Capped as a Springbok aged 21, Pierre Spies was on cloud nine. Having been selected for the Springbok squad to travel to the World Cup, the years of hard work had finally paid off. But his dreams would soon be crushed when a doctor informed him that he might never play rugby again. And worse, he could even die!
Much more than a sports biography, this is the moving, personal story behind the well-loved ‘No. 8’ of South African rugby.