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Touchlines & Deadlines: A Compendium of South African Sports Writings by Tom Eaton and Luke Alfred is a collection of South African sports writing. The triumphs, the heartbreaks, the glory, the controversies, the heroes and the villains - South Africa's sporting history is one of drama and greatness. Often it has been a drama acted out on a huge international stage, sometimes only a handful of aficionados watch from under umbrellas next to muddy fields. But wherever South African have played, there has always been one spectator for whom it was more important than a game - the sport writer.