#Kit2Care Online Auctions
In response to the global pandemic we have launched #Kit2Care – Online auctions. Which gives current and former rugby players a way to help us raise money for our seriously […]
Story of Hope – Ollie Terblanche
24-year-old Heinrich “Ollie” Terblanche was a determined rugby player with high hopes. He had played in the Varsity Cup competition for the University of Johannesburg, spent the 2014 season playing […]
Donate a R1000 or more and receive a personal thank-you call from a former Springbok Captain
Do you remember the very popular Springbok telethon which took place on your TV screens over 10 years ago? Well, we are reintroducing this slightly adjusted concept by providing you […]
Furlo Theron makes the most of a good opportunity following a life altering rugby injury
In November last year the Players’ Fund’s Marketing Manager, Tori Gardner visited recipient of the Fund Furlo Theron at his home in Abbotsdale near Malmesbury in the Western Cape. She […]
Springbok World Champions Ring supports the Players’ Fund
The Chris Burger Petro Jackson Players’ Fund has been selected as the CSI partner for the official, soon to be released, Springbok World Champions Ring, a gold and diamond ring […]
A life line thrown by Pick n Pay & the Springbok class of 1995
The Chris Burger Petro Jackson Players’ Fund commemorates 40 years of service to rugby this year. Since this organisation was founded by Morné du Plessis and his Western Province Team […]
SANGORA Golf Day – Wanderers 6 Nov 2020
2020 has been a year like no other! One which has tested the 40-year foundations of the Players’ Fund. These difficult times have allowed us to see how truly incredible […]
1980 -2020
Chris Burger Petro Jackson Players’ Fund For four decades, Rugby’s Caring Hands have helped turned tragedy into triumph, writes Quintin van Jaarsveld. Laying helpless in a hospital bed, hours removed […]
BACK TO THE FUTURE – From Bok Captain to Players’ Fund Chairman (Part 8/8)
By Quintin van Jaarsveld No-one is more uniquely equipped to lead the Chris Burger Petro Jackson Players’ Fund into the future than Jean de Villiers. The former Springbok captain has […]
GAME CHANGING GARDNER – The Players’ Fund’s playmaker (Part 7/8)
By Quintin van Jaarsveld Every team needs a playmaker, and Tori Gardner fills that role for Rugby’s Caring Hands. Just like a scrumhalf is the link between the forwards and […]