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SuperSport Schools and Omo are on the hunt for the Dirtiest Player at the Easter Festivals


Easter weekend means one thing in South African school sport: the rugby festivals are here, the grass is green, and somewhere out there, a parent is already pre-treating a rugby jersey.

This year, SuperSport Schools and Omo are teaming up to celebrate the players who make washing sports kits a full-time job, and we could not be more excited about it.

Introducing the Omo Dirtiest Player of the Match award, coming to every single game across the Easter Festival circuit.

What does it take to win?

Simple. Get stuck in. Give everything. Leave a piece of yourself and probably a grass stain or three on the field.

Our commentary teams will be watching closely. Not for the prettiest feet or the slickest hands. They are looking for the player who has dived where others hesitated, tackled where others stepped aside and arrived home looking like they lost a fight with the pitch.

A parent’s nightmare. A coach’s dream.

Let’s be honest. There is a very specific type of parent reading this right now. You know who you are. You’re the one who checks the kitbag on the way to the car, sees what your child has done to a perfectly clean jersey and pair of crisp white shorts and quietly wonders whether it was actually necessary to slide through that puddle.

It was necessary. It was absolutely necessary.

The child who comes home with mud on their collar, turf in their boots and the unmistakable look of someone who left it all out there, that child is exactly who we are looking for. They are the heart of school sport. The ones who make the highlight reels, make the coaches proud and make the laundry basket overflow.

At SuperSport Schools, we have always believed that the dirtiest players are often the most important ones on the field. The grinders. The grafters. The ones who do the unglamorous work that changes the result.

Omo gets it too! Which is why this partnership makes complete sense. Because behind every brilliant, mud-covered, grass-stained performance, there is a parent doing a brilliant, unsung job of their own.

Catch every moment across the Easter Festivals

The Omo Dirtiest Player of the Match award will be handed out at St Johns, St Stithians, KES, Kearsney, and PBHS covering every match, every day, across the full festival circuit. Clips from every presentation will be posted across the SuperSport Schools social platforms, so you can follow the filthiest performances of the weekend in real time.

To the players: get dirty. Get involved. Give absolutely everything.

To the parents: stock up on Omo.

error: Sorry ol' chap, those shenanigans are not permissible.