Seabelo Senatla is looking forward to a showdown with fellow former Blitzboks star Werner Kok when the DHL Stormers and Sharks clash in Cape Town on Saturday.
The two speedsters were long-time teammates on the sevens circuit, before turning their full attention to fifteens, and also enjoyed a spell together at Western Province.
Now, they are set on a collision course for the wide channels at Cape Town Stadium in the first of two local derbies in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship this weekend.
After four months on the sidelines due to a pectoral muscle injury, Senatla returned to the Stormers starting XV and was among the try scorers in a bonus-point win against the Sharks in Durban three weeks ago.
Kok, though, watched from the stands at Kings Park as he was still working his way to full fitness.
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Speaking to reporters on Wednesday about the prospect of facing Kok and the Sharks this week, Senatla told media: “I’m probably going to go harder on him because you want to have the upper hand, the bragging rights.
“I want to be able to say ‘I gotcha’ and we’ll be able to laugh about it afterwards and move on with life.
“He [Kok] will definitely try to do the same thing with me. He’ll probably go as hard as he can with me. Afterwards, we’ll grab Nando’s and a cool drink or a beer.
“Werries [Kok] always goes hard, but I’m sure he’ll go even harder because it’s me.”
“What we built with the sevens was something special. When we said we’re family, brothers, we’re really not joking. We spend time together, we go out for dinners. It’s not just on the field, it transcends the playing field.”
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