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Truth-seeker Joe finds jungle solace

By DANIEL GALLAN

Ego boost: Joe van Niekerk and Jonny Wilkinson lift the Heineken Cup in 2013
PICTURES: Getty Images

RUGBY players need ego by the bucket full and Joe van Niekerk understands this better than most.
But the 52 Test Springbok back row who won two European Cups with Toulon has spent the last six years of his life actively stripping his ego away.
In a previous life, this hulking man was aggression personified. Now, in the jungles of Costa Rica where he owns the healing sanctuary Rama Organica. “Big Joe” has made way for “Jungle Joe”.
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