Kolbe on playing overseas, why he returned to SA: ‘I needed to get out of my comfort zone’
“Three years over there [Japan] was unique and great, but tougher being away from my wife and kids and missing out on the small moments I’ll never get back,” he said, adding they ed him during school holidays and he ed South Africa for a day or two when he had weekends off.
Kolbe last played for the Cape Town union in February 2017 – nine and a half years ago – before spending the next four years with Toulouse, two with Toulon and then three with Tokyo Sungoliath in Japan.
Springbok wing Cheslin Kolbe said playing overseas for nine years had helped him get out of his comfort zone, but being away from his family for much of the last three years had taken its toll and was the reason he finally returned to South African shores to play for the Stormers next season.
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