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Panel 1. 06:00. Team selection.
- Rassie: Shoes on in three phases. Nobody gets picked on reputation.
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Panel 2. 06:52. Pre-planned route.
- Kid: Dad, why are there cones in the bakkie?
- Rassie: Traffic is just a rush defence.
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Panel 3. - Lerato: Did you just throw that lunchbox in from touch?
- Rassie: Five-metre lineout. Straight throw. Sandwich retained.
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Panel 1
A line of sleepy children with backpacks stands in a lounge at dawn beneath the wall clocks. Rassie, in a green cap, faces them holding a clipboard.
Caption: 06:00. Team selection.
Rassie: Shoes on in three phases. Nobody gets picked on reputation.
Panel 2
Rassie, in a green cap and sunglasses, drives a cream bakkie along a jacaranda-lined morning road past orange traffic cones.
Caption: 06:52. Pre-planned route.
Kid: Dad, why are there cones in the bakkie?
Rassie: Traffic is just a rush defence.
Panel 3
At the school fence Rassie throws a lunchbox in a high arc to a child with arms raised. Lerato watches, mouth open.
Lerato: Did you just throw that lunchbox in from touch?
Rassie: Five-metre lineout. Straight throw. Sandwich retained.


