Being Caster Semenya means being a global athletics star, an activist, and a catalyst for social change. History will prove that she's perfectly equipped to be all those things and more, writes Adrian Ephraim.
Hansen showed no mercy after last week's thrashing in Sydney, dumping prop Owen Franks and wings Ben Smith and Rieko Ioane – a combined total of 213 Test caps – for the return match at Auckland's Eden Park.
The 2016 Olympic marathon gold medallist, speaking to reporters from his home training camp in Kaptagat on Wednesday, was sure he too could enter uncharted territory in Vienna on 12 October.
In an 11-minute clip posted on his Youtube channel, which has racked up nearly 3,000,000 views, Kwak Ji-hyuk approaches the Portuguese striker at a hotel in Stockholm.
Frank Lampard was quick to praise the contributions of two of his younger players, who have returned to the club after loan spells in the second tier Championship, given the transfer ban which stops Chelsea from bringing in new players.
His team stunned the world champions 47-26 in Perth last weekend and head to Auckland needing another win to claim the trans-Tasman silverware for the first time since 2002.
This is one of only a handful of point-to-point events in the country, where the start and finish are in two different locations.
AB De Villiers will turn out for the Tshwane Spartans when the tournament gets underway in November.
Semenya relayed the story of how she got into running and the battles she has faced.
With four players who featured in the win against the Pumas joining the Springbok squad this week, Province coach John Dobson has had to change things up.
