Newlands Stadium: the field of glorious dreams for SA rugby

It was announced in November last year that Western Cape rugby would move to Cape Town Stadium next year — causing great wailing and gnashing of teeth among those for whom Newlands, SA’s oldest stadium, is rugby mecca

08 March 2020 - 00:00
By Claire Keeton

‘Ten years I’ve been here. I get goosebumps thinking about it,” says Siya Kolisi, sitting on a wooden bench in the changing rooms below Newlands Stadium.

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