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Tinus le Roux
@tinusleroux
Founder @Fan_cam and CrowdIQ. I use LinkedIn for business, Insta for bird photography and Twitter for rugby, politics and nonsense. You’ve been warned 😉
Oct 21, 2023 • 12 tweets • 3 min read
Just a note to all supporters of the Irish rugby team from a #springbok fan...
You guys should be proud.
This tournament was different in so many ways.
Thinking or feeling that "we didn't get past the quarters again" would be a mistake.
1. Never in the history of rugby have the top teams been so close to each other. This is not a subjective view, you simply need to look at how easily and often the ranking change to see how close these teams were.
2. Add to this fact that it was the most unbalanced pools in the history of the game and you end up with
Nov 2, 2019 • 10 tweets • 5 min read
5'7" and 80kg.
45m to go.
5 England players lining you up.
1 Springbok running support.
Ball above your head.
What do you do?
@Cheslin_Kolbe11 #sprinboks #RWCFinal #StrongerTogether 1. Catch ball without loosing any speed.
Do this by jumping, keeping the outside line with your feet and hips, only turning your shoulders and head inwards.
Note: if you don't do this, if you don't jump, you'll loose speed and get absolutely mauled by 5 really big guys.