A couple of days ago I pulled together a story for the next edition of Naas’s new online magazine on South African Sport and Arts Hall of Famer and all-round rugby legend, Francois Pienaar. I sent it to Francois’s office for checking and any comment he might like to add, and this afternoon, 16 years to the day since he lifted the Webb Ellis trophy with Madiba standing next to him, his office phoned me to say they had him on the line for me…
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Posts tagged with: Francois Pienaar
16 years on… you’re STILL the man, Francois!
I want a feeding frenzy, and I want it NOW!
OK. I am going to drop a bit of a bombshell before I get my teeth into this post. I have a major confession to make, the kind that splits families and starts vendettas… While the glorious chaps in Black and White are my first rugby love, they have not been my only rugby love. I had, for want of a better phrase, a rugby affair. I cuckolded my Sharks, against my will, and to my eternal shame. And I did it to keep a man happy… [...]






