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Springboks head coach Rassie Erasmus has revealed Frans Malherbe’s classy gesture for his fellow prop Vincent Koch ahead of his milestone against Wales.
Koch will run out for his 50th Test cap at Twickenham Stadium on Saturday, earning just his 13th start for the Springboks in doing so.
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Springboks: Rassie Erasmus Reveals Why Classy Frans Malherbe Refused To Start Against Wales
Springboks: Rassie Erasmus reveals why classy Frans Malherbe refused to start against Wales
Jared Wright 22 hours ago
Frans Malherbe and Vincent Koch with a Springboks logo.
A classy gesture from Frans Malherbe for his fellow prop.
Springboks head coach Rassie Erasmus has revealed Frans Malherbe’s classy gesture for his fellow prop Vincent Koch ahead of his milestone against Wales.
Koch will run out for his 50th Test cap at Twickenham Stadium on Saturday, earning just his 13th start for the Springboks in doing so.
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However, had it not been for the intervention of his Springboks team-mate and fellow prop, he would have reached the milestone from the bench.
Malherbe’s class
Erasmus explained that he and his coaching team did not realise that Koch would be earning his 50th Test cap with a selection against Wales and initially named the Sharks tighthead on the bench for the fixture.
Koch is highly regarded as one of the finest tighthead props in the game having starred throughout his Saracens career winning two Premiership and Investec Champions Cup titles with the English club while clinching the Challenge Cup with the Sharks this season.
He has also been a key cog in the Springboks squad since 2018, winning two World Cups, a Rugby Championship title and the British and Irish Lions Series.
