Veteran Deon Fourie is set to make Springbok history if he comes onto the field against the All Blacks.
If any player personifies the uncompromising grit and refusal to yield that currently defines Springbok rugby, it is Deon Fourie.
The 39-year-old warrior has officially been drafted back into Rassie Erasmus’ Springbok squad for the upcoming Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry Series against the All Blacks, completing a miraculous story of resilience after two agonising years of injury heartbreak.
For a veteran who turns 40 next month, the call-up is no mere token gesture, but a direct reward for a virtuoso masterclass that proved his ageless value for the Stormers against the All Blacks on Friday night.
Fourie’s last appearance in the green and gold came on rugby's ultimate stage: the 2023 Rugby World Cup final in Paris. On that historic night against New Zealand, Bongi Mbonambi’s early knee injury thrust Fourie onto the pitch at hooker after just three minutes.
