RIP Springbok James Small on 17:05 - Jul 10 with 882 views | sherpajacob | That's quite a few of the 95 RWC winning boks who have died unnaturally early. Never mind what was in the All blacks tea, what was in the boks training diet. Like many, never liked him as a player, very much the south African Austin Healey. Andy Keast summed him up in the living with lions video. (36:50) https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6fb6y7 However, Winter Colours by Donal McRae is worth a read to give a different perspective on a complex character, and interviews with him in more recent years have revealed a very different man. Stopped Lomu scoring in 95, albeit with considerable help from Joost vdw and japie mulder. Condolences to his family and friends, I understand he was a big swans fan. [Post edited 10 Jul 2019 18:26]
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RIP Springbok James Small on 18:19 - Jul 10 with 815 views | dickythorpe | Way too young, but always a question mark on their training. He was very aggressive and you wonder if him and others of his era were ever clean. | | | |
RIP Springbok James Small on 20:24 - Jul 10 with 752 views | PentyrchJack |
RIP Springbok James Small on 18:19 - Jul 10 by dickythorpe | Way too young, but always a question mark on their training. He was very aggressive and you wonder if him and others of his era were ever clean. |
They certainly were the first rugby nation to "bulk up" very quickly and very effectively. Percy Montgomery comes to mind as an example of a player who beefed up quickly on good old Afrikaans steak. [Post edited 10 Jul 2019 20:25]
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RIP Springbok James Small on 22:44 - Jul 10 with 659 views | PentyrchJack |
RIP Springbok James Small on 20:43 - Jul 10 by dickythorpe | Eggs was what Percy swore he was on Injectable egg yolk methinks!!! |
I remember him pushing over the ref in front of the sticks at St Helens | |
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