Popular Springbok ‘Flo’ Louw will not wait indefinitely for Premiership rugby to resume: he has played his last match. Louw says nobody could have predicted the pandemic and he is comfortable with stepping down just ahead of turning 35. The sports-disrupting impact of Covid-19 has taken a toll on veteran Springbok loose forward Francois Louw as he retires without the opportunity for a proper swansong match for Bath. Louw has been a popular and yeoman-serving figure at the English Premiership club since 2011, including stints as captain. The semi-finals would have been set for this weekend, with the Twickenham final on June 20.

Source: News 24 June 11, 2020 19:07 UTC