valie wrote:

Baie geluk LeeuBrul!

Dankie Valie

Once a Lion always a lion

happy happy

Lekker verjaar OomPB (61)

Lekker verjaar Transvaal!

Geluk Transvaal,geniet die dag

Once a Lion always a lion

Baie glluk Transvaal rn Gertjie

Happy BDay Transvaal!!! Hoop die Leeus gee jou iets extra om te vier vanmiddag ook!!

Moo-Mamma, Moo-Papa, MooMa, Mei-Mei. BooBoo en Snif-snaf, ou Stinkie daar by. Almal bly saam in die Moo vallei!

Baie dankie manne die wen was nie oortygend nie maar ons sal hom vat

Die Leeus het vandag iets oor Piet gepos op hulle webwerf:

https://www.lionsrugby.co.za/post.html#!/lrc-deeply-saddened-by-passing-of-landman

LRC deeply saddened by passing of Landman

Piet Landman harvested rugby.

The official statistician of Transvaal and later Lions rugby passed away suddenly last Saturday morning at the relatively young age of 58 after being diagnosed with cancer only a fortnight ago.

Piet's work was more a calling than anything else. He started recording stats while still at school, writing every team and every first class game by hand long before computers.

It was the late Doc Louis Luyt who appointed him and for many years he grafted away on a computer that the Doc gave him.

He will always be remember for his dry sense of humour.

Even while he was sick (and probably didn’t know it) his stats on the Lions landed at everyone’s desks long before they reported for duty on a Monday morning.

But then he passed only hours before his beloved team played against the Rebels last Saturday.

He and his work will be missed by many and he will definitely leave a void.

One of our colleagues summed him up this week: “Piet was a good man.”

Rus en vrede ,en sterkte vir sy familie en vriende.

Once a Lion always a lion

Former Springbok scrumhalf Paul Bayvel has died at the age of 71.

Bayvel was earlier this year diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer and Sport24 reported over the weekend that it had spread to his spine.

It was confirmed that Bayvel had died on Tuesday night.

Bayvel played 10 Tests for the Springboks between 1974 and 1976.

The highlight of his career was playing in all four Tests against the touring All Blacks of 1976, a series the Boks won 3-1.

The fleet-footed scrumhalf played his provincial rugby for Transvaal (now called the Lions) and he will go down as one of the finest scrumhalves produced by the province. Die-hard Lions fans will also fondly recall Bayvel's halfback partnership with legendary former flyhalf Gerald Bosch.

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SA Rugby president Mark Alexander extended his condolences to Bayvel's family and friends.

"It is with great sadness that we heard of Paul's passing. He was a formidable player and a person and will be remembered by all those who knew him," Alexander commented on the Springboks' official website.

"It is always sad to lose a family member and we want to wish the Bayvels, as well as his other family members and friends our sincere condolences in this time. Paul was a rugby man and part of our extended rugby family as well, so we are all poorer for his passing."

Een van die eerste spelers wat ek kan onthou van my jong dae by Ellispark. Daai reeks teen die All Blacks in 1976 was ek 10 jaar oud en dit was die eerste toetsreeks wat op TV uitgesaai is in SA. Hy en Gerald Bosch was 'n gedugte kombinasie vir 'n hele paar jaar by Transvaal en die Bokke

Lief en leed!

LRC deeply saddened by passing of Landman