The Face of fury: Eben Etzebeth’s return and the next chapter in the Springboks' enforcer's career
Eben Etzebeth is a month away from returning to the playing field after copping a 12-match ban for an alleged eye-gouge on Wales flanker Alex Mann last November. I had been wondering when he would be back for the Sharks — it is likely to be the URC fixture against Cardiff in Durban on March 27 — and out of curiosity, I looked up the footage of the incident at the Principality Stadium. Etzebeth seemed to have been provoked (the television cameras didn’t capture a probable off-the-ball incident). This was evident by the fury that gripped him and led to him and Mann getting "better acquainted". There are few scarier sights in sport than the...

