Heart condition weighed heavily on Lood

Bok lock De Jager has made a slow recovery and is gradually getting up to speed

13 March 2024 - 14:25
By Liam Del Carme

He felt he was suffocating, recalled Springbok lock Lood de Jager as the effect of pericarditis revealed itself during a training session in Buenos Aires last year.

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