Springboks Rugby Legend Rudie Visagie Interview

In this episode of Front Row Rugby award-winning sports journalist Peter Stemmet interviews Springbok Rugby legend Rudie “Vleis” Visagie. Vleis and Peter discuss the 1993 Test series against France, where Rudie returned remarkably to Springbok Rugby for the first time in nine years.
Visagie also shares the story of how his Bok career came to an end via his fist, on the 1993 tour to Australia.

00:00 Introduction by Peter
00:12 Rudie discusses his return to Springbok rugby
01:49 Vleis talks about retiring from rugby
03:32 Visagie discusses the difficulty of preparing for France in 1993
05:05 Rudie talks about weaker Australian domestic teams
06:17 Vleis discusses how a punch ended his Springbok Rugby career
07:32 Visagie talks about fisticuffs and punch-ups in rugby
08:59 Rudie discusses missing out on playing professional rugby
10:13 Vleis tells us the origins of his nickname

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