Speaker, the Parliamentary Sports and Recreation Council was launched last year to co-ordinate all sporting activities in Parliament and bring Members of Parliament and parliamentary staff together to interact informally around various sporting codes. As part of the mandate of the council to profile the image of Parliament, the parliamentary rugby team has left for New Zealand to play against other world parliaments there, preceding the international Rugby World Cup.
We wish the parliamentary rugby team and the Springboks success in their respective matches and have full confidence that ...
... die Bokke sal wen. [ ... the Boks will win.]
We call upon all South Africans to unite behind our parliamentary rugby team and, subsequently, die Bokke, in their quest to bring the gold back home. I thank you. [Applause.]