IOL Sport’s John Goliath looks at three Springbok superstars who must be considered as world rugby’s current GOAT along with France’s Antoine Dupont.
FILE - Springboks flyer Cheslin Kolbe takes on the All Blacks’ defenders during their recent Rugby Championship match in Cape Town. Kolbe has been playing some great rugby in 2024. Photo: Henk Kruger/Independent Newspapersis viewed by many pundits in the north as the best player in the world at the moment after leading France to the gold medal in the Rugby Sevens at the Paris Olympics.At this point South Africans are trying to find actual things that Kolbe may not be good at.
Kolbe beat an unbelievable 21 defenders during the Rugby Championship, four more than the next best player. He also had six clean breaks and made 239 metres with ball in hand. And he didn’t even feature in all of the Boks’ matches.The Springboks’ energizer bunny seamless switched between both lock positions and flank during that epic Test match against the All Blacks at Ellis Park when the Boks suffered a crisis in the second row.
His skill-set and rugby brain is criminally underrated, and we saw Du Toit carry the ball a lot more, showing off his ability to get the ball away in the tackle. His support play saw him score three tries in the tournament, to go with his epic work-rate. It’s not often that a prop is considered for such an accolade, but Nche is a special one. Not only does he love a piece of chocolate cake, but he takes pleasure in obliterating tightheads.
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