Stormers captain Salmaan Moerat will lead the Springboks in the one-off Test against Portugal in Bloemfontein.
New Bok leader Salmaan Moerat in training ahead of his debut in 2002. Picture: Lee Warren/Gallo Imagesin their one-off Test against Portugal in Bloemfontein on Saturday, with kick-off at 5pm. He will become the 66th man, and first Muslim, to lead the South African national rugby team.Moerat was born on March 6, 1998 in Paarl which makes him 26 years old. He played U13 Craven Week rugby for Boland in 2011 and later captained the Paarl Boys High first XV in 2016.
Salmaan Moerat in action for Paarl Boys High against Paul Roos in 2016. Picture: Petri Oeschger/Gallo ImagesThe specialist No 4 lock stands exactly 2 metres tall and tips the scales at 118kg. He made his Western Province and Stormers debuts in 2018, the second year he played for the Junior Springboks, who he also captained.Springboks
Moerat first played for the Boks in 2022, when he debuted in a match against Wales in Pretoria. “I was excited and grateful, but there was also relief. There was a lot of expectation on me to become a Springbok, especially among the Muslim community,” he said. “I had my family there, I had my wife there … it’s a day I won’t forget.”Moerat has captained the Stormers regularly over the last few years and will now lead the Boks.
“He has come through the SA Rugby ranks and he went on to captain the Junior Springboks and SA Schools teams, as well as the Stormers and Western Province, which speaks volumes about his quality as a player and a captain.”Download our app and read this and other great stories on the move. Available for Android and iOS.
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