Dan Du Preez

Daniel du Preez (born 5 August 1995) is a South African rugby union player for Bath in the English Premiership.His usual position is number eight, but he can also play as a lock or flanker. Quotes I guess it was just the way it happened. There was no real reason it [first-team emergence] was late. It was probably a bit blocked initially at the Sharks but I have got no ill feeling, I was very young at the time and not everyone can play, and not everyone can play at a young age like the Currys, or Jean-Luc, or Handre (Pollard), all these kind of guys. I just guess when the time did come I was ready. They are just freaks, aren’t they? Freaks of nature and they are really physical. If you look at what they do in the league now, can you imagine playing against it? That is what it would have been like, playing against them being these real big bruisers, great ball carriers, good tacklers obviously. It was better being on their side than against them. I kind of how do I say it, I don’t cherish it, what would the word be? I welcome it, I welcome the competition, George is a world-class player and I have always said and been quite open about this, I don’t mind where I play as long as I can contribute to the team whether that be at ten or at 13 As a player, you just want to be involved really and so if that means I play 13 or if I carry on playing ten or whatever the case may be, I’ll welcome it and I’ll take that head-on like I did last year (when competing with AJ MacGinty). I quite enjoy 13. It’s nice getting the ball in the wider channels We do a bit of breathing, that is one thing I do a bit of. A lot of it was in the pre-season when we had a lot more time. When you get into games it is quite tough to do as much but we still have our R’n’R blocks after training where we do ice bath or sauna or steam room and all that kind of stuff and have some time. There was a brief moment pre-pandemic, post-pandemic that I was in a WhatsApp group and could chat to Felix (Jones), he’d do little reviews on your game and send you clips and stuff like that. But that would have been the last time that I had contact. 'They're just freaks of nature, it was better being on their side',October 2022 Rugby Pass by Liam Reagney External links Category:Rugby union players from South Africa Category:Living people Category:1995 births