Just Plain Sport, Cape Town (2026)

16/09/2026

🇿🇦 VAN DEN BERG IS MAKING THE NUMBER NINE BOK JERSEY HIS OWN 🔥

Congratulations to Morné van den Berg, named Man of the Match as the Springboks beat New Zealand 43-28 in Baltimore to seal Rugby's Greatest Rivalry series 3-1 in front of a record 68,173 fans.

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🗣️ "From the first time I saw him play, I knew he was different. Baltimore proved it. He's the real deal! His competition will have to wake up extra early every day to keep him out of the Springbok No.9 jersey for the World Cup!" – 🎙️Jay
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One start, one performance, one unforgettable night in America.

See the full story here:
https://justplainsport.com/rugby/morne-van-den-berg-man-of-the-match/

15/09/2026

🎂 HAPPY BIRTHDAY, WAYNE FERREIRA — THE SAFFA WHO NEVER MISSED A GRAND SLAM FOR 13 YEARS 🎾

Wayne Ferreira turns 55 today. From 1991 to 2004 he played 56 straight Grand Slam main draws without missing a single one — a South African record the sport had never seen before him 🇿🇦

An Olympic silver medal in doubles at Barcelona 1992, South Africa's first Olympic tennis medal since 1920. A career-high ranking of world No. 6 in 1995.

Fifteen ATP singles titles, a winning head-to-head against a young Roger Federer, and now a coaching box that's produced a top-10 breakthrough for Frances Tiafoe and a Masters 1000 final for Brandon Nakashima.

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🗣️ "WOW, 56 Grand Slams in a row without missing one — and the fact that it took Roger Federer himself a full career to catch up to a South African first! What a Saffa Sport Legend!” – 🎙️Jay
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See how a Johannesburg junior turned a 13-year streak into a second career shaping America's best ⬇️
https://justplainsport.com/tennis/wayne-ferreira-tennis-champion/

14/09/2026

🇿🇦 DIVE-BOMB DARRYN WINS MOTOAMERICA SUPERSPORT TITLE AS A ROOKIE 🔥

Darryn Binder just won a MotoAmerica national title in his rookie season — sealed at Circuit of the Americas with a full round still left on the calendar. Ten wins, 13 podiums, 368 points, and a first-year American championship after being written off the world championship grid.

"Darryn is one of the most exciting, young men I've ever seen on a motorcycle. He's Fearless! I'm so chuffed for him. Well done, Boeta!" – Jay

The full story, his GP career and all: ⬇️
https://justplainsport.com/motogp/dive-bomb-darryn-binder-2026/

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14/09/2026

🚨"OFFICIAL POLICE REPORT" 🇿🇦

SUSPECTS: Johan "Rassie" Erasmus & Daniel "Daan" Human
CHARGE: Walking around in the scrum 😜

COMPLAINANT: Dave Rennie AKA All Blacks coach
STATEMENT: "Their front row keeps walking around at scrum time. It's impossible to scrum against. It should be illegal." - Rennie.

RULING BY SUPREME REFS: Reviewed. No problem. No penalty. Case closed.

ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE ON FILE: Same two suspects just took the series 3-1 against the All Blacks — the biggest series win in the history of the rivalry — and still had to shave their heads afterwards. Lost a bet. Won the series. Bald anyway.

🇿🇦 THE TWO MEN WHO HAUNT DAVE RENNIE'S ALL BLACK DREAMS NIGHTLY!

Reportedly, coach Dave has not slept properly since, and very little since he arrived in South Africa, which kicked off his worst nightmare tour according to JustPlainSport.

🏷️ TAG SOMEONE WHO STILL CAN'T SCRUM AGAINST THESE TWO IN THEIR SLEEP.

14/09/2026

🎂 HAPPY BIRTHDAY, KEPLER WESSELS - THE SOUTH AFRICAN CAPTAIN WHO PLAYED FOR AUSTRALIA 🏏

Kepler Wessels turns 69 today, and he's still one of the rarest names in the record books — a cricketer who played Test cricket for Australia, then went home and captained South Africa back into international cricket after 22 years in the wilderness 🇿🇦

162 on Test debut at the Gabba in 1982. 505 runs at 56.11 against the West Indies in 1984-85. Then, in 1994, he led South Africa to a 5-run win over Australia in Sydney — their first Test win on Australian soil since 1910-11.

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🗣️ "Kepler was Mr Consistency as an opener and captain for the South Africans — an absolute South African sports hero, for sure!" – Jay
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The full story of cricket's most unusual captain ⬇️
https://justplainsport.com/cricket/kepler-wessels-birthday-tribute/

13/09/2026

🇿🇦 ERASMUS: 100 LEGENDARY TESTS IN CHARGE OF THE SPRINGBOKS 🔥

Rassie Erasmus's 100th Springbok Test ended with a 43-28 win over the All Blacks in Baltimore — 100 played, 74 wins, 3 Rugby Championships, 2 World Cups, a 74.0% win rate, and the series sealed 3-1.

Same country he lost his first Test in charge in, eight years and two World Cups later.

Every stat, every year, right here:
https://justplainsport.com/rugby/rassie-erasmus-100-springbok-tests/

12/09/2026

🚨 THE SPRINGBOKS WIN THE SERIES!!! 🇿🇦 🏉
FULL-TIME | SOUTH AFRICA 43-28 ALL BLACKS

Congratulations to coach Rassie and his boys on winning the greatest rivalry series in the the final test match in the USA.

👇 READ THE PLAY-BY-PLAY AS IT HAPPENED HERE:
https://justplainsport.com/rugby/the-springboks-beat-the-all-blacks-43-28/

12/09/2026

⏱️ FT' | 🇿🇦 SPRINGBOKS 43-28 ALL BLACKS 🏉 (Live Score)

The Springboks and All Blacks meet at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, USA on Saturday 12 September 2026, in the final Test of the series.

79' — Conversion, Damian McKenzie. Springboks 43-28.

79' — Try, Beauden Barrett. Springboks 43-26.

76' — Conversion, Manie Libbok. Springboks 43-21.

75' — Try, Cameron Hanekom. Springboks 41-21.

72' — Conversion, Manie Libbok. Springboks 36-21.

71' — New Zealand make a change, Beauden Barrett on for Josh Moorby.

71' — Try, Kurt-Lee Arendse. Springboks 34-21.

65' — Springboks make a change, Cameron Hanekom on for Pieter-Steph du Toit.

65' — New Zealand make a change, Kyle Preston on for Cam Roigard.

63' — Conversion, Damian McKenzie. Springboks 29-21.

62' — Try, Ethan Blackadder. Springboks 29-14.

60' — Springboks make a change, Cobus Reinach on for Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu.

57' — New Zealand make a change, Josh Lord on for Sam Darry.

57' — Springboks make a change, Manie Libbok on for Damian Willemse.

54' — New Zealand make a change, Wallace Sititi on for Patrick Tuipulotu.

52' — Conversion, Morne van den Berg. Springboks 29-14.

51' — Try, Pieter-Steph du Toit. Springboks 27-14.

49' — Springboks make a change, Deon Fourie on for Malcolm Marx.

48' — Try, Damian de Allende. Springboks 22-14.

48' — New Zealand make three changes: Tyrel Lomax on for Fletcher Newell, Asafo Aumua on for Codie Taylor, Xavier Numia on for Ethan de Groot.

43' — Springboks make four changes: Andre Esterhuizen on for Siya Kolisi, Lood de Jager on for Ruan Nortje, Thomas du Toit on for Wilco Louw, Gerhard Steenekamp on for Ox Nche.

40' — Start of the second half. Springboks 17-14.

39' — New Zealand make a change, Rieko Ioane on for Anton Lienert-Brown.

37' — Conversion, Damian McKenzie. Springboks 17-14.

36' — Try, Will Jordan. Springboks 17-12.

22' — Conversion, Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu. Springboks 17-7.

21' — Try, Morne van den Berg. Springboks 15-7.

18' — Peter Lakai back on for Wallace Sititi.

15' — Conversion, Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu. Springboks 10-7.

14' — Try, Damian de Allende. Springboks 8-7.

8' — Conversion, Damian McKenzie. Springboks 3-7.

7' — Try, Codie Taylor. Springboks 3-5.

6' — New Zealand make an early change, Wallace Sititi on for Peter Lakai.

3' — Penalty, Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu. Springboks 3-0.

11/09/2026

🇿🇦 BINDER CONFIRMED AT BMW FOR 2027 WORLDSBK 🏍️

Official. Brad Binder leaves KTM for a factory BMW M 1000 RR in WorldSBK 2027 — same garage as Miguel Oliveira.

🗣️ “That’s a title shot, not a retirement ride!” – 🎙️Jay

Brno 2020. Spielberg 2021. Now Munich. Full breakdown here:
https://justplainsport.com/motogp/brad-binder-bmw-worldsbk/

11/09/2026

🇿🇦 SCHALK BURGER SLAMS ROIGARD'S SOWETO SOCCER ACT 🏉

Schalk Burger wasn't holding back after Cam Roigard went down clutching his head against the Springboks, with no contact to the ground and no card to show for it: "Why doesn't Cam Roigard get a yellow card? Instead, we get a penalty against us on the half-way line for a bit of gamesmanship."

Jean de Villiers and Hanyani Shimange backed him up on the panel — and it's not even the first time Roigard's pulled this trick.

Full breakdown here:
https://justplainsport.com/rugby/schalk-burger-cam-roigard/

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