Dan Retief
@Retief_Dan
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Journalist since 1970, know a bit about rugby, golf and more besides. Admire intelligence, fairness and courtesy - despise the opposite
Joined May 2016
Wonderful memories. I was part of it. Herschelle @hershybru coolly dropped a goal from the halfway line with almost the first ball that came his way. Laurie Mains was so astounded by his talent he tried to get him to move to NZ! Best schoolboy flyhalf I saw. @ricsalizzo
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Wonder whether the Stormers are considering suing their landlord?
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You don't say. What would have been a story is if Graeme Smith reckoned SA were heading into the tournament with NO expectation of doing well. FFS
Former Proteas captain and SA20 commissioner Graeme Smith reckons South Africa will head into next month’s T20 World Cup with some expectation to do well. | @LynnButler
https://t.co/ZUHgwrEDGp
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The Nazi SS reincarnated on the streets of America?
A new Times video analysis breaks down the flawed and lethal actions by federal agents in the killing of Alex Pretti. Watch here.
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Strange that these clips on football always open with an injured rugby player on the field at the Villager RFC ground in Cape Town... when we all know that rugby is about showing you're not injured and soccer is spending 90 minutes showing that you are! 😆🥴🤪
AirDaka takes flight ✈️ Chipolopolo leave it late to snatch a point against Mali
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Another aberration now seems to be the law in rugby. Team at a maul puts 2 or more players in a line (crocodile) to build a shield to protect the box-kicker; but the scrummie then reaches in and rolls the ball out using his hands. According to the law that's hands in the ruck🤔😧
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Standing? Stomping!
FlySafair says it is investigating an incident on board one of its flights after a video showing passengers chanting and standing in the aisle went viral on social media. https://t.co/MBnkjA1LqP
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Anyone have an explanation? Why is the Cape Town City Stadium always described as "sold out" or a "full house" when there are clearly so many open seats?
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We'll huff and we'll puff and we'll blow your house... woops the DA forgot they're now part of it... and haven't they just been part of it!
❌ The DA condemns the ANC’s decision to involve the City Manager and senior City of Johannesburg officials in ANC political activities, following confirmed reports that they attended the ANC Regional Lekgotla. This conduct collapses the separation between party and state, and
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And still they sing the merits of LIV
Another MC for DJ. The last time he had a top 5 finish in an #OWGR event was in a WGC Match Play. Sounds like another era...
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As Elon might have said: "Great or grate?"
"The projected revenue could be as much as R100-million more than it would have generated in South Africa..." Boks and All Blacks to make huge income great again in possible US 2026 series decider
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Portentous historic throwback. The test will be played on the 45th anniversary of the ill-famed Flour Bomb Test at Eden Park in New Zealand in 1981.
Confirmed! Rugby's Greatest Rivalry has a new battleground - more here: https://t.co/nQUucCd6QW 🇺🇸 Sign up for presale access: https://t.co/QgfIb3NQaD 🔗 #RGR26 #RugbysGreatestRivalry #Springboks
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And, of course, you can't hide a battleship in a couch!
Increasingly clear this is a botched cover-up job. However, the Ramaphosa regime and their media mouthpieces are in too deep with the false deniability narrative, so all they have left is to desperately double down.
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Tony Brown washes up quite well!
Name me someone in rugby who uses social media better than this bloke? There isn't anyone. 👇
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Only a little plaque? You should at least have got a Peace Prize from Infantiletino. 😆
Signed & sealed, FIFA Regional Headquarters for Southern Africa will be hosted in Sandton, more jobs, more opportunities, more infrastructure, more competitions and a massive boost for football development in region. Thanks @FIFAcom 🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦
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My word. Looks like the kind of thing you do when you want to pillory a verbose and pretentious "thesaurean."
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"Form" is not the guide
Why did CSA not wait and announce their team on night of the final, use this tournament has a form guide for players and pick from that? Now we see the selected players under pressure to preform and players who missed out killing it, all while CSA taking the heat, and rightly
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This kind of thing simply cannot happen without the participation of many others in positions of power. Hope they're unmasked
Vusimusi ‘Cat’ Matlala used his fleet of companies to target state procurement, from @GautengHealth to the @SAPoliceService But there was another deal in the offing. The latest in our @News24 #9Lives investigation drops tomorrow.
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You seem to have forgotten about the last time out against the Sale Tuna 😆😆
Last time out against Clermont 🔥 Be there for more entertainment on Saturday from only R51. https://t.co/LaqKt8OoTl
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