SPRINGBOK captain Siya Kolisi has revealed how heavy drinking almost destroyed his career.
In his autobiography Rise, Kolisi recalls his battle with alcohol and how it could have cost him his family.
He recalls the 2015 World Cup when he was part of the Bok squad, but didn’t feature regularly in the match-day team.
“Whenever I had time off, I just drank. I was bored and feeling sorry for myself and it was all too easy for me to hit the bars and pubs and be a goodtime guy,” he wrote.
But he recalls how his wife Rachel made him see the errors of his ways and how...