It is history that the Lions had a clean sweep against all South African opponents and Norman Mbiko (75) from Nyanga, the only living African Springbok captain of the South African Rugby Association (Sara), had the privilege of playing against them. In Italy we played six matches in 15 days and I played flank in five of the six matches, although I was a scrumhalf. On the tour the Lions played 22 matches, won 21 and drew the last match. He added that it is a privilege to play against the Lions or any international team and he treasures all his matches against all teams he played against. If you chat to rugby players that played against him in the 60s he had been ahead of his age group for years.

Source: News 24 May 06, 2021 04:30 UTC