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Dyanti ban tops off bad year for Boks

BRENDAN GALLAGHER

Fall from grace: Aphiwe Dyanti scores for the Springboks against England
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IF 2019 was a year of glory and triumph for a truly multi-racial South Africa side, 2020 has been a complete non event for the Springboks and it ended in a typically downbeat manner earlier this week when Aphiwe Dyanti was finally handed a fouryear ban for taking performance enhancing drugs. They knew it was coming but that doesn’t make it any less painful.
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