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Seeing red over That Card for Boks
The Citizen
|November 17, 2025
Former Springbok captain John Smit spoke for many baffled South African rugby fans when he posted on X after Saturday's Bok victory over Italy: "I made a conscious decision not to comment this weekend as I now realise I don't know the rules to this new game well enough.
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Northern hemisphere supporters urged Smit to reacquaint himself with the "laws" of the game (not the rules, see?), while many South Africans wondered - after their team got a second permanent red card in a row - if there was not a new rule to ensure our teams play with
This story is from the November 17, 2025 edition of The Citizen.
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