Rassie maintains pecking order despite Reinach’s hat-trick
Bok coach says he’s fortunate to have three quality scrumhalves
08 October 2019 - 18:25
Kobe — Bok scrumhalf Cobus Reinach was blissfully unaware he had rewritten the Rugby World Cup (RWC) record books by the time he walked off the field after the team’s 66-7 win over Canada on Tuesday.
“No‚ not at all until I came off the pitch. I was just happy with the tries‚” said Reinach, who completed the fastest RWC hat-trick in the game. By the 22nd minute, he had crossed the tryline three times to strike off the record books Wallaby Chris Latham’s hat-trick that came inside 25 minutes against Namibia in 2003...
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