🚨TRUE WARRIOR: Cheslin Kolbe SPEAKS What NO ONE Dared TO SAY…..

‘I Couldn’t Eat For Six Or Seven Weeks’ – Cheslin Kolbe Details Harrowing Injuries Before Timely World Cup Return

‘I couldn’t eat for six or seven weeks’ – Cheslin Kolbe details harrowing injuries before timely World Cup return

Cheslin Kolbe in action for the Springboks against Wales in the Rugby World Cup warm-up.

Springbok superstar Cheslin Kolbe has revealed the struggles he has gone through over the past 12 months to get himself fit for the upcoming Rugby World Cup.

The wing broke into the South African set-up in 2018 and then shone as they claimed the World Cup title a year later.

Kolbe would go on to play a key role in the series triumph over the British and Irish Lions in 2021 before injuries began to cause problems.

The 29-year-old has received a number of setbacks and disclosed what he has been going through over the past year.

List of injuries

“People out there don’t understand what players go through on a regular basis facing an injury,” he told the Springboks’ official YouTube channel.

“Last year has been the most challenging for me because I would come back from one injury, play two or three games, get another niggle.

“I’ve had a broken thumb, a torn hamstring, a twist in my left ankle and a broken jaw, which was probably the most challenging one.

“I couldn’t eat for six or seven weeks. You lose about 15 kgs within two weeks.”

Kolbe’s most recent issue was in March where the speedster wondered whether it would end his World Cup dreams.

“My last one was in March when we managed to get a gap and I literally scored a try, tried getting up on my feet and twisted my ankle completely,” he said.

“I just lay down and was like, ‘is this the end of my season? Is this the end of my chances of being selected for the Rugby World Cup?’

“Those are a lot of things you process through your head when something like this happens, but I’m a firm believer that everything happens for a reason.

“I look at it more in a positive way, it gives me time to spend with my family and kids, which I didn’t have during that time of playing continuously for six years.”

Coming out the other side

Despite the difficulties he has faced, Kolbe believes that it has provided a valuable learning curve as he looks towards the World Cup.

“For me, you learn more of the bad than the good. Character speaks more out of the difficult times you faced in life,” he added.

“At the time we don’t understand why everything is happening but just having that faith and that belief in the man above is what has kept me humbled.”