Like many players in the Springboks set-up over the past 12 months‚ Siya Kolisi was not guaranteed a place in the squad‚ let alone in the starting XV at any stage. But over the past 10 days, that has changed and the explosive flank has nailed down his position in the Bok back row for the foreseeable future. Kolisi’s performance in the second Test against France at Kings Park was the best of his career at any level‚ and pleasingly also a continuation of a series of consistently high quality outings in 2017. He was immense against France‚ scoring a try‚ creating another‚ making several crucial turnovers and putting in a huge shift on defence as the Boks won 37-15 to clinch the three-Test series with a match to spare. Schalk Burger has always been an inspiration to the current Stormers captain and over the past two weeks, Kolisi has played with the same intensity of Burger at his best. There can be no higher compliment. Of course‚ no individual performance happens in isolation and the ...
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