Malcolm Marx

thumb|Malcolm Marx Malcolm Justin Marx (born 13 July 1994) is a South African professional rugby union player who currently plays for the South Africa national rugby team and Kubota Spears in the Japan Rugby League One. His regular position is hooker, but he did play as a flanker at youth level for the Golden Lions. He is widely regarded as one of the best hookers in World Rugby and was awarded the 2025 World Rugby Men's 15s Player of the Year. Quotes It’s obviously brought a different dynamic to how we attack but also thinking outside the box with certain things and giving guys that opportunity to use their circus act – if I can put it that way. It’s been awesome to see how it’s evolved. He is giving the guys a lot more opportunity to express themselves, not that we didn’t have that in the past, Felix Jones was also a great attack coach, obviously, he coaches differently from the way Tony does. He’s a great coach and the way he thinks about the game, especially attack-wise is awesome It’s never really been a discussion [to play flank], obviously, you got your more dynamic guys like Kwagga Smith and Pieter-Steph du Toit that can cover wing and that, but I’ve never really been part of the conversation in moving from two to a loose forward or to the backs at all which I’m actually thankful about. The amount of running those backs do is actually eye-opening I’m just going to stick at two, I don’t think they want to put me lock or loose forward; it’s not going to benefit them in any way. Malcolm Marx reveals the Springboks’ conversation he has gladly ‘never been part of’, April 2025, PLANET RUGBY by Jared Wright It’s more a group thing. Obviously Rassie has his plans and stuff, but if a player or a coach comes with an idea … it’s not just a decision done by one person, it’s a collective decision A move like that isn’t generated by one person, everybody needs to buy into it and hopefully it works. At times you want to laugh, but there is always a method behind the madness. When you see it come off, then you say ‘okay, I see why this worked’. Every player wants to start, as a rugby player you want to give your best and be the best to get yourself in that No 2 jersey, Obviously playing for South Africa it’s a different scenario. You are still representing your country whether you are in the No 2 or No 16 jersey It’s a lot bigger than us and we know that. We know what rugby does for our country. So doing it to the best of our ability and bringing joy to the people back home, is a big thing for us The Bomb squad is quite exciting, I mean you got a couple of players coming on wanting to make an impact and change the game for the better. It doesn’t always change the game the way we want to, Malcolm Marx sheds light on the Springboks, Rassie Erasmus' innovation, bomb squad, September 2025,IOL, by John Goliath External links Category:Rugby union players from South Africa Category:1994 births Category:Living people