Being stuck in Japan during the coronavirus lockdown, with no immediate prospect of getting home to SA, has produced one positive for World Cup winner Damian de Allende. It has given him time to digest the enormity of last November’s win in the tournament in Japan.
“Time flies during a World Cup tournament and it had really not sunk in just how we won it,” the Springbok centre told SA’s Netwerk24 newspaper group on Monday. “Now I’ve had a chance to reflect on it all and I have a huge smile on my face whenever they show some highlights on TV. I’m very proud of what we as a team achieved. Not just for ourselves, but for our country.”..
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