Jumping Jazza

22/12/2025

My latest on epic Springbok adventures in the UK, France and Ireland 😀💚🇿🇦🏉

As I’ve said in many a ‘November Rugby’ blog, Autumn in the UK means a month of rugby and following the Springboks around the UK and Europe with close friends is one of my favourite times of the year. This year the Boks had a packed five-week schedule, and I was excited to follow us to Wembley...

25/06/2025

My latest on a magical few days at Lord’s 🏆🇿🇦🔥😀

– The rain in 1992 when Dave Richardson (Sw***er) and Brian McMillan were on the cusp of steering us into our maiden World Cup final;

19/08/2024

My latest blog and something a little different :)

The blogs I usually write are travel and sports related but this was such a magical experience that I wanted to write about it. Romilly has learnt to ride a bike – and she’s 3! I can still vividly remember learning to ride a bike myself when I was five – we had a short wall along the side of t...

28/06/2024

Adding to the collection in Saint Lucia 🇱🇨

07/05/2024

My latest, albeit late as usual 🤦‍♂️, on an epic few weeks following the boys around France with wonderful people 🙌 🇿🇦 🏉

Four years on from the inaugural BURTSandBORTZ adventure following the Springboks around Japan, we were back on tour for the Rugby World Cup 2023 though this time we were a lot closer to home in the UK with the World Cup taking place across the Channel in France.

13/08/2023

The first of many 🥰

28/07/2023

I don't post here too often anymore but I'm still writing 🙂 Here's my latest on an uuuuuunnnnnbelievable 10 days in Cyprus at the end of February

https://jumpingjazza.com/a-wonderful-family-holiday-to-cyprus/

18/03/2023

My latest, albeit rather late, on following the Bokke on their annual November tour

November is always a wonderful month of the year here in the UK with the Springboks visiting on their annual (formerly) end of season tour. Every November they play three or four Tests against a combination of the four home unions – England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales – and Italy and France and ov...

05/08/2022

My latest on a wonderful night in Coventry watching the BlitzBokke win gold at the Commonwealth Games

The South African 7s Rugby Team are more commonly known as the BlitzBokke. The team’s nickname is derived from “blitz”, an Afrikaans word meaning lightning, and of course Bokke – the nickname of our rugby team.

22/07/2022

It's only taken me 7 months to finish this ! A very belated recap from travels round the UK following the Boks on their end-of-year tour - BOKKE!!!

For those of us South Africans who live in the UK, November is a wonderfully special month of live rugby as we follow our Springboks around the country, and occasionally the continent. On their annual end of year tour, the Boks play three or four Tests against a combination of the four home unions ....