Best of the Boks in 2024
The Springboks, as a collective, have been outstanding this year, but who the individual players that have elevated their game to the next level? Let’s delve into it.
These are the players who have played starring roles in the Springboks’ success on a more consistent basis than anyone and everyone else.
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Pieter-Steph du Toit
Many column inches and a lot of screen time have been dedicated to the dissection and ultimately celebration of sheer talent of Pieter-Steph du Toit. And yet, it still feels not enough is being said and written about the Springboks’ blindside flank.
He played at lock, he played in the back row, sometimes both in the same game for the Springboks in the Rugby Championship. And not once did he produce a slightly off-pace performance. Du Toit is a madman whose performance levels just don’t drop.
Over the last few years he has been exceptional. He was phenomenal throughout the Rugby World Cup in France and in this Rugby Championship campaign, where the Springboks experimented with new playing styles, different combinations and tested new players; the one constant, the one surety for Rassie Erasmus was that he could always rely on Du Toit for consistency within the team.
He is a force to be reckoned with and a sure bet for the World Rugby Player of the Year award.
Os Nche
There is no one in the world of rugby as dominant and peerless as Ox Nche at the moment. After his earth shattering performances at the World Cup, the loosehead prop just carried his form over to the Springboks’ 2024 international campaign.
From scrum dominance, to power carries, left handling skills and lethal tackles, there’s nothing Nche didn’t pull off during this recently concluded Rugby Championship.
His result-altering contributions are undeniable and it makes he simply unstoppable.
WHO DO YOU THINK ARE THE’ BEST BOKS SO FAR IN 2024?
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