The other Piet van Zyl - Getty Images It was in August of 2002 that one furious Piet van Zyl stormed onto the King’s Park pitch in an attempt to tackle referee Dave McHugh‚ whom the fan was obviously displeased with for his officiating of the match between the Springboks and All Blacks.Not even the efforts of the pot-bellied fan‚ who was then whisked off by police‚ were enough to save that Bok team from falling to a defeat that day against the Kiwis as the match finished 23-30 in favour of the New Zealanders.Fast-forward 14 years to the same venue in Durban for a match between the same sides‚ and the Boks could unleash another Piet van Zyl onto King’s Park.This time it could be in the form of the scrumhalf who has been included in the Bok team following the concussion of Rudy Paige in the side’s victory at Loftus Versfeld last weekend.Paige will be missing the Springboks’ final Rugby Championship showdown this week against the already crowned champs of the southern hemisphere compet...
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