World Cup winner Faf de Klerk has vowed that winning rugby’s greatest prize won’t dull his appetite for Premiership glory with Sale.
South Africa’s pocket rocket did as much as any player to crush England’s Final dream in Japan back in November and has been lauded by his country ever since.
But with club rugby due to start up again next month and Sale having signalled their intentions by signing Manu Tuilagi, De Klerk knows he has to prove himself all over again. “I don’t want to go from winning a World Cup and then be just a good player,” said the scrum-half. “There are still a lot of goals I want to reach.
I want to still try to be one of the best. “Winning a World Cup brings with it an expectation every time you take to the field.
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