A bittersweet ending for rugby star
JOBURG - The 2016 season will mark Kobus Porter's fourth and final FNB Varsity Cup campaign and his second year leading the University of Johannesburg(UJ) rugby team.
Next year’s rugby season will mark Kobus Porter’s fourth and final FNB Varsity Cup campaign and his second year leading the University of Johannesburg (UJ) rugby team.
According to Porter, it was a great honour for him to don the captain’s armband for another year and he hopes to make a positive impact in his remaining Varsity Cup appearances.
“I look forward to every single game as 2016 will be the last year I can play before aging out of the tournament,” said Porter. The 24-year-old loose forward grew up in Krugersdorp and matriculated from Noordheuwel High School.
In 2010, he joined the Western Province U19 team which won that year’s Currie Cup, before returning home and enrolling for an LLB degree and joining UJ.
“Next year will mark both my final Varsity Cup year and the year I finish my degree. It’s bittersweet, but I plan on making it a good one,” said the UJ skipper.
The team narrowly missed out on this year’s playoffs, winning three games and suffering two narrow defeats to FNB Maties (16-15) and FNB University of Cape Town. They did, however, go on to win every other tournament they participated in, including the University Sport South Africa rugby championship.
Porter said, “We have some continuity in our team that I believe will be to our advantage. The young guys coming into the team will be able to continue with the path we started,” he said.
