All in a years work...

2008 has been a pretty special sporting year for South Africa. Wrought with your usual up and down that goes with anything South African, 2008 has remarkably yielded the Springboks stealing a test match win from the All Blacks in Dunedin, and now the Proteas staging a fight back to win a test down in Perth.




Sure the win against the AB's was fortuitous to say the least and playing in Perth is like playing in Durban but these and other such reasons can't be cited to dilute the feat. Maybe the fact that Graeme Smith is a fat fuckin apple sourz drinking excuses for a professional sportsman allows us to despise the doos but unlike Puke Watson he is actually good at what he does, so we slow clap him anyway.

"Shopsteward, I'll get 6 apple sourz bombs and a double dreamy burger extra cheese, and whatever the girl is having..."

When was the last time SA won a rugby test match in NZ and a cricket test match in Australia? Well the answer is never. The Boks have only won in NZ 5 times before this year. Twice in 1937, once in 1956 and then again in 1981 and 1998. I got this from wikipedia so take in with a pinch of e-salt. In the 1936/7 cricket season the Proteas played Aussie in South Africa and lost all three test by an innings and runs, they didn't play in 1956, a little thing called isolation prevented games in the 80s (Australia killed Abos for sport so we siolated them) and the 97/98 season saw three tests downunder of which 2 were drawn and SA lost the other by an innings and 21 runs.


We think the victory this year deserves such respect they should fly Herchell out for the fines meeting!