Rugby World

WHAT IT’S LIKE TO … LIVE IN A CAVE

“I REMEMBER HAVING a discussion with my mates and saying that once we make this decision it comes with consequences. Are you willing to take the consequences?”

Gcobani Bobo, the former Springbok centre turned TV pundit, is addressing one of the most unusual questions Rugby World has posed at the start of an interview. Why did you live in a cave?

The mates Bobo refers to, twins Oginga and Samora Siwundla, had played rugby with him at Rondebosch Boys’ High School in Cape Town. Bobo, however, was the star; he had captained South Africa U17 to France in 1996, had roomed with John Smit for SA

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