News24.com | WATCH | Galloping Shimlas lock Thabang Mahlasi lights up Varsity Cup with sublime attacking play

News24.com | WATCH | Galloping Shimlas lock Thabang Mahlasi lights up Varsity Cup with sublime attacking play
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Thabang Mahlasi. (Photo by Ashley Vlotman/Gallo Images)

Thabang Mahlasi. (Photo by Ashley Vlotman/Gallo Images)

While the Shimlas – who boast Swys de Bruin as their new director of rugby – continued their imposing form in the Varsity Cup with a third straight victory in this season’s campaign, their running rugby revolution is being headed by an unlikely candidate.

It’s not a sniping scrumhalf, a fleet-footed winger or a magician at flyhalf.

Instead, it’s a lanky, galloping lock in skipper Thabang Mahlasi, a 21-year-old hailing from unfashionable Vereeniging.

He proved a real talisman in the Shimlas’ convin

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