Pieter-Steph du Toit fast reprising his A-game is poignant considering the passing of pioneering Bok No 7 Theuns Stofberg, writes Rob Houwing.
It’s a golden thread ... and although Pieter-Steph du Toit is the distinguished incumbent, it almost certainly began with the late Theuns Stofberg.
The Springboks have seldom had cause to look back in any lack-of-resources angst since the popular Free State-born “Stoffies” sparked a constructive revolution in blindside flank play for the country from the late 1970s onward.