From mates to (friendly) foes: Lizo knows wily Jannie 'has a trick in the back pocket'
Lizo Gqoboka (Gallo Images) Lizo Gqoboka and Jannie du Plessis' expected showdown in the Rainbow Cup SA opener between the Bulls and Lions once again illustrates rugby's strange and winding roads. The two men became good friends after Du Plessis took Gqoboka under his wing back in 2019 during a loan stint with French club Montpellier. As a result, the duo know each others' games pretty well, but Gqoboka says a wily campaigner like Du Plessis always has a trick up his sleeve. If Lizo Gqoboka and Jannie du Plessis crouch as direct scrumming opponents in Saturday's Rainbow Cu...