NATIONAL NEWS - He may not be fully over the jetlag after jetting in from the Rio Olympics, but Juan de Jongh is adamant he wants no favours in re-establishing himself in the Springbok squad.
De Jongh won a bronze medal with the Blitzboks in Rio but knows he will have to work hard to ensure he gets into the Bok 15s team again and to keep his place there.
It isn’t a state secret that De Jongh was a frustrated man in the previous Springbok administration, first picked for the Bok squad and then discarded as former coach Heyneke Meyer deemed him too small for international rugby.
But the Stormier captain believes he has what it takes to make it in the international game and will use his skills to ensure he plays a part under new coach Allister Coetzee, who he has a long-working relationship with.
