Bulls centre Jesse Kriel turned to Caster Semenya for inspiration during his hour of need and used the double Olympic champion’s “contagious positive mindset” to deal with a knee injury that ruled him out of Super Rugby for weeks.

Kriel‚ who is expected to be a key member of Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus’s plans for the World Cup in Japan later in 2019‚ suffered the injury in the Bulls’ defeat to the Stormers in April...

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