WE HAVE PLEASURE IN PRESENTING THE SUPERB MATCH BETWEEN NEW ZEALAND AND NAMIBIA FROM 15/09/2023. THE WEATHER STARTED OFF FINE, BUT AFTER A WHILE, THERE WAS TORRENTIAL RAIN, WHICH MADE THE CONDITIONS TRICKY. (THIS MIGHT HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE HORRIFIC LEG INJURY WHICH LE ROUX MALAN SUSTAINED PERHAPS?) IT IS SAID THAT THE NAMIBIAN PLAYERS HAVE 9 TO 5 JOBS, AND TRAIN AS MUCH AS THEY CAN, SO TO BEAT NEW ZEALAND WAS ALWAYS GOING TO BE A TALL ORDER, BUT THEIR ENERGY, COURAGE AND DETERMINATION WAS PLAIN TO SEE, AS WAS THE OBVIOUS PROWESS OF NEW ZEALAND, WITH THE ALL-BLACKS HALF-BACK CAM ROIGARD SCORING TWO TRIES INSIDE 10 MINUTES AND DAMIAN MCKENZIE ALSO SCORING TWICE SLIGHTLY LATER, GIVING THE ALL BLACK’S 11 TRIES IN TOTAL, CULMINATING IN A 71 – 3 WIN TO NEW ZEALAND. IT WAS TIAAN SWANEPOEL WHO KICKED NAMIBIA’S SUPERB LONG-RANGE PENALTY EARLY DOORS. ALL-IN-ALL, THE MATCH WAS THOROUGHLY ENTERTAINING, WITH THE OBVIOUS PROFICIENCY OF THE ALL BLACKS, MET WITH EQUAL AMOUNTS OF GRIT AND DETERMINATION FROM NAMIBIA. “THE TRIUMPH OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT” KNOWS NO BOUNDS…! OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE WITH LE ROUX MALAN FOR A FULL AND SWIFT RECOVERY! STAY TUNED FOR WALES VS PORTUGAL…!
RUGBY WORLD CUP 2023: NEW ZEALAND VS NAMIBIA – 15/09/2023
