Farewell to the skipper, a Springbok of class

There are times - rare as these might be - for old, hard-bitten jock journos to be sentimental. The retirement of Jean de Villiers is such a time. The decision by the Springbok captain in the midst of a Rugby World Cup and forced on him by yet another injury was a moment of great melancholy. It could not have been easy - as obvious as it must have been - for the 34-year-old to call it a day on a Bok career that spanned 109 Tests from November 2002 in Marseilles to last Saturday at Villa Park in...