About this episode
Josta Dladla interviews Ryan Hodgskin about his experiences in South African football and personal anecdotes.
In the first episode of Season 5 of Izinja zeGame, Josta Dladla sits down with his former Wits University teammate Ryan Hodgskin, who talks about being one of the club's longest-serving players, full-on boxing matches at club level, getting kicked to pieces by Peter Gordon and Roan Maulgue, leaving the Students because of money, finding some big names at Jomo Cosmos, slaughtering sheep and naked midnight steaming at Ezenkosi, smuggling a bus driver across the Swazi border, and the state of South African football. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
People in this episode
Host: Josta Dladla
Guest: Ryan Hodgskin
Topics covered
- soccer
- South African football
- sports culture
- personal stories
- athlete experiences
Keywords
- Ryan Hodgskin
- Wits University
- South African football
- Jomo Cosmos
- boxing matches
- Ezenkosi
- sports stories
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Wits University, Jomo Cosmos, Ezenkosi, Africa Podcast Network
Places: Swazi
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