By PETER JACKSON
A GIGANTIC old South African foe is warning Wales that the Springboks will show no mercy during next month’s demanding Test series.
Kobus Wiese, the Rainbow Nation’s towering 20-stone enforcer when they won the first extratime World Cup final against New Zealand, also reveals how the late Phil Bennett inspired him to start playing rugby as an eight-year-old boy in his native Paarl.
Now 58, Wiese showed his gratitude by knocking Wales second row Derwyn Jones out at Ellis Park during the first international of the professional era, in September 1995 – an incident which...
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