LIVEWIRE SOUTH AFRICAN scrum-half Cobus Reinach, part of the Springbok squad that won last year’s World Cup, has signed a three-year contract with Montpellier, the Top 14 club announced today.
The 14-time capped Reinach, 30, joins Montpellier from English Premiership club Northampton Saints and will team up at half-back with fellow Springbok Handre Pollard in France.
Fly-half Pollard touched down on the south coast after the World Cup, which saw South Africa beat England 32-12 in the final.
Reinach, who scored the fastest World Cup hat-trick in history as the Boks beat Canada 66-7 in Japan, will be battling for the starting number nine shirt with French international Benoit Paillaugue and Georgian Gela Aprasidze.
Montpellier were in eighth place in the Top 14 when the championship was cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic.
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He should never have gone back on yesterday after the blow he took. It was a vicious hit.
@Kevin: honest question Kevin, would you know if a cricket ball is harder than a sliotar? I’ve never held a cricket ball, I know they are both made from leather and both have a cork interior.
@Devilsavocado:
Much harder.
@Kevin: they need to have the new helmets marked down as compulsory. Yesterday perfectly illustrated why once again
@Devilsavocado: harder and heavier I think ..