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-winning prop forward Steven Kitshoff has been forced to retire from rugby after a serious neck injury.

It wasn't a wheelchair discussion, it was a stop breathing discussion.' – Steven Kitshoff on the seriousness nature of his neck injury.

Double South Africa World Cup-winning prop Steven Kitshoff is forced to retire because of a serious neck injury.

Two-time World Cup winning South African prop Steven Kitshoff said he is walking away with "so many incredible memories" after announcing his retirement owing to a serious neck injury. "The Springboks have been an incredible part of my life,