From serving me with smiles (when I was the academy), to sharing those smiles with you. YOU gave my hope a face! I’m being pretty selfish, but I know for a fact that I’m not the only one you touched. Thank you for harnessing your gift for our pleasure. #SterkteVoorentoe✌🏿
SA Rugby have opted against renewing Cecil Afrika’s national contract when it expires in July.
It will bring to an end his 12 year career with the Blitzboks.
During his #Sevens career he took part on 345 HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series matches and has a points’ tally of 1462.
To get the best from everyone in the Team each member must believe they belong and that will only happen when each feels she or he is valued, whether an elite performer or making their way as a newcomer.
Being a Team player is not a label it’s a lifestyle. Wearing the same colours does not make us a Team. It’s working through Team mates and them working through you. It’s using your skills to get the best out of them and their’s to get the best out of you.
It is because of our personal uniqueness that we are individually and collectively strong. So we should cherish, develop and leverage that difference to achieve our common purpose as a Team. That means constantly working on harmonising diversity.
To become serial winners as a Team, we need a Culture that supports and promotes individual and collective learning and excellence; Processes designed for sustainable achievement; People committed to and engaged in consistently delivering high performance