Paris — Handré Pollard’s body may be as familiar with a scalpel as it is with a fork, but he has not felt better for a long while. "It is the best I’ve felt in the last two years. It’s funny but it’s true. I feel great. I don’t have any pain. I trained today [Tuesday] without any strapping. It was like a minivictory on its own." He explained his orthopaedic upheaval of the past two years. "It was shoulder, knee, complications in the shoulder because of infection, then my ankle and more complications." Pollard’s restoration to full fitness has been duly noted and he is likely to start in the No10 jersey when the Boks hope to get the spring back in their step against France on Saturday. Elton Jantjies has not been his assertive self and the swagger has all but departed from his game since occupying a deeper role in the Bok set-up. When he plays flat as flyhalf for the Lions he poses more threat to the defensive line. Pollard can operate in either space and he also brings more kicking ...
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