Hong Kong Disneyland will celebrate its birthday on Friday after three difficult years.

Dale Steyn used to be a well-scrubbed bloke who wore a goofy grin that wobbled harmlessly under starry, starry eyes. He was polite and cheerful, and he could bowl a bit. He probably never said "Well, golly gee." But if he did, we would have chuckled heartily and ruffled his hair as if the lot of us were in a Spur commercial.