Sport

The Springboks will play four Tests on their year-end tour in November against Ireland, France, Italy, and England. An SA Select XV game has also been confirmed against the Bristol Bears as part of a planned series of midweek games.

Damien Willemse snatched victory at the death against Wales by slotting a penalty after full-time to give the Springboks first blood in the first of three tests against Wales.

South Africans will have their thirst for live Springbok Rugby quenched when the World Cup Champions take on Wales in Saturday's opening Castle Lager incoming series Test at Loftus Versfeld. SA Ruby is returning to a full-capacity crowd and only a few thousand tickets are still available for the game.

A historic day awaits Kimberley in the Northern Cape on Saturday with the first Currie Cup final in the city in 52 years. The Griquas and the Pumas of Nelspruit will go head-to-head in the sold-out game with 13 000 spectators expected for this occasion.

The DHL Stormers held on with everything they had to win the inaugural Vodacom United Rugby Championship final 18-13 over the Vodacom Bulls in Cape Town on Saturday night

Gauteng resident Tobie Reyneke made history at the weekend when he successfully completed his 100th 100-miler in the Kenton 100-miler. He is the first South African to achieve this feat and only the 21st globally.

Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber announced his national squad on Saturday for the international season ahead, featuring the Castle Lager Incoming Series, Rugby Championship, and the Year-end tour.

The Springboks are backing their flyhalf Elton Jantjies following the flight incident a few weeks ago which saw him arrested for his behaviour The World Cup-winning Springbok pivot is facing charges of malicious injury to property and the contravention of the Aviation Act after being arrested in Johannesburg last month.

The odds of making a hole in one are 12 500 to 1 but the odds of one ball making two aces with two different golfers on the same day will in all likelihood never be repeated again. Incredibly, it happened at Minneapolis Golf Club in the United States recently when 13-year-old Preston Miller made a hole-in-one on the 4th hole with a 7-iron while playing with his High School team coaches.