Fig. 1. A mock press conference backdrop, assembled at a rugby festival for seven-year-olds. (Photograph by the author.)

Fig. 4. A panel from the South African underground comic Bitterkomix, drawn and written by Conrad Botes and Anton Kannemeyer, juxtaposing rugby and disciplinary violence. For a deep engagement with the particular politics of Bitterkomix and with the implications of those politics for Afrikaner belonging in post-apartheid South Africa, see Barnard’s “Bitterkomix: Notes from the Post-apartheid Underground” (2004). (Panel reprinted with permission of Anton Kannemeyer; from Botes and Kannemeyer 1998, 15.)

Fig. 5. Advertisement for Windhoek Lager, found in the program for a professional rugby game in 2011. Windhoek is a Namibian brewery, and its lager is widely available in South Africa. The fine print reads, “It takes courage and an unwavering commitment to play rugby. Give 100%, [sic] 100% of the time and you’ll make the cut. Anything less is inconceivable. We brew Windhoek Lager in much the same way. A single-minded dedication and commitment to brewing only 100% pure beer is at the heart of everything we do—let’s face it, you can’t fake 100% pure beer.”