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‘Accidental’ Springbok Vincent Tshituka aiming for World Cup
Vincent Tshituka’s massive frame suggests he was engineered with the sole purpose of becoming a Springbok, yet it was the persistence of fate that finally nudged him into the realm of elite rugby.
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