
The Missing Kit Bag
The team lands at OR Tambo one kit bag short. Rassie is not worried.

The team lands at OR Tambo one kit bag short. Rassie is not worried.

Forty players, one check-in counter and a team manager who has planned the queue down to the kilogram.

The Bomb Squad warms up so hard at the 50th minute that the other team stops to watch.

Three hours of analysis, 147 slides and one captain who only needs a few words.

Three assistant coaches, three different plans for the coin toss and one captain who has heard enough.

Forty players, one kit manager and one sock missing ninety minutes before kick-off.

All three assistant coaches want to run the team braai. Rassie picks on form.