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How Rassie hid his life-threatening illness during the World Cup

24 June 2020 - 08:00 By LIAM DEL CARME
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Springboks head coach Rassie Erasmus.
Springboks head coach Rassie Erasmus.
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Rassie Erasmus's effort in winning the World Cup was an extraordinary thing to behold.

Now it has emerged he did so under the spectre of a potentially life-threatening condition.

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