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Baabaas' Healy praises 'tough' Ntlabakanye
Cape Argus
|June 25, 2025
AT 37, there isn't much that Cian Healy hasn't seen on a rugby field.
The loosehead prop played in a record 137 Test matches for Ireland, and earned 291 caps for his beloved Leinster, which is also the most for the province.
Add in four Champions Cup titles, eight URC trophies - including one just two weeks ago against the Bulls and five Six Nations triumphs, and it has been a wonderful career.
But just when Healy was hoping to enjoy his swansong for the Barbarians against the Springboks at Cape Town Stadium on Saturday (5.10pm kick-off), he quickly realised that it won't just be a walk in the park.
Told by Independent Media on Tuesday that the Boks have picked Lions juggernaut Asenathi Ntlabakanye at tighthead prop, Healy gasped and said: “Oh lovely! Yeah, I have (played against him). He is a big guy ... tough scrummager!
This story is from the June 25, 2025 edition of Cape Argus.
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