“I’m frothing for them. We love scrumming as props so I’m very psyched about that‚” said the Durban born prop.
After a somewhat itinerant existence the loosehead prop might get some extended game time in Super Rugby at the Lions where he has served his dues in the Currie Cup team.
“All of them‚ whoever comes my way‚” said Sithole when asked if there is a player he is keen to measure himself against this season.The 25-year-old is not a complete newbie to Super Rugby. In his youth he was at the Sharks and Western Province before taking his first tentative steps in Super Rugby‚ representing the Stormers in three matches in 2014 and 2015.
“It was very important. I can’t even imagine where I would be if I didn’t go there. I grew so much as a player on and off the field. That’s why I’m here‚” he said.They place a high premium on fitness with their clear objective in home matches at their high altitude base to exact a lung busting toll on their opposition.“There is definitely a difference in intensity‚ especially at the Lions where you struggle at first because you are forced to do it at training.
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