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Touching ceremony uniquely honours home town hero 'Ox' Nché

Ox Nche receives highest praise from his local community

Widely acknowledged as one of the most vital cogs in the Springbok machine that won the World Cup in France, Retshegofaditswe “Ox” Nché’s efforts have now officially been recognised in his hometown.

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Hailing from the small town of Mokwena in Thaba Nchu, Nché returned to a hero’s welcome and honorary ceremony by the traditional community today.

Part of the famed Springbok “bomb squad”, after a match-changing performance against England in the RWC semi final, Nché is fast becoming a household name and just a few days ago joined hooker Bongi Mbonambi in receiving brand new sponsored Mitsubishis. He was rewarded with a new Triton Xtreme.

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The new car that Ox Nche was presented with

“Mitsubishi Motors South Africa are really excited to have a formidable player like Ox Nché as part of the family and behind the wheel of a vehicle that we believe perfectly dovetails with his personality,” said Mitsubishi Motors South Africa.

Today, about an hour’s drive from Bloemfontein, queen Kgosi Gaboilelwe Moroka presented him with the inaugural Tlotlo ya Morafe wa Barolong-Boo-Seleka – Honour of the Nation.

It is the nation of Barolong-Boo-Seleka’s highest honour and is “granted to esteemed individuals who stand out for their exceptional achievements in their field and have served the nation and the interests of our country to the best of their abilities.

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“This honour will serve as a beacon of hope to inspire hard work and commitment for all of us to aspire to our highest ideals as the nation of Barolong-Boo-Seleka.”

After already completing a huge Springboks trophy tour with thousands in attendance around the country, there was even a special bus set up, adorned with the image of the now local hero Nché.

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Mzilikazi 484 days ago

Be the first Bok from that region ? Brings back memories of driving up through Louis Trichardt and Messina in 1974 when the Lions were on tour in SA. Did not get as far west as Ox’s home town though. Some amazing baobab trees up there.

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Jon 484 days ago

I think he needs a bigger truck…

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Tom 8 minutes ago
Andrew Porter breaks silence on his role in Antoine Dupont incident

Easterby’s defence was “rugby players don't go out to injure each other, it just doesn't happen” tell that to Dan Cole after Cian Healy stamped on his ankle cuz he couldn't handle him in the scrum. Tell it to Brian O'Driscoll after Tana Umaga tried to break his neck. Pretty sure if the French international coach thinks this was a deliberate attempt to injure his star player, then there must be at least some precedent for it. It's not like Galthié was born yesterday, he's been around the block. Players do try and injure each other and I don't think it's a coincidence this awful challenge was on Dupont. When he made contact with Dupont's exposed leg Beirne was horizontal. Malicious or just utterly reckless, that ain't rucking.

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Bull Shark 9 minutes ago
Was Dublin drubbing the end of an era or a bump in the road for Ireland?

You’re a constant contradiction.

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fl 10 minutes ago
Player-led change gets thumbs up but jury out on selection: Andy Goode

“I heard that the change in approach was player-led to a large extent”

Andy Goode led the campaign to get Borthwick installed as England coach in 2022, and has then spent the next two years implausibly arguing that everything good about England has been driven by the players, not the coaches.

If Goode is right about Borthwick being useless then that just discredits his own previous support of him, but it is noteworthy that Goode has never presented any evidence in support of the narrative of player-revolt. Notably those who have much greater access behind-the-scenes in the England camp (e.g. For the Love of Rugby) never seem to share Goode’s interpretation of the goings on there.


At this point though, whatever you think of Borthwick, or the style of rugby he plays, I hope we can all agree that Goode’s opinions aren’t worth the paper they’re written on (which is to say - given they aren’t written on paper - that they’re worth less than £0).

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Bull Shark 10 minutes ago
Was Dublin drubbing the end of an era or a bump in the road for Ireland?

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J V 1 hour ago
Easterby hits back at France's conduct in the wake of Dupont injury

France has been the least penalized team in this edition of the 6 nations, and was also the least penalized last year. Are they playing a very silly game where the point is to not be penalized, except if it’s to receive a red card ?

I don’t understand how saying the situation is “incomprehensible” is indirectly blaming the ref, as many other people are collectively in charge of clarifying the situation. Moreover from reading these very comment sections, it seems that many fans don’t understand this decision either, so maybe there is something to explain there ?

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EleanorGribbin 2 hours ago
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Teddy 2 hours ago
Was Dublin drubbing the end of an era or a bump in the road for Ireland?

The structure of the national game in Ireland is small and doesn’t really need or require comparison with SA or FRA for example. It’s never been our way for wholesale changes and bleeding 6 or 7 new players across 5 games of the 6Nations.


Likely 3rd place finish and a triple crown while in the beginning of a soft rebuild, albeit in some key positions. They don’t obsess over 4 year world cup cycles as their is silverware up for grabs (Slam/Championship/3crown) every season.


They are clearly short in some positions and Prendergast is learning the hard way but there’s still more than 25 caps up for grabs between now and the next RWC.

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J V 2 hours ago
Easterby hits back at France's conduct in the wake of Dupont injury

Sorry, my comment wasn’t clear enough. I was talking about the decision of the citing commissioner not to send Nash, Porter or Beirne in front of the discipline commission. His decision has to be motivated, and I wanted to point out that these arguments would be nice to have in order to better understand the process, and explain how was Beirne’s gesture different from previous dangerous clear outs which lead to penalties or cards ?

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Jonathan Kevin 2 hours ago
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EleanorGribbin 2 hours ago
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RedWarriors 2 hours ago
Easterby hits back at France's conduct in the wake of Dupont injury

The FFR head blamed the ref. Galthie indirectly blamed the ref by publicly saying the situation was incomprehensible, that a citation would be necessary.

Protecting opposing players is also part of Galthies reposnibilities.

France have more red cards under Galthie for dangerous headshots than all other six nation combined.

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EleanorGribbin 2 hours ago
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RedWarriors 2 hours ago
Easterby hits back at France's conduct in the wake of Dupont injury

Farrell doesn’t moan, he doesn’t cite generally.

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RedWarriors 2 hours ago
Easterby hits back at France's conduct in the wake of Dupont injury

The Reports ARE PUBLIC (see below). This is where I get my information from. There is NO lack of transparency. When Galthie was demanding detail on the Ringrose report all had to do was wait a day for the detailed decision. He knows all this and he knows that fallow weeks make Ntamacks a different case to Ringrose.

Precedent for Ringrose decision is Atonio (2023), Haouas (2023) and Danty (2024) all France. Precedent for Ntamack is O’Mahony (2021) Ireland although Willemse (2024) France, succeeded in having in having club matches count.


Note also in the Ntamack written decision the Wales doctor says full broken nose and bone displacement for Thomas. An injury should warrant a hig entry level ban for Ntamack. The summary said ‘No Injury’ though. Ntamack got his special treatmenet for his cheapshot on Thomas.


https://www.sixnationsrugby.com/en/discipline


Galthie at hearing (in bold is the exact reason that Galthie knew exactky the issue with Ntamack compared to Ringrose and all those French players who historically benfitted): “It is a quirk of the Six Nations that there are two fallow weeks where players can be released back to their clubs. Establishing that a player was “expected to play” for his club in the first fallow week is very difficult in the context of red cards / citations following Six Nations match week 1 fixtures. The biggest variable – performance in match week 2 – is not yet known, and without that information France Men’s Head Coach cannot say definitively (nor is he required to say under the terms of the FFR / LNR Agreement) whether after match week 1 a player would have been designated for the first fallow week.”

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