DEON Fourie began the week back on Springbok duty, at 38 going on 39 still refusing to abandon hope of socking it to Father Time once more during the coming months.
In that respect, the most venerable of all World Cup winners has a formidable track record: the oldest on debut for South Africa at 35, against Wales in 2021, and, best of all, the oldest to lift the most treasured pot of gold after the last global final, in Paris two years ago.
Fourie has since recovered from a blow so crushing that it might have been delivered by the bearded one with the scythe. Ten months after smashin...