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Steven Kitshoff: Legend Springboks hopes to “stay close” to sports: Planet Rugby

Steven Kitshoff: Legend Springboks hopes to “stay close” to sports: Planet Rugby

Steven Kitshoff, the new former-Springboks, revealed his plans after announcing his retirement and details of what he threw his rugby World Cup, Lucky Charm.

Earlier this week, The Stormers and Bok Stalwart announced that he cannot continue his career because of the injury he suffered in the match of the Curry Cup between Western and Griquas.

Despite his playing days, they were shortened at just 33 years old, Kitshoff has enjoyed a huge success throughout his career and withdraws with 83 test caps, including a Springboks Register 54 appearances on the bench.

Won two World Rugby Cups with South Africa as well as two rugby championships and drove her lover thunderstorms at a title of the rugby United Championship (UNC)-their first International Club trophy.

What follows for Steven Kitshoff?

After making the “difficult” decision to conclude his career to keep his health, Kitshoff is now his attention on life after rugby, he has already been involved with some business projects.

“I am involved with a few projects,” said Propulsa Hot 102.7.

“I have the family business, my brother and I got a micro-financing business.”

Kitshoff has played an essential role for Springboks in the 2019 rugby World Cup, with South Africa Bench arrangement, obtaining huge praises during the Japan tournament.

The use of Rassie Erasmus of the bank and the decision to select six before and two back instead of the conventional separation 5-3 obtained Stardom after being nicknamed the “bomb team”. Kitshoff and SpringBok Malcolm Marx colleague have since created a beer company that uses the popularity of the term and the role they played in it.

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Beer quickly becomes a base in South Africa, but the former front row is pursuing opportunities to remain involved in rugby.

“Malcolm and I received Bombad Sampaad (Beer Company), which takes off very well,” he added.

“We have some Lekker opportunities in that business, but besides that, we try to stay involved with rugby as much as possible.

“Either consulting, either mentoring, or involved in broadcasting and I would like to stay close to the sport that gave me so much.”

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Ditching Budgie Smugglers

Professional athletes are well known for their superstitions and lucky charms, and their own powerhouse known, because the “spicy” is not different.

He revealed in the interview that he would wear the same linen and socks for matches for long periods of time, but threw one after Stormers’ torn defeat towards Munster in the second climb.

The pair of Budgie smugglers he tied was the same that he carried during the success of the SplingBoks World Cup in Japan.

“It changes quite often because my work would be to play with the same socks and the same linen,” he said.

“I had this pair of Budgie smugglers in 2019 in which I played when I won the World Cup and then I stayed with it for a long time.

“Even during the climb and that season and then I lost the climb final to Munster, so I threw it and received another pair.”

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