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'10 years of hard work stolen in 10 minutes'- Sevens star needs help after theft
By Josh Raisey
Former South Africa Sevens star Werner Kok has revealed that all of his Springbok Sevens jerseys were recently stolen and has asked for help from his followers on Twitter in recovering them.
The 28-year-old said that his "heart is heavy" after all his "achievements and special jerseys" from his time with the Blitzbokke were stolen from a storage facility in Cape Town. Across his career he earned a bronze medal at the 2016 Olympic Games, a Commonwealth gold medal in 2014 and an HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series title.
He has sent out an appeal on Twitter to help him find his possessions, saying "no amount of money will ever be able to replace this," and asked for those on social media to spread the word.
He wrote on Twitter on Friday: "I have been dreading making this tweet but I have to get the word out on the 1/12/2021 ALL of my Springbok Sevens jerseys (number 5) were stolen from a storage facility in CPT. 10 years of hard work stolen in 10 min. If you see or hear anything please please let me know.
"Everything is gone all my achievements and special jerseys from Commonwealth to Olympics and every tournament in-between my heart is heavy because no amount of money will ever be able to replace this. A legacy I wanted to show my children, just taken.
"No amount of money can buy this. Please keep sharing and spreading the word!"
Kok has switched his attention to the 15-man format recently, playing for the Cell C Sharks. He is set to start on the bench tonight in the rearranged fixture against fellow South African outfit the Vodacom Bulls in the United Rugby Championship.
The winger caught the eye of many British & Irish Lions fans earlier this year where he proved to be a handful in back-to-back games against the tourists.
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More indecision and excuses from Razor.
You've given a spot at 6 to Finau whom you haven't even had the courage to use off the bench in the last two games. Now the young enforcer is going into a big much with no rugby, we should expect a similar result to how Aumua struggled to impact a game after he'd hardly been given any chances of the bench either.
Weve now dropped a back three player who also wasn't even given any game time off the bench for someone coming in cold when they really need to have been playing constantly to perform at their best. There are just so many better pictures that should have been present rather than this mickey mouse selection.
I really hope Finau can overcome this, it won't be the first time he's had to. How is the bench even made up? Could you not just have included these changes in the article as well? I actually like BB coming back in, it highlights how courageous he is after sitting out through another concussion that could just as easily sent him back into months of symptoms again.
Dmac was also off his game last week, as was Ratima, with the poor platform Razor and his team have been setting the players up with. He needs to freedom to clear his mind from the clutter that saw him make so many bad decisions last week. It will still probably be a net loss for the team performance not having him on from the start but it should be better for them in the long run if he's allowed to just come on late and play his game trying to claw things back for the team.
With Roigard starting that might prove an outlet for the team to actually get on top first however. Along with Ardie busting a gut in his new role and emptying the tank by halftime, and being replaced by another new star, might mean that Dmac is just icing on the cake at the end.
Go to commentsLet's hope so, that was a fantastic game.
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