South African rugby: can you spell ‘Drama Queen’
The more I read about rugby in South Africa, the more I feel like I’m reading some trashy diva piece in the Enquirer or some other bottom-feeding, pop-culture rag. What’s got my knickers in a knot this time? If you have not heard, there is currently a row over the use of the Springbok, an antelope indigenous to South Africa, on the national team jersey (update).
Yes, that’s right. The most serious issue in South African rugby is apparently what mascot to use on the damn shirts. Oh … my … God!
Forget the fact that since the end of apartheid there has been essentially no change in demographics of the national rugby squad. It remains primarily white in a country where 92% of the population is non-white. → continue reading
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