Corne Krige on his Springboks career, 2003 Rugby World Cup & Kamp Staaldraad

In this episode of Front Row Rugby award-winning sports journalist Peter Stemmet interviews Springboks Rugby legend and former captain Corne Krige. Corne and Peter discuss Corne being born in Zambia, captaining the Springboks on his debut, disappointing results against the All Blacks, a record hiding against England in 2002, an unhappy 2003 Rugby World Cup, the controversial Kamp Staaldraad and why he felt he would never be selected under Jake White.

Corne Krige’s autobiography The Right Place at the Wrong Time is mentioned in this interview. You can purchase it here: https://amzn.to/3L5RNGP Kindly note that this is an affiliate link and Peter stands to earn a small commission in the event of a purchase.

00:00 Introduction by Peter
00:19 Being born in Lusaka, Zambia
01:15 Captaining the Springboks on debut
02:51 Losing 28-0 to New Zealand in Dunedin
04:24 Captaining at the 1999 Rugby World Cup
05:18 Disappointing 2000 Tri-Nations
06:54 Playing under Harry Viljoen
08:17 Becoming Springbok captain
10:28 2002 End of Year tour
12:05 Losing 53-3 to England at Twickenham
13:56 Losing 52-16 to New Zealand in Pretoria
14:40 Kamp Staaldraad
17:35 Losing respect for Rudolf Straeuli
20:01 Corne Krige on having regrets
21:21 Retiring from Springbok rugby
22:48 Disagreeing with Jake White
25:27 Corne Krige’s toughest opponents
27:52 Memorable moments

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