LOOD DE JAGER
Aug 13, 2021
3 minutes
Words Jon Cardinelli/SA Rugby magazine
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AFTER SUSTAINING his first major injury, Lood de Jager threw himself into the recovery programme and promised to return even stronger than before.
After the second, he put the doubt aside and got back on the horse. Later, he pushed through the mental anguish that accompanied a third injury, suffered in the 2019 World Cup final. He described that setback as a fair trade-off – a World Cup winner’s medal for a gruelling recovery period of four months.
After his
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