The Untold Handré Pollard Story
From ordinary beginnings to the world stage: How he became the best kicker in the world
Our story this week begins in Upington, in the Northern Cape. Upington, for the uninitiated, is a remote, dusty town, most famous for being a remote dusty town when it isn’t producing fruit and vegetables of astounding quality in fields watered by the nearby Orange River.
In June 2010, when much of South Africa were themselves being watered daily by the …
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