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 TRIBUTE TO COACH “SUNDA”  – WRITTEN BY HILARY WHITE An opponent’s viewpoint of a professional master you love to hate in battle, but love with dignity & respect off the field for the rest of your life)  Who can forget Coach Sunda? I must have played against teams coached by him almost 50 times! First for St Josephs junior and senior teams against St Benedicts and then in the great encounters for the Orients against the Old Bens. I also played for Western Province and Mercantile teams in the Nationals against Schools sides coached by him. Some of these games were fierce physical battles but teams coached by him always played hard but fair. I had the utmost respect for Sunda (always called him Sir!) and tried always to shake his hand after games no matter the result and no matter the fleeting euphoria of victory or the bitterness of defeat. ...