Lood de Jager on playing again after health scare: ‘Rugby is important, but it’s just a game’
Springbok lock Lood de Jager is not looking beyond next year’s Rugby World Cup, but said a move back to South Africa is not off the table.” Future successors: Two Van Heerdens De Jager highlighted Sharks player of the Year, Emile van Heerden, and 22-year-old rising Bulls star JF van Heerden – who is set to fill the boots of departing Bok Ruan Nortjé this URC season – as two No 5 locks who could play for the Springboks in the future.
Reflecting on an increasingly injury-hit career in which he has still played at two World Cups (2015 and winning in 2019), De Jager said he is feeling fit and strong at the moment.
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