Springbok utility forward Deon Fourie doesn't just have the versatility and the flexibility to move between flank and hooker, but is ready to deploy those strengths in the team's key clash against Tonga at the Stade Velodrome on Sunday.
Springbok hooker Deon Fourie isn't the biggest player to wear the No2 jumper, but following the injury to Malcom Marx, and luckily for South Africa, he finds himself at home there despite playing flank in more recent years.
After all, the positional flexibility comes from having been a crack gymnast at junior levels, where, through his now 72-year-old mom Jeanette, Fourie was immersed in the sport until the rugby bug permanently took over at the age of 14.Get 14 days free to read all our investigative and in-depth journalism. Thereafter you will be billed R75 per month. You can cancel anytime and if you cancel within 14 days you won't be billed.
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