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RWC 1995 anniversary: Remembering Springboks’ fallen heroes
Five Springboks who featured in the 1995 Rugby World Cup have sadly passed away, but their impact on the game will never be ...
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Former media tycoon Tony O’Reilly was a hit on and off the field for Lions in South Africa
Older South Africans will remember the radio and television commentator Chick Henderson, but most will not know Henderson played for the Transvaal Quaggas against O’Reilly’s Lions ...
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The fearless Springbok flanker who now runs South Africa’s top security company
The Transvaal Rugby Union won the Lion Cup twice, in 1986 and 1987, and played in two Currie Cup finals during the same seasons. He was a member of the 1986 Transvaal side that beat the New ...
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'Not real Lions': How the 1989 British and Irish tourists put Australia on the map
No Canterbury or Transvaal on this fixture list. Yes, you could see why there might be grumbles and scepticism. The idea of a British and Irish Lions tour of Australia was not without controversy back ...
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SOUTH AFRICA: The Lion’s Roar
With voting day only two weeks off, Premier Johannes Strijdom last week carried South Africa’s election campaign to his sun-baked home town of Nylstroom in central Transvaal. Awaiting him in ...
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IN THE JAWS OF DEATH.; Transvaal Game-Ranger's Thrilling Adventure -- Lion Carries Wolhuter in His Mouth by the Man's Right Shoulder.
For sheer thrilling interest, few stories of adventure equal the experience of a Transvaal game-ranger named Wolhuter, which are related in the London Field and authenticated by Mr. Alfred E.
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Yes, Hunters Eat Mountain Lion Meat. Here’s How to Prepare It
Luke Ellsbury and his 16-year-old daughter had chased the lion for miles through a foot of snow in some of northwest Wyoming’s harshest country. Their bluetick-English coonhounds finally treed the cat ...
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Where is legendary former Springbok Wahl Bartmann now?
The hard-as-nails flanker became a cult hero for Transvaal during the better part of the decade in the 1980s, forming an integral part of the union’s success as they won the Lion Cup twice in ...
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TRANSVAAL WANTS NO LION.; Reported that It Has Returned Cecil Rhodes's Gift to Him.
PRETORIA, Sept. 24. -- According to the Volkstein, the Transvaal Government has decided to return to Cecil Rhodes the fine young lion presented to the Transvaal delegates to the Agricultural Union ...
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Lion Cubs’ First Toys – Playtime for Predators
White lion cub. The white lion is a colour mutation of the Transvaal lion (Panthera leo krugeri), also known as the Southeast African lion or Kalahari lion. Image via depsitphotos. When exploring the ...
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SOUTH AFRICA: Death of the Lion
Prime Minister Strijdom, hailed by his Nationalist supporters as “the Lion of the Transvaal,” had nearly accomplished his object. A stocky man, thin-lipped and blue-eyed, who orated in harsh ...