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Pieter Coetzee
Sports journalist with a focus on rugby, cricket, and emerging South African athletic talent. Has covered six Rugby World Cups and two Olympic Games.
Based in Brooklyn, Pretoria · 4 stories for KOPJE
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The teenager who could end South African tennis's 40-year drought
Lloyd Harris was South Africa's last top-50 player. Now a seventeen-year-old from Soweto, ranked 312th and rising fast, is attracting comparisons to a young Roger Federer — and the investment of two ATP tour veterans.
21 April 2026 · 8 min read
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Inside South Africa's school rugby machine
The Springboks' three-peat was built in the schools of Pretoria, Paarl, and Port Elizabeth. An investigation into the academies, the bursaries, and the brutal selection process that produces the world's best rugby players — at considerable cost.
14 April 2026 · 9 min read
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The Blitzboks are the most exciting team in world sport
At a moment when rugby union is being accused of becoming slow and formulaic, the South African sevens team plays a version of the game that is pure, anarchic joy. Their coach's philosophy, their training methods, and why they keep winning.
7 April 2026 · 8 min read
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After the three-peat
The Springboks are the first team in history to win three consecutive World Cups. What does the national team do now? Rassie Erasmus has a plan.
18 March 2026 · 10 min read
