Lion Sithole is desperate to run with the pride
Durban-born prop has served his time and is now ready to take on all comers
He is tugging at the leash. But then‚ Sithembiso “Sti” Sithole has earned the right to be a little impatient. After a somewhat itinerant existence the loosehead prop might get some extended game time in Super Rugby at the Lions where he has paid his dues in the Currie Cup team. “I’m frothing for them. We love scrumming as props so I’m very psyched about that‚” said the Durban-born prop. Sithole played his first Super Rugby match of the season in a losing cause against the Stormers at Newlands last weekend. His warm‚ broad smile may leave you thinking he’s more staffie than pitbull by way of scrummaging grunt‚ but Sithole is desperate to run with the big dogs. “All of them‚ whoever comes my way‚” said Sithole when asked if there is a player he is keen to measure himself against this season. He’s had to learn to bide his time. The 25-year-old is not a complete newbie to Super Rugby. In his youth he was at the Sharks and Western Province before taking his first tentative steps in Super...
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