‘Dupont inspires me’: Papier can still bring X-factor to the Boks

Embrose Papier has walked a long road from Lambert’s Bay on the Cape West Coast.

Now the first-choice scrumhalf at the Bulls, where he has been an integral part of the Pretoria side’s march to second spot on the United Rugby Championship log and the Champions Cup play-offs, it wasn’t always plain sailing for the 26-year-old Bok.

Despite making his Test debut in 2018 already, he had to play second fiddle to a few other halfbacks, such as Ivan van Zyl