Cheslin Kolbe. Irreplaceable. Boks have had great wings, Habana being among the greatest to play the game anywhere. But Cheslin is just so dynamic, so smart and so game changing. There is has never been one like him.
Craig Ray
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Craig Ray
@craigray11
The thick plottens. Daily Maverick sports ed. Writer/broadcaster.
Cape Town
Joined July 2009
- Eben Etzebeth…every week for two years, the best forward in world. Incredible player. #ENGvRSA
- ‘Kwagga Smith replied firmly: “We don’t play for people to respect us; we play for each other and we play for South Africa, so they can be proud of us.”’ #RWC2023
- Ire never choked. They were beaten, just, by a brilliant NZ performance. Both sets of players only deserve praise for monumental effort and workrate. To see them live, at the very edge of human endurance in those last frantic minutes is imprinted in my memory forever. #IREvNZL
- Has Australia offered to host France v Scotland yet? #SixNations
- Can we take a moment to appreciate Manie Libbok tonight
- Rugby is dying at the hands of officials. Every week they are the story. 33 penalties today. Players do not know what to do anymore. And world rugby wants to grow the game…#SAvARG
- Asenathi Ntlabakanye has shed 18kg, now weighing a measly 141kg. He did it mostly by spending several weeks on coach Daan Human's Free State farm, working with the mentor...More out the Boks thinking by the Boks. #Rugby @Springboks
- The SA men’s hockey team won’t win a medal at these Games but man, if they received proper backing over years and years instead of largely funding own program, they would be medal contenders every time. Beating 4th ranked #ger, rattling #Ned and #GB is special. #Tokyo2020
- SA Rugby including Georgia in its domestic Currie Cup first division, as well as Kenya and Zimbabwe, starting in April. Lending a hand to grow the game. Massive commitment to Georgia in particular, which is not evident in a certain region, closer to Tbilisi. #Rugby
- Lukhanyo Am is not only the best centre in world rugby, he's the best wing in the world too apparently. #SAvNZ
