Springbok Coetzee looking ahead after missing out on Rugby World Cup
JOHANNESBURG – Marcell Coetzee aims to put his double Rugby World Cup disappointment behind him by starring for the Springboks in their series against the British & Irish Lions in 2021, but in the meantime his full focus is on helping Ulster to Pro14 and European success.
Coetzee started the season late because of the ankle injury that put him out of consideration for the Bok squad that won the Rugby World Cup in such convincing style in Yokohama on November 2. He wasn’t part of his team’s convincing opening Pro14 win over the Ospreys at Kingspan Stadium, and he had to watch his teammates lose 63-26 to the Cheetahs in Bloemfontein in their second match.
However, the former Sharks looseforward made his return when Ulster bounced back to win their second tour match against the Southern Kings and has been in the thick of it ever since in helping his Irish province to second position in Conference A, with the narrow defeat to Munster their only other blemish to date.
“We were not proud of that performance against the Cheetahs but it helped in that we were quickly able to decide what our weak points were and what we needed to improve on,” said Coetzee.
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