Injured August 2014 My name is Dyllan Beneckhe and I am a quadriplegic, I got injured playing for Tuks youth rugby club on the 30th of August 2014 where my neck collided with the opposing players knee in a tackle. I only had feeling in my shoulders and could only move...

Injured: 27 April 1996, aged 17, while playing for Hilton College. Dylan lives with his wife and daughter in Germiston in Gauteng and works as an IT architect for African Bank.

Injured: 24 July 1999, aged 16, while playing for Schoonspruit Rugby Club. He lives in Malmesbury in the Western Cape and works as an admin clerk for the Malmesbury Stock Theft Unit, SAPS.

"I was born in Johannesburg on the 9th of December 1962. Attended Laerskool Fairland and Hoërskool Linden. I started playing rugby at the age of 9 at the hooker position which became my speciality. Completed my 2 years national service in the SA Navy Marine Corps....

Injured: 3 May 2003, aged 30, while playing for St Albans Correctional Services. Theodore is able to walk and lives with family in Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape.

Injured: 16 August 1996 at 19 years of age, while playing for Bethal Rugby Club, suffered a brain injury. Werner is able to walk and lives at his family home in Bethal in Mpumalanga.

Injured: 15 April 2000, aged 16, while playing for Suid Natal High School. Quintin lives at his family home in Shelley Beach, KZN and works as a sports editor. "I broke my neck (C5 vertebra) at the age of 16 while playing scrumhalf for Hoërskool Suid-Natals first XV...

Injured: 16 April 2011, while playing for Augsburg Agricultural Gymnasium. He was 16 at the time and in grade 11. Following the accident his school, family and close knit farming community rallied around him providing support and encouragement and before long he was...

Injured: 7 July 1996, at age 33, while playing for the Crusaders Rugby Football Club. Siphiwo walks with assistive devices and lives in Richmond in the Northern Cape with his family and works as a teacher.

Injured: 15 March 2003 at age 14, whilst playing for his school team Hoërskool Kanonkop in Middelburg, Mpumalanga. After a lengthy period of rehabilitation, he returned to school and matriculated in 2006. Post school he received a Honours degree in Sports &...

Injured: 17 March 1998 at 30 years of age while playing for False Bay Rugby Club. Quenton lives in Sun Valley in the Western Cape with his wife Carol and 2 boys. He works at the naval base in Simonstown and was recently promoted to Captain.

Injured: 20 April 1996, at age 24, while playing for Wanderers Rugby Club.  Anthony has a diploma in marketing and works as a strategist for Saatchi and Saatchi in Dubai.

Injured: 7 April 2007, aged 23, while playing for Winter Rose Rugby Club. Siyabulela lives at his family home in Grahamstown in the Eastern Cape.

Injured: 9 June 1996, at age 16, while playing for Afrikaans Hoërskool. Erich lives in Silverlakes in Pretoria and works with his dad in his construction company.

Injured: 18 August 2001, at age 38, while playing for Patensie Rugby Club. Johnny lives in Patensie in the Eastern Cape and grows his own vegetables.

Injured: 16 June 1999, at age 18, while playing for the Apostolic Church in Ravensmead. After successfully completing several leaderships became permanently employed with the Sanlam Trust Beneficiary Fund and Umbrella Trust Department where he works as a Trust...

Injured: 8 August 2010, at age 23, while playing for Desert Daisies Rugby Club. Aubrey lives with his aunt in Concordia, Springbok in the Northern Cape. In 2019 Aubrey successfully passed an NQF level 4 Management Training Course with DYNA-Training which was sponsored...

Injured: 23 March 2002, at the age of 17, while playing for the Mamre Rugby Club. Charles lives with his family in Mamre in the Western Cape. He is actively involved in the youth programme at his church and runs a tuck shop out of his garage at home.

Injured: 28 August 1999, aged 21, while playing for South Western District. Elroy lives at his family home in Grootbrakrivier on the Garden Route.

Injured: 22 July 2006, at age 17, while playing rugby at the Louis Botha Technical College. Alwyn lives with his family in Fauna in Bloemfontein in the Fee State. He is busy studying law at the University of the Free State. In 2017 Alwyn took his first steps into the...

Injured: 20 May 1990 at age 18. Amos lives in Soto Village near HagaHaga East London in the Eastern Cape with his wife and 3 children. He runs his own business from home and has established a community centre for people living with disabilities. For his impact in his...

Injured: 9 April 1989, aged 21. He lives in East London in the Eastern Cape and works as a salesman. Mawethu walks with an assistive device.

Injured:  25 March 1996, at the age of 30, while playing for Storm Breakers Rugby team. Dan lives at the Summerstrand Cheshire Home in Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape. He is excellent at mouth painting and sells his works to earn an extra income.

Injured: 3 June 1989, at age 16, while playing for SACS High School.  Max lives in Velddrif up the West Coast of the Western Cape with his parents.

Injured: 2 April 2006 while playing for the Western Rangers Rugby Club in Rustenburg. He now lives in Peddie in the Eastern Cape.

Injured: 2 July 2006, at age 20. Vuyo now lives at the Cheshire Home in Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape. Together with Sikhosonke Mani, he is studying Business Management at Dower College.

Injured: 4 April 2009, at age 21. He lives with 2 of our other recipients at the Cleary Park Cheshire Home in Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape. Together with Vuyo the two of these guys have grown from strength to strength and are currently studying Business...

Injured: 1 July 2007, at the age of 32, while playing for Somerset East Rugby club. He lives with his wife Rosie in Somerset East in the Eastern Cape

Injured: 28 April 1992, at the age of 20, playing koshuis rugby at Stellenbosch University. JP runs his own successful business, The Olive Grove and is married with 3 children. He lives in Pinelands in Cape Town.

Injured:  23 August 1996 at age 21 during a koshuis rugby match for the University of Pretoria. Jannie lives in Pretoria and works as an accountant.

Injured: 14 April 1988, aged 15, while playing for Postmasburg High School. Chris is married and lives with his wife in Milnerton in the Western Cape. He works in T systems at the Old Mutual offices in Pinelands.

Injured: 22 May 1988 at age 31. Koos lives in Paarl East in the Western Cape and is able to walk with assistive devices.

Injured: 20 April 2005, aged 19. Rikus lives in Brakpan in Gauteng and is studying to be a pastor.  

Injured: 27 July 2008 at 21 years of age, playing Koshuis rugby at the University of Johannesburg. He lives in Mafikeng in NWP and is a music producer in his spare time.

Injured: 2 August 1986 at age 25, playing a match for Crusaders Rugby Club. He lives with his wife in the family home in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape.

Injured: 9 March 1986, at age 34 when playing rugby in Adelaide. Zamile walks with the aid of a crutch and lives in Adelaide in the Eastern Cape.

Injured: 25 May 1996, aged 25, while playing for Collegians Wasps Rugby Club. James works as a veterinary pathologist in Pietermaritzburg and lives with his parents in Town Hill.

Injured: 4 August 2012, at age 15, playing for Hoërskool Swartland in Malmesbury. Following 4 months of rehabilitation at the Western Cape Rehab Centre, he returned to school to commence Grade 10 and his plan is to finish his last 3 years of school, before deciding on...

Injured: 13 August 2000, aged 21, while playing for Winter Rose Rugby Club. He lives in Grahamstown in the Eastern Cape with his mom and brother.

Injured: 31 August 1996, at the age of 20 while playing for Oubank Rugby Club in Malmesbury. He still lives in Malmesbury in the Western Cape with his mother.

Injured: 21 July 2007, aged 19, playing for the Hungry Lions Rugby Club in Wellington. He lives at the Eric Miles Cheshire Home in Milnerton, Cape Town.  

Injured: 6 May 2006, aged 17, while playing rugby for Lichtenberg Hoërskool in Lichtenberg, NWP. He graduated with a BA degree in 2012and plans to study for an honours degree. When not at university in Pretoria, he lives on his family farm in Ottosdal in the North...

Injured: 13 September 1989, aged 22, playing in the Saldanha Rugby League. George is able to walk with assistive devices. He still lives in Saldanha in the Western Cape with his wife and children.

Injured: 1 September 2007 at age 20 playing for Ceres Rugby Club. Roselt lives on his family farm in Ceres where he carries out all the administrative duties.

Injured: 31 July 1997, aged 16, playing for the Saldanha Special West Coast School. Rudi now lives in Strand, outside Cape Town, with his mom.

Injured:  12 April 2005.Sustained a brain injury as a result of a stroke while playing for Hermanus High School. He lives in Johannesburg with his brother and sister.

Injured: 31 July 1992, aged 19, while playing for the University of the Free State. He graduated with a BA in Theology and now works on his father’s farm in Danielskuil, Northern Cape.

Injured: 14 March 1997, aged 25, playing for the Defence Force in Bloemfontein. He lives and works in Bloemfontein and is a captain in the SANDF.

Injured: 20 April 1989, aged 16, playing for Concordia Secondary School near Springbok. Simon works as a Vodacom Network controller and lives in Ravensmead, Cape Town.

Injured: 17 August 1988, playing in a social match. He lives with his family in Cathcart, Eastern Cape.

Injury: 20 February 1988, aged 23, playing in the North West Premier League. He lives in Blyvooruitsig, a small mining town in the North West Province.

Injured: 20 May 1999, at age 15, playing for Hoërskool Noordkaap in Kimberley. He is currently pursuing his dream of becoming a DJ.

Injured: 16 April 2002, aged 18, playing for Punt Hoërskool in Mosselbaai. Since completing his matric, Martin has graduated with 3 degrees having studied through UNISA. He is about to embark on his working career.

Injured: 27 June 2009, aged 17. The following year he returned to school and completed both Grades 11 and 12 at the Jan Kriel School in Kraaifontein. He lives at home in Montagu.

Injury: 23 April 1983, aged 23, playing in a club fixture for Excelsior Rugby Club in Middleburg. He lives in Steynsburg in the Eastern Cape. "After my injury, my team mates lifted me up, put me on a roof sheet to carry me off the field. There was no ambulance around...

Injured: 18 August 1984, aged 15 while playing for his school Paul Roos Gymnasium in Stellenbosch. Wentzel is currently the Sports Manager at Maties, managing ParaSport as well as the clubs for persons with disabilities which include student and non-student clubs. The...