Grocott's Mail
  • NEWS
    • Courts & Crime
    • Features
    • Politics
    • People
    • Health & Well-being
  • SPORT
    • News
    • Results
    • Sports Diary
    • Club Contacts
    • Columns
    • Sport Galleries
    • Sport Videos
  • OPINION
    • Election Connection
    • Makana Voices
    • Deur ‘n Gekleurde Bril
    • Newtown… Old Eyes
    • Incisive View
    • Your Say
  • ARTSLIFE
    • Cue
    • Makana Sharp!
    • Visual Art
    • Literature
    • Food & Fun
    • Festivals
    • Community Arts
    • Going Places
  • OUR TOWN
    • What’s on
    • Spiritual
    • Emergency & Well-being
    • Safety
    • Civic
    • Municipality
    • Weather
    • Properties
      • Grahamstown Properties
    • Your Town, Our Town
  • OUTSIDE
    • Enviro News
    • Gardening
    • Farming
    • Science
    • Conservation
    • Motoring
    • Pets/Animals
  • ECONOMIX
    • Business News
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Personal Finance
  • EDUCATION
    • Education NEWS
    • Education OUR TOWN
    • Education INFO
  • Covid-19
  • EDITORIAL
Facebook Twitter Instagram
Trending
  • Cleaning Kowie River and Fairview Spring for World Water Day
  • Local soccer teams avoid SAB Regional League relegation!
  • Bongani Fule: new Eastern Cape Junior Lightweight champion!
  • In the words of Nelson Mandela, “To deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity”
  • Avbob 2023 Poetry Competition Winner: Sithembele Isaac Xhegwana of Makhanda
  • Flooding at the James Kleynhans Water Treatment Works
  • Avbob 2023 Poetry Competition Second Place: Jeannie Wallace McKeown of Makhanda
  • Residents of Extensions Nine, 10, Transit Camp, Phumlani and Enkanini voice discontent!
Facebook Twitter Instagram
Grocott's Mail
  • NEWS
    • Courts & Crime
    • Features
    • Politics
    • People
    • Health & Well-being
  • SPORT
    • News
    • Results
    • Sports Diary
    • Club Contacts
    • Columns
    • Sport Galleries
    • Sport Videos
  • OPINION
    • Election Connection
    • Makana Voices
    • Deur ‘n Gekleurde Bril
    • Newtown… Old Eyes
    • Incisive View
    • Your Say
  • ARTSLIFE
    • Cue
    • Makana Sharp!
    • Visual Art
    • Literature
    • Food & Fun
    • Festivals
    • Community Arts
    • Going Places
  • OUR TOWN
    • What’s on
    • Spiritual
    • Emergency & Well-being
    • Safety
    • Civic
    • Municipality
    • Weather
    • Properties
      • Grahamstown Properties
    • Your Town, Our Town
  • OUTSIDE
    • Enviro News
    • Gardening
    • Farming
    • Science
    • Conservation
    • Motoring
    • Pets/Animals
  • ECONOMIX
    • Business News
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Personal Finance
  • EDUCATION
    • Education NEWS
    • Education OUR TOWN
    • Education INFO
  • Covid-19
  • EDITORIAL
Grocott's Mail
You are at:Home»Uncategorized»Grahamstown’s Speckman ready to shine at Cape Town Sevens
Uncategorized

Grahamstown’s Speckman ready to shine at Cape Town Sevens

Grocott's MailBy Grocott's MailDecember 10, 20151 Comment3 Mins Read
Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Tumblr Email

Having played in six World Series Sevens tournaments, Rosko Specman is no stranger to the Blitzbokke.

Having played in six World Series Sevens tournaments, Rosko Specman is no stranger to the Blitzbokke.

However, the Grahamstown-born former George Dickerson, Mary Waters and Kingswood pupil hasn’t forgotten his roots. Having been called up on Monday for Saturday and Sunday’s Cape Town Sevens, he will hope to showcase the skills he began learning in his childhood.

Once a talented Sharks winger in the 15-a-side game, Specman helped the Steval Pumas to victory over Western Province in this year’s Vodacom Cup final. However, he is now a full-time sevens player and can play at sweeper (equivalent to scrum-half) or fly-half. He views his January 2014 Blitzbokke debut in Las Vegas as the best moment of his career.

According to Specman, the most important thing that happened to him in Grahamstown was being given a scholarship by Kingswood for his 2008 post-matric year. “It was just amazing to come from a local [government]school to a private school and they treated me so well. I had an amazing season with [Kingswood’s first rugby team],” he stated.

Graham Carlson, Specman’s coach at Kingswood, remembers him as a well-rounded player and a humble man. 

He says, “Rosko was a wonderful player to coach. Not only did he possess enormous innate talent, but he also had the drive and desire to train hard and learn new skills, patterns, strategies and ways of doing things".

The Blitzbokke had to settle for a plate victory at last weekend’s tournament in Dubai after losing their cup quarter-final against the USA 21-19. However, Specman, whose call-up came after injuries to Werner Kok and Cecil Afrika, is confident that they can bounce back.

“I think the vibe is cool. The guys are very excited and I think our home fans will give us all the support. If we can just feed off that energy, we will have a successful tournament,” said the 26-year-old.

Coach Neil Powell was quoted in a SARU media release as saying, “We realise there will always be pressure on any home team but we showed in Port Elizabeth, where we have won the previous two years, that we can handle the pressure,” thus echoing Speckman’s belief in this Blitzbokke squad.

* Grocott’s Sports Beat journalists, Leonard Solms and Nicholas McGregor will cover the Sevens tournament for Grocott’s Mail. Follow them on Grocott’s Twitter and the Grocotts Mail Sport Facebook page.

Previous ArticleA door to safety
Next Article Cityʻs school of shame
Grocott's Mail

Comments are closed.

Tweets by Grocotts
Newsletter



Listen

The Rhodes University Community Engagement Division has launched Engagement in Action, a new podcast which aims to bring to life some of the many ways in which the University interacts with communities around it. Check it out below.

Humans of Makhanda

Humans of Makhanda

Weather    |     About     |     Advertise     |     Subscribe     |     Contact     |     Support Grocott’s Mail

© 2023 Maintained by School of Journalism & Media Studies.

Type above and press Enter to search. Press Esc to cancel.