Book description
You might never play rugby again.' Everything that I had done for the
largest part of my life had been centred around rugby, so you can
imagine the shock I experienced on hearing that. But if you thought that
was bad - there's more. The doctor went on to say that I could even die.
That was the truly devastating part! From being on cloud nine - selected
for the Springbok squad to go to the World Cup - I had been hit with
shattering news that was more than enough to knock the wind out of my
sails. I couldn't believe it - just when my career was beginning to
soar. Being a top scorer in the winning Super 14 team, giving great
performances in the Tri Nations and against England at Loftus, getting
selected into the Springbok squad for the World Cup - and now this?
These are the words of Pierre Spies, capped as a Springbok aged 21 only
to be told a year later that he may never play rugby again. In
More than Rugby
, Spies, one of the most imposing and explosive loose forwards that
South Africa has ever produced, shares his own story for the first time:
his family life, his numerous sporting triumphs, and his faith. Much
more than a sports biography, this is the moving, personal story behind
the well-loved 'No. 8' of South African rugby. With a Foreword by Victor
Matfield and contributions from Morné Steyn, Bryan Habana and Juan
Smith.
