Lloyd Burnard | Am for Mapimpi an almost romantic handover between two darlings of Springbok rugby

03 Oct 2023

Lloyd Burnard

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One bright Bok star suddenly departs, but another is poised to arrive, completing the most dramatic, spectacular Rugby World Cup comeback.

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The inevitable confirmation on Monday morning that Makazole Mapimpi, South Africa's darling of 2019, was ruled out of the 2023 tournament with a fractured eye socket was naturally a devastating blow.

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