was the stage as South African rugby made a bit of history and created a legacy that would define the sport and the country – for ill and for good – for generations to come and having arrived on the SS Gascon – sans a few deckchairs that had been thrown overboard by the exuberance of the 30 young men in the touring squad during the crossing – the newly named Springboks arrived in Glasgow at the famous old ground to a sodden field as the democratically elected captain of the side he declared to the “Daily Mail” that the name of the South African senior men’s rugby team was the Springboks and it would be in the now most populous Scottish city close to a century ago that they would play their first Test under that moniker conspired against the newly termed Springboks as they lost 6-0 to their hosts – one of only five losses suffered to the Scots in 29 matches the Boks were described as having “smallish” forwards and were dominated by a heavier pack that understood how to approach the waterlogged pitch and master the drenched conditions Much like the current game-plan under coach Rassie Erasmus and Co the Boks attempted to play a more expansive style of rugby They certainly had the players to do so: the legendary ‘Thin Red Line’ of centres Bob Loubser Japie Krige and wings Boy de Villiers and Anton Stegmann – all from Maties – complemented the great fullback Arthur Marsberg Australian author AG Hales had taken a liking to the South Africans while the Boks attempted to distribute their possession in the treacherous setting while “working hands and arms like deaf mutes signalling for a fire escape,” as described by Hales The conditions nullified the Boks dangerous backline while Marsberg left the field seriously injured carried off unconscious after a particularly brutal phase of Scottish attack by their forwards Marsberg would miss the following Test a week later against Ireland but would return to the starting XV against one of the greatest Test teams at the time Marsberg would become one of many fine No.15s the country would produce Hales wrote after a tour match: “He made himself pretty near football famous this day he went for the ball in a lightning-like rush snapped it up and was off like a wild steer into the bush He fairly flew for a few yards and then they came at him “He put all his great strength into the task and went through them like wind through a wheat field … One got his shoulder another the outstretched arm and hand; round one he dodged like a Johannesburg debtor doubling around corners making straight for the English goal-line like a wilful woman for the divorce court They might as well have yelled to a politician to practice what he preaches or a lawyer not to lie and stamped the player as a crackerjack in any company in any country.” Willie le Roux or Aphelele Fassi will hope to emulate such praise at fullback while hoping that their forwards will carry the day at Murrayfield .. Results powered by FirstCycling she coordinates coverage for North American events and global news As former elite-level road racer who dabbled in cyclo-cross and track Laura has a passion for all three disciplines When not working she likes to go camping and explore lesser traveled roads UCI governance and performing data analysis .st1{fill-rule:evenodd;clip-rule:evenodd;fill:#2a2a2a}By Sam Easter | seaster@mlive.comBANGOR TOWNSHIP MI -- For most students at Bangor Township John Glenn High School hearing Holocaust survivor Martin Lowenberg speak was moving and enlightening A 15-year-old foreign exchange student from Germany Koechling said a member of her family hid a Jewish citizen during the Holocaust she made her way to the front of the auditorium to introduce herself "He was talking about part of the history of my country and I think it's part of my responsibility to learn as much as I can about it," she said in a German accent "We start learning about it in elementary school .. I would have a whole year about Hitler and the Holocaust at home a stout-figured man with graying hair and a black-and-gray yarmulke spoke and posed for photos with student after student on Monday following his speech about his life in Germany A survivor of Nazi Germany and a Southfield "(It's) to let people know what misery can do to you and how you can adjust yourself to a better life and better life for others," he said at John Glenn High School in Bangor Township roughly 75 miles from the Germany-Netherlands border said hearing Lowenberg speak is much different than reading about her country's history in a book they don't tell us the horrible things but we start learning about everything that was happening -- that there were concentration camps and that Hitler started the second World War," she said "When you talk to someone who really lived through it it's way different than learning it from textbooks." Koechling said she thinks it would be difficult to live with the kind of memories Lowenberg must carry "It's really hard to recall all those experiences all the time," she said "I'm not sure I would like to have it in my mind all the time and listen to questions that make me get all emotional." Lowenberg's audience was made up mostly of students in Dale Clyde's U.S History and Holocaust courses at John Glenn High School and it's getting harder and harder to happen every year," Clyde said noting the increasing difficulty of connecting young students with Holocaust survivors He could tell his students were interested from the rapt silence that filled the school's auditorium for nearly two and a half hours while Lowenberg spoke Lowenberg was born in 1928 and grew up in Schenklegsfeld his life was interrupted as Hitler's power grew in the early 1930s he said he was falsely accused by a teacher for sticking his tongue out at a picture of Hitler -- something he said he would never have dared to do "He had me beaten up by other boys much older than I was," Lowenberg said "He brought a board to school with thumbtacks and nails and he put it on a chair and he had me sit on top of it." Lowenberg's parents transferred him in a parochial school in Bad Nauheim As living in Germany became less and less possible for Jews later with the members of his family that hadn't left Germany "The people went so against us," Lowenberg explained because Germany came right out of a depression Lowenberg moved to be with his parents in an apartment in the city of Fulda after they were barred from owning their home It was there he experienced Kristallnacht -- the "Night of Broken Glass" -- that saw anti-Jewish pogroms throughout the country on the night of Nov "While I was in school the day before stones and rocks came flying through the windows and three of my fellow classmates were hurt very badly from the shards of glass and so forth so the teacher dismissed the school," Lowenberg said and we already saw the synagogue in flames People during the day were dragging jewish people through the streets and beating them up all the men between ages 16 and 60 were rounded up and sent to concentration camps it marked the end of his formal schooling in Germany older sister Eva and his younger twin brothers Kurt and Fritz in Fulda until 1941 when they were deported to a Jewish ghetto in Latvia Hitler's government began to break up his family; first his sister Eva was sent to perform slave labor in July and he was sent to nearby Kaiserwald in August "The ghetto was liquidated in November of 1943," Lowenberg said of his mother "Everybody that was still there was taken to Auschwitz and never heard of again." Lowenberg's labor at Kaiserwald was hard -- he said he shoveled snow loading and unloading ships in the harbor of the nearby Latvian city of Riga Russian troops began to push Germany back toward the center of Europe from which he was forced to march for four days and nights to the city of Kiel Lowenberg was reunited with his sister Eva and by the 1960s he was the vice president of Continental Textile Corp. and now spends much of his time traveling and speaking about his experiences "It was freedom," he said of arriving in the United States "It was a wonderful country -- it is a wonderful country and we're all fortunate to be here." John Glenn High School Principal Tony Bacigalupo said he and fellow school staff members were "blown away" by Lowenberg's presentation on Monday "What was really powerful to me was his message of anti-hate and what it gets down to is understanding differences from one another," he said Logan Reder talks about listening to Holocaust survivor Martin Lowenberg Monday said he's always been interested in World War II and Holocaust history "It was kind of eye opening and enlightening to see how bad people can be treated," Reder said "I thought of one of the quotes from the movie 'Fury:' 'It's amazing how one man can do that to another man.' " "It's one thing to hear your teacher talk about it," she said "It's an entirely different thing to hear it from a survivor." 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Nine independent schools from across South Africa will be competing at this year’s event Two notable omissions this year are last year’s host These two schools are playing in their own derby on the Friday before the tournament in Makhanda After the first round of matches of the ISRF on Saturday the players will all have the opportunity to go to the Currie Cup final at the Free State Stadium to watch the Toyota Cheetahs take on the Airlink Pumas for the title Some of the teams will be affected by the loss of their players who have been selected for the different Youth Weeks which are also kicking off next week Both Hilton College and St Alban’s College have opted to select a team of stayers so this festival will be a good indication of areas they can improve on before next season and the participating boys are sure to benefit from the experience St Charles College vs Cornwall Hill College at 09:15 Kearsney College vs St Alban’s College XV at 10:30 CBC Boksburg vs Free State Development XV at 11:45 Hilton College vs St Stithians College at 14:15 Hickling A: 08:00 – Hilton vs St Alban’s College XV; 09:10 – St Andrews vs CBC Boksburg; 10:20 – St Charles vs Union High; 13:30 – FS Development XV vs St David’s Marist; 14:40 – Clifton vs St Stithians; 15:50 – Cornwall Hill vs Kearsney Hickling A: 08:00 – St Charles vs St Stithians; 09:10 – St Andrews vs Kearsney Hickling B: 08:00 – Hilton vs St David’s Marist; 09:10 – Union High vs Free State Development XV Victoria Park: 08:00 – Clifton vs CBC Boksburg; 09:10 – St Alban’s College XV vs Cornwall Hill Related News Junior Springboks rotate team for Australia clash SA Rugby 2025-05-05 Junior Springbok coach Kevin Foote has made several rotational changes to his starting line-up and included four players who played Hilton College captured a hard-fought 25-20 victory over their arch-rivals Glenwood fullback Joshua Kopp kicked the Durban side to a tense one-point victory over Marlow Landbou in a low-scoring thriller Die Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool se Wit Bulle is vanjaar van stoetgehalte Affies het vir Boland Landbou met 74-14 gekarnuffel The third and final day of the 2025 Absa Wildeklawer kicked off with three emphatic victories on the B-field at Junior Springbok coach Kevin Foote has made several rotational changes to his starting line-up and included four players who played