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born 1992 South Africa
Lodewyk de Jager (born 17 December 1992) is a South African professional rugby union player for the South Africa national team and Panasonic Wild Knights in the Japan league. He usually plays as a lock.
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Your heart has to work so hard every day, because you’re not quite healthy, that it builds up inflammation around the heart,Then you get the symptoms I got in Argentina
Initially I’d walk up a flight of stairs and be out of breath. Two months later, it feels better. And eventually you’re back on the field
Match fitness is hard to get when you’re not a naturally fit guy, I am not the best in training, and nothing comes close to match intensity and what you need in a game
So the quarter-final I watched on my own, semi-final actually with friends. I knew the French would be a tough game.
So it was then that they picked it up, the pericarditis, so I am very thankful. It could have ended terribly
For me, it was more getting into more training than actually playing the match because I didn’t have any physical issues like a shoulder or a knee that prevented me from playing.
That was probably four-and-a-half, five months down the road before I could finally start training and taking my body to max heart rate levels
I always used to look at the old guys and think, why is that guy still playing rugby at 33?Now I understand why.You still feel like you can do it
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