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May 13, 18 •
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Comments Off on #Tries4Smiles scores R500 000 for the Smile Foundation
In the bigger picture of rugby history, try number 166 for a South African team in the 2018 Vodacom Super Rugby competition may not go down as anything significant. But for a number of children with facial abnormalities such as cleft lip and cleft palate, it...
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May 12, 18 •
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Shaun Liddle •
Comments Off on Just how life changing will this Vodacom Super Rugby season be?
In a town of over 60 000 people, she was the first. But it was nothing to smile about. Not when your mother endures whispers of witchcraft. Not when they have names for you that bring your mother to tears. Not when the one thing all children can do before...
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May 4, 18 •
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Shaun Liddle •
Comments Off on The DHL Western Province Faithful, and a boy who is their new hero
In 1976, the DHL Western Province rugby team achieved the unthinkable. At a packed DHL Newlands stadium, they beat the touring All Blacks 12-11, and local rugby heroes were born. That same year, Tygerberg Hospital opened its doors. Forty-two years later, a...
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Apr 3, 18 •
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Shaun Liddle •
Comments Off on Lions players see the real reward for their Vodacom Super Rugby tries
Every three minutes, a child is born with a cleft palate or cleft lip. That’s almost 27 children in your average Vodacom Super Rugby match. But this season, every South African team is doing something to ensure that these roughly 27 children per match get...
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Feb 19, 18 •
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Shaun Liddle •
Comments Off on More reasons to smile with #Tries4Smiles
“Making one person smile can change the world, maybe not the whole world, but their world” Pravinee Hurbungs Every three minutes a child is born with a cleft palate or cleft lip. So, this season, Vodacom will reward every try scored by a South African...