The Lowveld’s rugby heroes making headlines

The Lions flyhalf, Boshoff is the latest South African addition to the Barbarians squad to face Australia at Twickenham on early November. Other players already included in the squad are Matt Stevens, CJ Van der Linde, Coenie Oosthuizen, Heinrich Brussow, Thomas du Toit, Jacques Botes and Michael Rhodes.

Springbok number eight, Vermeulen and the Commonwealth Games gold medal winning Springbok Sevens team have been nominated for South African Sports Awards. He has been nominated in the category of Sports Star of the Year.

He will be up against Ernst van Dyk (wheelchair marathon athlete), Chad Le Clos (swimming), Portia Modise (soccer), Khotso Mokoena (track and field) and AB de Villiers (cricket).