Cheslin Kolbe’s heroics in South Africa’s quarter-final victory against France saw the electric winger named Bok MVP by SARugbymag.co.za readers.
Almost 40% of readers believe that Kolbe, who scored the Boks’ third try and crucially charged down a Thomas Ramos conversion attempt, made the biggest impact against the World Cup hosts on Sunday night.
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Bok enforcer Eben Etzebeth (25%) was a heavyweight contributor – despite eating a yellow card at the end of the first half time he came back on to score South Africa’s final try. Etzebeth’s shift was enough to pip hardworking centre Jesse Kriel (24%) by less than a percent into second place.
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