South Africa rugby enjoys a knock on - from football!

The world champion Springboks' rugby union squad look set to benefit from a timely development of infrastructure in South Africa - and they have football to thank.

Traditionally a rift has divided those that carry the ball and those that cannot in football and rugby union, but South African rugby will have to acknowledge the hand up soccer is about to give them.

FIFA and South African Soccer have invested billions of dollars in the upcoming FIFA World Cup in South Africa and the facilities will benefit rugby union.

In my home province, the new multi-purpose (football and rugby) stadium in Nelson Mandela Bay will be just one example of the boom about to fall into the lap of SARFU.