(Above: Bryan Habana scoring one of his world record run during the 2007 Rugby World Cup)

With just over 3 weeks to go until the Rugby World Cup starts, Springbok fever has hit Cape Town hard.  Here is the World Cup Schedule, be sure to diarise the Springbok fixtures: 11th, 17th, 22nd and 30th September.  For the volunteers in Cape Town for those dates - make sure you watch the games either with your host families or with friends at a local pub.  Also - just a heads up that every Friday capetonians are encouraged to wear a rugby shirt - so feel free to join in and get behind the green and gold team and start saying things like "Go Bokke!" (the affectionate name for the "Springboks").

September:

Friday 9th New Zealand v Tonga Eden Park, Auckland - 10:30am 
Saturday 10th Scotland v Romania Rugby Park Stadium, Invercargill - 3:00am 
Saturday 10th Fiji v Namibia Rotorua International Stadium, Rotorua - 5:30am 
Saturday 10th France v Japan Eden Park, Auckland - 8:00am 
Saturday 10th Argentina v England Carisbrook, Dunedin - 10:30am 
Sunday 11th Australia v Italy Eden Park, Auckland - 5:30am
Sunday 11th Ireland v USA Stadium Taranaki, New Plymouth - 8:00am
Sunday 11th South Africa v Wales Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington - 10:30am
Wednesday 14th Samoa v Namibia Rotorua International Stadium, Rotorua - 4:30am
Wednesday 14th Tonga v Canada Northland Events Centre, Whangarei - 7:00am
Wednesday 14th Scotland v Georgia Rugby Park Stadium, Invercargill - 9:30am
Thursday 15th Russia v USA Stadium Taranaki, New Plymouth - 9:30am
Friday 16th New Zealand v Japan Waikato Stadium, Hamilton - 10:00am
Saturday 17th Argentina v Romania Rugby Park Stadium, Invercargill - 5:30am
Saturday 17th South Africa v Fiji Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington - 8:00am
Saturday 17th Australia v Ireland Eden Park, Auckland - 10:30am
Sunday 18th Wales v Samoa Waikato Stadium, Hamilton - 5:30am
Sunday 18th England v Georgia Carisbrook, Dunedin - 8:30am
Sunday 18th France v Canada McLean Park, Napier - 10:30am
Tuesday 20th Italy v Russia Trafalgar Park, Nelson - 9:30am
Wednesday 21st Tonga v Japan Northland Events Centre, Whangarei - 9:30am
Thursday 22nd South Africa v Namibia North Harbour Stadium, North Shore - 10:00am
Friday 23rd Australia v USA Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington - 10:30am
Saturday 24th England v Romania Carisbrook, Dunedin - 8:00am
Saturday 24th New Zealand v France Eden Park, Auckland - 10:30am
Sunday 25th Fiji v Samoa Eden Park, Auckland - 4:30am
Sunday 25th Ireland v Russia Rotorua International Stadium, Rotorua - 7:00am
Sunday 25th Argentina v Scotland Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington - 9:30am
Monday 26th Wales v Namibia Stadium Taranaki, New Plymouth - 8:30am
Tuesday 27th Canada v Japan McLean Park, Napier - 6:00am
Tuesday 27th Italy v USA Trafalgar Park, Nelson - 8:30am
Wednesday 28th Georgia v Romania Arena Manawatu, Palmerston North - 8:30am
Friday 30th South Africa v Samoa North Harbour Stadium, North Shore - 10:30am

October:

Saturday 1st Australia v Russia Trafalgar Park, Nelson - 4:30am
Saturday 1st France v Tonga Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington - 7:00am
Saturday 1st England v Scotland Eden Park, Auckland - 9:30am
Sunday 2nd Argentina v Georgia Arena Manawatu, Palmerston North - 2:00am
Sunday 2nd New Zealand v Canada Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington - 4:30am
Sunday 2nd Wales v Fiji Waikato Stadium, Hamilton - 7:00am
Sunday 2nd Ireland v Italy Carisbrook, Dunedin - 9:30am
Saturday 8th C1 v D2 Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington - 07:00am
Saturday 8th B1 v A2 Eden Park, Auckland - 9:30am
Sunday 9th D1 v C2 Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington - 07:00am
Sunday 9th A1 v B2 Eden Park, Auckland - 9:30am
Saturday 15th Winner QF1 v Winner QF2 Eden Park, Auckland - 10:00am
Sunday 16th Winner QF3 v Winner QF4 Eden Park, Auckland -  10:00am
Friday 21st Loser SF1 v Loser SF2 Eden Park, Auckland  - 9:30am
Sunday 23rd Winner SF1 v Winner SF2 Eden Park, Auckland -  10:00am

 

 

(Above: The celebratory moments of the Springboks winning the Rugby World Cup in 1995 and 2007)

 

Images from:

http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/photo/index.html#2044532

http://southafrica-for-dummies.com/sport-south-africa/

http://faeronwheeler.com/tag/rugby/

 

I went to film volunteers at our building project out in village heights yesterday, and as I looked around my aesthetically structured brain thought, "this would look good as a panoramic photo". So I climbed up onto one of the buildings and this was the view :)