Makazole Mapimpi says it will be tough at the World Cup without Lukhanyo Am, but the veteran Springbok winger is ready to shoot the lights again on rugby’s grandest stage.
August 12, 2023
In one of the most iconic moments in SA rugby, Am and Mapimpi combined for the latter to score the first try in the 2019 final – also the Boks’ first try in a World Cup decider. : “It is tough. It is a guy I sleep next to [as my roommate]. He had the injury and the situation is very emotional.“I share everything with him. We talk about everything. We are brothers. When he got injured he was very emotional.
Without Am, the pressure will be on the likes of Mapimpi in the wide channels, and the challenge from Kurt-Lee Arendse for the No 11 jersey, too, will keep the 38-Test flyer on his toes.
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