“IN A GAME THAT’S OFTEN HE BRINGS SUFFCATING, OXYGEN”
ONE OF the key selection criteria for the current Springbok coaches involves looking for a point of difference among players. What sets an individual apart?
Call it X-factor or that special something; South Africa under Rassie Erasmus and Jacques Nienaber have placed a premium on looking for players who boast qualities that set them apart from the crowd.
In that context, there is probably no player who better epitomises this criteria than Cheslin Kolbe. Through sheer weight of performances over his first two years on the Test stage, the Springboks star has blazed his own unique trail in world rugby.
Such has been his success that any conversations around his size have faded into the distance as if mirroring the England defenders who were left in his wake as he blitzed through for his famous try in last year’s World Cup final. Kolbe, who punches above his weight in defence and seems to defy gravity with his
