Ruan Combrinck is desperate to end his two-year hiatus from Springbok rugby. Combrinck‚ who played the last of his seven Tests in 2016‚ has had to look in from the outside due to injury and a dip in form‚ but he is again starting to play with the assurance that made him a Bok in former coach Allister Coetzee’s maiden season in charge. "The Boks will always be a dream‚" said the Lions utility back. "I work every day to get back there. "I had injuries and I struggled with form a while ago‚ but I really want to get back there." The Boks have won two of their four Tests under Rassie Erasmus in 2018, but there is a feel-good vibe that has not escaped Combrinck. "When they win the whole country is happy‚" he said. "Whatever they are doing now we are supporting them and we are behind them. We can’t wait to see them beat the All Blacks‚ hopefully this year." Combrinck was invited to one of Erasmus’s alignment camps during Super Rugby and although he did not feature in the extended squad‚ at...
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