2007 and 1995.
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CARTOON: Champions of Mzansi
By Dr Jack & Curtis.
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SA sports stories of the year
EWN Sports Editor Adrian Ephraim reflects on the sports stories that impacted us the most this year.
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Bok lock Eben Etzebeth denies allegations of racism, assault in interview
In an interview with a French rugby newspaper, Etzebeth questioned the motives of the individuals accusing him. He said they were pointing the finger at the wrong person.
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EWN's Pictures of 2019
Take a look back at 2019 as captured through the lenses of EWN's photojournalists.
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Liverpool's Klopp turns cricket's Du Plessis into fan
Proteas cricket captain Faf du Plessis said he had never become a close follower of football but said meeting Jurgen Klopp had changed that.
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Springboks dominate nominations for SA Rugby Awards 2019
The Springboks and Rassie Erasmus, who were also honoured at the World Rugby Awards last month, have been nominated in the prestigious Team and Coach of the Year categories.
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Etzebeth relishing Toulon atmosphere, eyes Kolbe showdown
After two European Challenge Cup outings, Eben Etzebeth finally made his home Top 14 debut for Toulon in Sunday's 41-19 trouncing of fellow big spenders Clermont in front of a near-capacity 17,000-plus crowd at the Stade Felix-Mayol.
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Most-read Opinion and Analysis on EWN in 2019
EWN has compiled a list of its most-read opinion pieces for the first 11 months of the year.
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2019 in sports: A year of upsets, comebacks and unity
2019 was a year sports fans were treated to comebacks, underdog victories, disappointments and exciting victories. From T.S. Galaxy's Nedbank Cup upset against Kaizer Chiefs, to the Springboks' triumph in Japan, EWN looks back at the big sporting moments of 2019.
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World Cup winner 'Beast' Mtawarira joins Washington's Old Glory
Tendai 'Beast' Mtawarira, 34, retired from the international game after lifting the Webb Ellis trophy with the Springboks in November.
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Bok players in line for more accolades
Rugby World Cup winners Damian de Allende, Pieter-Steph du Toit, Cheslin Kolbe, Makazole Mapimpi and Duane Vermeulen are all nominated for the SA Rugby Player of the Year award.
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British and Irish Lions confirm 2021 tour dates
The itinerary was jointly announced on Wednesday with FNB Stadium in Johannesburg hosting the first Test on Saturday 24 July.
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Alexander: New Bok coach will be named before 2020
Rassie Erasmus stepped down as head coach after the Rugby World Cup triumph but continues in his position of director of rugby and will play a big role in deciding who his successor will be.
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World Cup winner Kolbe eyes Olympic gold
Cheslin Kolbe lifted the Webb Ellis trophy with the Springboks earlier this month as well as the Rugby Championship in August after having helped his club Toulouse to the French domestic title in June.
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Habana: I definitely don’t want to get into coaching
The 2007 World Cup winner retired from all forms of rugby in 2018, having racked up 67 test tries, the second most of all time.
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ANALYSIS: Quest for unity in SA: a philosophical perspective
Unity for the wrong reasons reduces social cooperation to whatever happens to benefit a particular person or group, making it a zero-sum game.
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CARTOON: Siya In The Future
By Dr Jack & Curtis.
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World champion Boks to host Scotland, Georgia in July
The Springboks will welcome the Scots on 4 and 11 July, before playing Georgia a week later, South African Rugby said on its website here on Wednesday.
