Deon Fourie’s role in helping South Africa defend the Rugby World Cup in France last year encapsulates the seasoned campaigner’s career, says Eben Etzebeth.
As Deon Fourie nurses his way back from knee surgery, fellow Springbok world champion Eben Etzebeth has shed light on what drives the veteran utility forward.
Stormers director of rugby John Dobson has vowed that the 37-year-old flanker will bounce back, and speaking on the latest episode of The Rugby Pod with Jim Hamilton, Etzebeth acknowledged the fighting spirit of Fourie. “Deon’s story is incredible. Back when he was at the Stormers, I felt personally he was a bit underrated. He was unlucky not to get a Springbok cap in the first place,” the Test centurion said. “He went to France to finish his career and came back to the Stormers to play a couple of matches off the bench and call it quits.“The Deon Fourie I knew in 2012 when I started at the Stormers, he was always a fighter. Obviously not the biggest man in the room but he has got some dog in him.
“Then Malcolm went down and the plan then was for Bongi to go 80, 80, 80 quarters, semi and final. In the final, second minute I think, he goes down. Just on Bongi, that guy is not the most skillful hooker in the world or the fastest hooker but that guy is one of the hardest men in rugby.
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