Some real class acts in there. The World Cup is back in South Africa and Test rugby is done for another year. While club action is ramping up in the northern hemisphere, it is a fitting time to assess the best players in world rugby, right now. World Rugby handed out their ‘Best’ and ‘Breakthrough’ […]

2 years ago

What might have been. Pieter Steph du Toit is currently gearing up for this summer’s visit of the British & Irish Lions to South Africa. Having spent most of 2020 recovering from a life-threatening injury, the prospect of testing himself against the best again is a massive bonus. It was reported by The42, earlier this week, […]

5 years ago

“It’s definitely in the back of our minds somewhere.” Last November, British & Irish Lions head coach Warren Gatland let it be known that club form, and European form, would be important factors in selecting his squad for the 2021 tour. While he is open to selecting those not picked by their countries, he has […]

5 years ago

“He just got out of the car and started farming again.” Pieter-Steph du Toit won South African Player of the Year, and World Cup and World Rugby Player of the Year in the space of four weeks, in 2019, but his dad reckons he is not even the best sportsperson in his family. “That’s probably […]

5 years ago

“That’s a challenge we’ll definitely accept, face-on.” For Pieter-Steph du Toit, most of 2020 was spent rehabbing and focusing on one light at the end of what seemed, at times, like a pitch-black tunnel – the Lions Tour to South Africa. The Stormers forward, who won the World Cup with his country in 2019 and […]

5 years ago

What a performance by the 27-year-old openside. Heading into this World Cup final, we all marvelled at England’s young back row duo of Tom Curry and Sam Underhill. We told ourselves that Billy Vunipola had the potential to win the game on his own, if he hit form. Pieter Steph Du Toit blew them away. […]

6 years ago