During the Cape Town leg of the Springboks Webb Ellis Cup tour, throngs of proud and patriotic South Africans showed up to celebrate the Rugby World Cup 2023 champions. It was like a scene out of an apocalypse - an awesome, benign one, though, writes Cato Louw.
The Springboks made their final stop in Bonteheuwel on the Cape Town leg of the victory tour and not once has the energy dropped.
Captain Siya Kolisi and his team are on the second leg of their victory tour in Cape Town after winning South Africa's fourth Rugby World Cup last weekend.
Some Bok supporters told Eyewitness News they skipped work just to celebrate with the Boks.
Former Springbok coach, Nick Mallett, sat down with Eyewitness News Sport to chat about his new book, the ongoing Rugby World Cup, and his time in France as a player and coach.
Eyewitness News Sport caught up with former Springbok, Breyton Paulse, and chatted to him about the Rugby World Cup, national side’s current form, their belief, the rise of Manie Libbok and playing in France.
There are 12 World Cup debutants in the squad, while the likes of Lukhanyo Am, Handre Pollard, Lood de Jager and Herschel Jantjies will miss out due to injury.
On Sunday evening, it was the Australian Diamonds who shone bright and beat the England Roses 61-45 to claim a record 12th World Cup title.
As it has been at this World Cup, it was a fight until the end, but South Africa’s dream of finishing with a win ended with a two-goal loss on a Sunday afternoon.
The Bronze medal match will be contested right before the final on Sunday between the two losing semi-finalists.
It was a historic first-time meeting between South Africa and Tonga Talas on Friday, and it was the hosts that came out on top with a 72-46 win to progress to the fifth-place playoff on Sunday.
South Africa held on for a narrow two-point victory over Uganda on Thursday, and will want to keep that momentum heading into the play-off weekend.
Despite the victory, South Africa finished third in their pool, just missing out on qualifying for the semifinals.
South Africa still have a shot at a spot in the semifinals, even though they will have to rely on the ‘Sunshine Girls’ in the earlier game to overcome the Kiwis to help the hosts go through to the final four.
The teams are bidding for semifinal spots and a victory would’ve been the ideal outcome for the South Africans, but a draw, in this manner, is a very good substitution.
After a well-deserved and much-needed rest day on Tuesday, the Spar Proteas are back on court on Wednesday in the Netball World Cup as they take on their old foes, New Zealand.
After finishing second in Pool C on Sunday after a loss to Jamaica, the Spar Proteas came back determined.
South Africa lost 49-67 to the Jamaicans, nicknamed The Sunshine Girls.
