Lisa-Marie Els 🇿🇦 🏆

I like rugby. And cricket, when the Proteas aren't breaking my heart or crushing my dreams.

[Scrumming Flyhalf @scrumming_ten]

Drawing with Czechia isn't for everyone

[Lisa-Marie Els 🇿🇦 🏆 @LisaMarieEls]

@Oom_Rugby Oom, I have football loving English and Portuguese friends (and a Portuguese hubby) and they've all told me I'm lucky SA are good at rugby because apparently our football sucks. Like.. we're not shit shit, but we're shit. Our players need more exposure in the European clubs.

[Lisa-Marie Els 🇿🇦 🏆 @LisaMarieEls]

@NegusNkala @Tsolomm How ridiculous. It's been 16 years since we qualified. We have our international coach to thank for that

[Lisa-Marie Els 🇿🇦 🏆 @LisaMarieEls]

Our midfield... Sigh.
#SAvsMexico #México #fifa #worldcup

[Lisa-Marie Els 🇿🇦 🏆 @LisaMarieEls]

@YSB23X I'm white and I'm 1 million percent behind Bafana, sang the anthem with pride and will watch every match wearing my Bafana shirt!

[Captain Springbok @CaptSpringbok]

National Anthems

Mexico 0 - 1 South Africa

#mexvrsa #Fifaworldcup2026

[Verashni Pillay @verashni]

This is so naughty 🤭

But also... Not wrong.

#fifa #WorldCup2026FIFA #BafanavsMexico #México

[Lisa-Marie Els 🇿🇦 🏆 @LisaMarieEls]

@Cardia_79 It's soccer

[Lisa-Marie Els 🇿🇦 🏆 @LisaMarieEls]

Bafana bringing the gees to Mexico. The whole nation is behind you! 💪❤️🇿🇦

[Lisa-Marie Els 🇿🇦 🏆 @LisaMarieEls]

@StartsWithABang Hey Ethan, loved the latest newsletter. Am I right in saying then then the expanses of time are so great, that the chances of humans coexisting with other tech-advanced lifeforms are practically zero? That we keep missing each other?

[Lisa-Marie Els 🇿🇦 🏆 @LisaMarieEls]

@VwkNicolas @FrontRowRugbyXV Shame you must be consistently disappointed ☹️

[Lisa-Marie Els 🇿🇦 🏆 @LisaMarieEls]

@luphumlongcayis Love this: If you don’t make peace with your own company, you will always negotiate your dignity just to avoid loneliness.

[Lisa-Marie Els 🇿🇦 🏆 @LisaMarieEls]

@rugbyphilosophy I guess someone has to eventually win it 3 times in a row? Although, I have an ugly feeling England will walk away with it. And then we have to deal with the insufferable British press for 4 years; proclaiming they are the best team that ever existed. Sigh.

[Lisa-Marie Els 🇿🇦 🏆 @LisaMarieEls]

@scrumming_ten @dodoc5 Hey dudes. Keep it classy. Otherwise go support football. Rugby's for gentlemen. Thanks.

[Lisa-Marie Els 🇿🇦 🏆 @LisaMarieEls]

@TightFive_Rugby Is it 12 weeks or 12 matches? Getting conflicting reports

[Lisa-Marie Els 🇿🇦 🏆 @LisaMarieEls]

I mean I wouldn't write Australia off so easily. Home ground, home crowd, pride at stake. #RWC2027

[Chalyn.Rugby @ChalynRugby]

#Opinion England have a golden chance to finally win another Rugby World Cup after 24 years in Sydney. Their path is wide open: beat Australia in the quarters, probably deal with Argentina in the semis, and that’s it they’re in the final. And yes, we all know what tends to happen to Ireland in quarterfinals…

Meanwhile, whoever comes out of the other side of the draw will be absolutely battered. Whether it’s the All Blacks, Springboks or France, they’ll have survived a gauntlet of heavyweight matchups just to reach the last weekend. They’ll be bruised, exhausted, and running on fumes.

England? They just need to stay fresh. No matter how talented you are, you need a bit of luck to win a Rugby World Cup and this really could be their shot at it.

#England #RWC2027 #RWC2027Draw #Rugby

[Lisa-Marie Els 🇿🇦 🏆 @LisaMarieEls]

Pools confirmed! #RWC2027

A: New Zealand, Australia, Chile, Hong Kong China
B: South Africa, Italy, Georgia, Romania
C: Argentina, Fiji, Spain, Canada
D: Ireland, Scotland, Uruguay, Portugal
E: France, Japan, USA, Samoa
F: England, Wales, Tonga, Zimbabwe

[Ben Karpinski @followthebounce]

X has been a sporting war zone of late, so much so that we need December to cleanse a bit.

No one particular country has the worst fans. There are shitheads and pricks but also good okes everywhere.

Let's all now come together and enjoy England get thrashed in The Ashes.

[Lisa-Marie Els 🇿🇦 🏆 @LisaMarieEls]

@Oldsuliansrfc @CaptSpringbok Even if Wall insulted his mother, tried to perform an unsolicited prostate exam, called him “budget Victor Matfield,” and wrote “I ❤️ Ireland” across his forehead with a Sharpie, Eben still was not justified in eye-gouging. Unacceptable.

[Lisa-Marie Els 🇿🇦 🏆 @LisaMarieEls]

Absolutely. His actions are dominating the discussions, he's let down his teammates, his country and himself. No matter what was done to him beforehand, you choose how to react. He could and should have walked away.

[Ben Karpinski @followthebounce]

That Eben incident, what a downer.

This Bok team has so much to celebrate and be proud of, but that one unnecessary act has taken so much shine off.

Not because it gives the haters ammo, but because this team should never be associated with such a thing.