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Springboks show their support for rugby injury victims

Busisiwe HohoBy Busisiwe HohoJuly 12, 2010No Comments2 Mins Read
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The Springboks showed their support for the victims of serious and catastrophic rugby injuries when they took on Italy in East London recently, wearing the logo of the Chris Burger Petro Jackson Players’ Fund on their shorts.

The Springboks showed their support for the victims of serious and catastrophic rugby injuries when they took on Italy in East London recently, wearing the logo of the Chris Burger Petro Jackson Players’ Fund on their shorts.

The fund commemorates its 30th anniversary this year, and the entire Springbok squad have once again shown their commitment to the cause by volunteering to man the phones during the annual Players’ Fund telethon to be held in Johannesburg.

The hugely popular televised fundraiser forms part of the 14th annual Bell’s Night of the Stars Rugby Extravaganza, to be held at the Ballroom at Montecasino on Tuesday 17 August – four days before the Springboks take on the All Blacks in a Vodacom Tri-Nations clash at Coca-Cola Park.

The fund, which currently looks after 102 recipients around the country, is hoping to break last year’s record of R1-million raised at the event through table sales and telephonic pledges from fans.

In 2009, five players died and another four became quadriplegics after being injured on the field. That number has sharply decreased in 2010, thanks to the partnership between the Fund, SARU and the BokSmart National Rugby Safety Programme, launched last year. The telethon will be televised live on SuperSport 1 from 8pm to 10pm.

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