🏉 Now retired Lions flank Jaco Kriel says he had to fight back tears on the way to Loftus Versfeld on Saturday, knowing the match against Italian side Zebre was his last. Read the story ⬇️
Now retired Lions flanksays he had to fight back tears on the way to Loftus Versfeld on Saturday, knowing the match against Italian side Zebre was his last.
“I realised it was the last time I’d be making a bus trip with the team, the last time I’d have a team meeting … the last everything.
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