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Stormers ready to splash cash on Pead
The Stormers are reportedly willing to pay the Lions a big transfer fee to bring scrumhalf Haashim Pead to Cape Town. likesport.biz
According to Rapport, the Cape club is eager to secure the services of the highly rated 21-year-old, despite him being contracted to the Lions until 2028.
The Lions were reportedly willing to release Pead in exchange for Stormers prop Sazi Sandi, but John Dobson was unwilling to sanction the move. Sandi is contracted in Cape Town until June 2027 and has already agreed to join the Bulls thereafter.
That has left the Stormers facing the prospect of buying Pead out of his Lions contract. Rapport claims that the fee could be the largest yet paid for a player moving between two South African teams, beating the R800,000 paid to facilitate Siya Kolisi’s move from the Sharks to the Stormers.
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Pead, who hails from the Bo-Kaap and attended Bishops, was named Player of the Tournament at last year’s Junior World Championship and has attended a Springbok alignment camp.
However, Pead is behind Morné van den Berg and Nico Steyn in the Lions’ scrumhalf pecking order.
The Stormers, meanwhile, are looking to strengthen their scrumhalf stocks following Dewaldt Duvenage’s retirement and Asad Moos’ move to the Lions. They are also currently without Imad Khan, who suffered a serious knee injury against the All Blacks last month, while Cobus Reinach is regularly away on Springbok duty.
“He is a Cape boy. We would love to have him back,” Dobson told Rapport of Pead.
“It’s a matter between him and the Lions. We would love to have him, but it’s subject to the Lions because he is their player.”
Photo: Darren Stewart/Gallo Images
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Watch: What it means to be great rivals
The Springboks and All Blacks gathered together on the field at Baltimore’s M&T Bank Stadium after the conclusion of the inaugural Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry on Saturday.
A six-try 43-28 victory clinched the series 3-1 for the Boks and extended South Africa’s grip on the world No 1 ranking.
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The world champions bounced back from their series-opening defeat at Ellis Park with wins in Cape Town and Joburg, before Saturday’s emphatic result on American soil that also marked Rassie Erasmus’ 100th Test in charge of the Boks since 2018.
“It’s tough that one team has to win and one team has to lose, but the respect that we have for each other – we shared a prayer together,” said Bok skipper Siya Kolisi.
“It was really a special moment.”
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Est de la RDC: des progrès «modestes», le processus de paix de Doha patine
En République démocratique du Congo (RDC), le taux de réalisation des engagements de Doha reste faible et inégal selon le premier rapport du Baromètre des accords de paix en Afrique. Ce baromètre est une initiative indépendante dédiée au suivi, à l’évaluation et à la promotion de la mise en œuvre effective des accords de paix en Afrique. Pour la première fois, il s’est penché sur le processus de paix de Doha entre la RDC et le groupe armé AFC/M23, soutenu par le Rwanda voisin, dont les discussions ont commencé en juillet 2025. Et selon les conclusions de ce rapport, publié ce samedi 12 septembre, les progrès restent « modestes ».
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Greatest Rivalry lived up to hype
The Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry tour surpassed expectations, but its success should not disguise lessons around ticket pricing and scheduling, writes MARK KEOHANE.
Writing for the Sunday Times, Keohane believes the All Blacks’ month-long visit proved the appetite for traditional tours remains enormous, with South Africa consumed by the rivalry and New Zealand equally invested in events on and off the field.
“This was no contrived marketing sell,” he writes. “You cannot manufacture 105 years of history, 114 Tests, including Baltimore, and the emotional pull of the two most successful rugby nations in the sport.”
Keohane says the contrasting rugby identities added to the spectacle. The All Blacks produced breathtaking backline play, while the Springboks responded with the scrum, lineout and maul that have underpinned their recent dominance of Test rugby.
Off the field, the warmth between the teams and supporters was equally significant, with captains Siya Kolisi and Ardie Savea exemplifying how fierce sporting rivalry can coexist with genuine mutual respect.
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But Keohane believes organisers must learn from mistakes, particularly ticket prices that put matches beyond the reach of too many ordinary supporters.
“A national rugby occasion cannot be celebrated as inclusive when the price excludes those who give the Springbok identity its voice, colour, soul and meaning,” he writes.
The scheduling of the four tour matches also came under scrutiny, with South Africa’s URC teams still in pre-season and the Sharks and Lions both hosting the All Blacks on Tuesday nights.
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Those flaws, however, did not diminish Keohane’s belief that the concept succeeded and should have a permanent place on the international calendar, with the Boks set to tour New Zealand in 2030 before the All Blacks return in 2034.
“The tour was a triumph. Next time, it must be a triumph for everyone,” he concludes.
Photo: Lefty Shivambu/Gallo Images
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