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IN DADDY’S FOOTSTEPS

HIS Instagram feed is exhausting just to look at: all that kicking, tackling, treadmill-pounding and spinning – clearly this is someone who’s serious about fitness and his sport.

The account belongs to SA rugby supremo Elton Jantjies, and if you didn’t know better you’d swear he’s in training for a bruising Super Rugby encounter this weekend.

But of course, like most sporting events around the world, the championship has been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. And because of the lockdown, Elton isn’t training at the Lions home ground in Johannesburg, but in his own backyard.

He hasn’t even considered resting on his laurels during lockdown, the 29-year-old

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