SOUTH AFRICA:
Stereotypical Player: A hard as nails farmer who is revered as a ferocious scrummager. As soft-spoken off the pitch as he is a hard bastard on it, he is the essence of humility and eschews controversy.
Position: Prop
After he retires: Heads back to the farm and drifts into obscurity. His legend grows.
WALES
Stereotypical Player: A diminutive jinking wizard who flits in and out of tackles. In the 70s, he was a superstar, in the 90s, he was under-appreciated and had to switch to rugby league, and from the mid 2000s onwards he’s been in an out of the side, often overlooked in favour of bulkier players.
Position: Out-half
After he retires: Likely to become a lippy pundit unable to tip a Welsh defeat in any game no matter who they’re playing against.
