Seven knee injuries, but Mtembu has no regrets
Aug 09, 2020
3 minutes
SIMNIKIWE XABANISA sports@citypress.co.za
PHOTO:
STEVE HAAG
/ GALLO IMAGES
The news that former Sharks captain Tera Mtembu has signed with US Major League Rugby side New England Free Jacks signalled the end to an unfulfilled career in South African rugby.
Mtembu’s appointment as the first black African captain in domestic first-class rugby, at the ripe old age of 23 in 2014, generated a lot of expectation. But as his time at the Durban franchise winds down – he leaves for Boston in Massachusetts
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