Double World Cup winner Steven Kitshoff forced to retire

Rugby-Double World Cup winner Kitshoff forced to retire after neck injury
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 retires from all rugby because of a serious neck injury
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.
Double World Cup winner Steven Kitshoff forced to retire after neck injury
Steven Kitshoff has been forced to retire from rugby after a serious neck injury, his club Stormers announced.
South Africa World Cup winner Kitshoff retires
Double South Africa World Cup-winning prop Steven Kitshoff is forced to retire because of a serious neck injury.
Double World Cup winner Kitshoff forced to retire after neck injury
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.
Springbok great and Stormers legend Steven Kitshoff forced into premature retirement due to neck injury
Veteran Springbok prop Steven Kitshoff officially retired on Tuesday, 25 February 2025, after a serious neck injury meant he was unable to continue.
Rugby World Cup17h
Men's Rugby World Cup 2027 qualifying nearing European finale
Four teams enter a make-or-break weekend with their dreams of appearing at the tournament in Australia still alive.
Rugbypass1h
Nicolas Garafulic’s bold goals with Chile on SVNS Series and in XVs rugby
Chilean Nicolás Garafulic hopes to see some of the beauties of the Mother City, yet since arriving, the focus has been solely ...
ARY News Live14h
Rugby: A Deep Dive into the Game, International Teams, World Cups, and Leagues
Rugby, a sport born on the playing fields of England in the early 19th century, has evolved into a global phenomenon that ...
Japan, Asia Rugby clash over the suspension of JRFU executive and former player Iwabuchi
The Japan Rugby Football Union is challenging a decision by Asia Rugby to temporarily suspend JRFU executive director Kensuke ...
Why the impact of the Women’s World Cup is already being felt months before the tournament begins
It was the 1980s and a future great of English rugby was taking her first strides in a sport that she would come to give so ...
Rugby World1d
The Top 12 biggest rugby stadiums in the world
These are the Top 12 biggest rugby stadiums across the globe that all vary in shape, size and atmosphere but have hosted some of the sport's best games ...
The Associated Press – Sports on MSN18d
Spain and Portugal qualify for the 2027 Rugby World Cup
Spain will appear in a men’s Rugby World Cup for the first time since 1999 after reaching the Rugby Europe Championship semifinals LISBON, Portugal -- Spain will appear in a men's Rugby World ...
Daily Maverick on MSN11h
Felix Jones, one of the architects of Bok Rugby World Cup success, rejoins the team after Rassie Erasmus’ call
Felix Jones, winner of two World Cups with the Springboks, returns to South Africa after a difficult England experience.