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VODCAST 📣 Listen Up! Rugby and golf: The various lessons of sport

Tim Cohen 1 min read
VODCAST 📣 Listen Up! Rugby and golf: The various lessons of sport
VODCAST 📣 Listen Up! Rugby and golf: The various lessons of sport

It was a big sporting weekend, but also a contrasting one. Well-known for their calm, quiet and subdued nature, rugby supporters were out in force in Durban to see South Africa thrash Argentina 67-30 to top the table, with Sacha FeinbergMngomezulu breaking a test points record.

Contrast that with Europe’s 15-13 victory in the 2025 Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black in New York. Golf supporters were, as usual, flagrantly out of hand, dropping fbombs, harassing players and wearing odd pants.

But what do we learn from this? Mark Barnes and Tim Cohen take the score.

And then there is Johannesburg...



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I'm a South African journalist - formerly editor of FM, Business Day & Business Maverick. I'm currently Senior Editor on Currencynews.co.za. Commentary and reflections on business, economics.

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