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ELTON JANTJIES

ELTON JANTJIES is a self-confessed “workaholic”. That much was evident when, just a few days into lockdown, a video on social media showed him running through a sequence of tackling drills in muddy conditions in his garden. Jantjies’s garage had also been converted into a makeshift gym, allowing the Lions and South Africa fly-half to continue his strength and conditioning work even when confined to his home.

Yet the 30-year-old is also a loving family man and while professional rugby in South Africa is now returning, the

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