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PROJECT LIBERTY – A wheelchair friendly home renovation

PROJECT LIBERTY – A wheelchair friendly home renovation

Fund News, Fundraising Initiatives, Players' Fund News, Recipient News

We’re reaching out with an urgent request for support. Two of our rugby players in the Western Cape, Anzil Williams and Heinrich Erasmus, have suffered life-changing injuries on the rugby field and need home adaptations to improve their daily lives. Our Target...
Impact Report 2023

Impact Report 2023

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Att: #SupportSquad We are pleased to announce the release of our latest Impact Report. In 2023, R2 800.000 was disbursed towards the ongoing care of our catastrophically injured rugby players. Together, we’ve undeniably achieved remarkable feats. As you peruse...
Happy Retirement Gail!

Happy Retirement Gail!

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Go well Friend! We hosted a surprise farewell honoring our former General Manager & Injured Player Welfare officer, Gail Baerecke, to thank her for her years of service to the Players’ Fund. A night spent with the team, family, friends and trustees, all coming...
Unstoppable drive: Leaving rugby heartbreak in the rearview mirror

Unstoppable drive: Leaving rugby heartbreak in the rearview mirror

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By Quintin van Jaarsveld Jzaun Dreyer is not defined by the catastrophic rugby injury that left him paralysed in his teenage years, but by the unstoppable drive to turn the corner and live a rich and remarkable life laying on the left wing for President High School’s...
Sink or swim: A journey of hard justice

Sink or swim: A journey of hard justice

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By Quintin van Jaarsveld On 22 July, 2006, a week before his 17th birthday, tragedy struck when a cluster of players clattered into the then-HTS Louis Botha first 15 lock and a player from Hoërskool Bloemfontein who he had tackled at a ruck. “I could audibly hear my...
Spinal injury to inspirational coffee

Spinal injury to inspirational coffee

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by Rolling Inspiration Heinrich “Ollie” Terblanche was a determined rugby player with high hopes for a careerin the sport he loved. He was a member of the Lions Super XV squad under JohnMitchell and Carlos Spencer. He represented the University of Johannesburg (UJ) in...
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