Double World Cup winning prop forward Steven Kitshoff has been forced to retire from rugby after a serious neck injury, his club Stormers announced on Tuesday. The 33-year-old, who played in South Africa’s World Cup winning teams in Japan in 2019 and France in 2023 and earned 138 caps for the Springboks,

South Africa prop Steven Kitshoff has announced his retirement from all rugby because of a serious neck injury that he said in an interview last year left him “two millimeters” from death.

Two-time World Cup-winning South African prop Steven Kitshoff said he is walking away with “so many incredible memories” after retiring due to a serious neck injury. The 33-year-old, capped 83 times and a pivotal member of the 2019 and 2023 World Cup-winning sides,

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Double World Cup winning prop forward Steven Kitshoff has been forced to retire from rugby after a serious neck injury, his club Stormers announced on Tuesday.