The Missing Kit Bag

Panel 1

At the OR Tambo baggage carousel the Team Manager checks her clipboard with a frown, beside the physio and the kit manager, while players wait.

Team Manager: We’re missing one kit bag.

Panel 2

Siya, leaning on a luggage trolley, looks over his shoulder.

Siya: Whose?

Panel 3

The Team Manager runs her finger down the list on her clipboard, eyebrows raised in surprise.

Team Manager: Rassie’s.

Panel 4

Rassie walks into the baggage hall carrying the missing green kit bag on his shoulder, relaxed, with a small smile.

Panel 5

The Team Manager, confused, gestures at the kit bag on Rassie’s shoulder.

Team Manager: How did you get that?

Panel 6

Rassie answers with a deadpan face while Siya tilts his head, puzzled.

Rassie: It arrived yesterday.

Siya: How?

Panel 7

Rassie strolls down the airport concourse with the kit bag over his shoulder and a knowing smile, while Siya and the Team Manager watch him, baffled.

Rassie: It knows the schedule.