After Saturday's Test against Argentina only three Boks will be ahead of the big lock in the most Test caps queue 🏉 RSAvARG RugbyChampionship Springboks Argentina
Eben Etzebeth will on Saturday become South Africa's fourth most capped Bok player. Picture: Fiona Goodall/Getty Imagesand then there was a long wait for the next man to reach the century club.
But when it happened, it happened fairly quickly and now there are seven men who have played for the Boks on more than 100 occasions. While Victor Matfield leads the way with 127 Tests behind his name, it’s only a matter of time before he is overtaken by Eben Etzebeth who, if not already something of a Bok legend, is well on his way to becoming one.Test against Argentina, Etzebeth will play in his 112th Test for the Boks and go past former captain and 2007 World Cup winner John Smit, who he is currently tied with in fourth place with 111 Tests.
From day one – 9 June 2012 – it was clear Etzebeth was going to be a Bok great. He debuted against England in Durban and since then has been a mainstay in the national set-up. Eben Etzebeth and Marcell Coetzee days before their Bok debuts in Durban in 2012. Picture: Steve Haag / Gallo Images / Getty Images
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