Legend, let’s finish this off with a bang! Who was the king of the banter in the change room during your Bush Bucks days?
I can’t leave Cyril (Nzama) out, ha, ha, ha. In fact, before he arrived, I was staying all alone at a certain house and I told the club that I didn’t want to stay with anyone because ndandingumntan’ eskolo (I was a student). I had to study in the evenings, so I couldn’t stay in the clubhouse with the other players since there would be so much noise at times. That’s when they placed me at this one house, which had a free room. When Cyril came, he didn’t have a place to stay, and after seeing what a nice guy he was at training, I said, “This one can come stay with me.” Even when it came to camping, I always chose him as my roommate. We hit it off from there. We always used to drive down using two club kombis when going to play in Bloemfontein or Durban, and only really flew when going to Cape Town or Johannesburg. If you tried separating the two of us by having one of us in the one kombi and the other in the other kombi, then there was going to be big trouble, ha, ha, ha. The interesting thing is that all the guys would want to be in the same kombi with us because it was entertainment all the way. When we arrived at the hotel, Cyril would take the key at reception and we would proceed to our room. Never ever make the mistake of separating us. The club did try to separate us at some stage, but they were obviously fighting a losing battle. Even Trott (Moloto) tried it but didn’t win.
Now let’s get to the funny stories.
