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'Salads don't win scrums': Ox Nche ready to beef up pack on Bok return

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Springbok prop Ox Nche.
Springbok prop Ox Nche.
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Every so often, a Springbok press engagement can move from chrysalises of caution to downright places of joy and humour, but they require a human being with the requisite sense of laughter to tick that box.

Fresh from recovering from a pectoral muscle injury, 'Ox Kraal' leader and noted hater of salads, Retshegofaditswe Nche, again refreshingly proved that, occasionally, rugby players can separate themselves from their day jobs.

As a noted destroyer of tightheads, Nche has also had a social media presence that displays the lighter side of his character, which belies the anxiety he induces in opponents.

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