Bryan Habana to retire at the end of the season
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Springbok wing Bryan Habana has announced that he will retire at the end of the season.
"It’s been more than a year of hoping, trying, pushing and willing to get back on the field for one last time, to taste the sweet victory or encounter that gut-wrenching despair," he said via an Instagram post.
'To hear the roar of the crowd or grab the pill out of the air. To make that last bone-crunching tackle or score that last game-winning try. But it’s unfortunately just not to be. I, like most, would have liked my career to have ended differently, but sometimes things don’t turn out quite the way we hope for. So at the end of this season, it’s time to say goodbye and thank you to the game I so dearly love.'
Habana joined Toulon in 2013 after playing for the Stormers, Bulls and Lions.
The 34-year old played the last of his 124 Tests against Italy in 2016 and holds the record for the most Test tries (67) by a tier-one player.
As @bryanhabana announces his retirement, we look back at some of his finest Rugby World Cup scores. Go well Bryan! pic.twitter.com/EgvIBB6lQH
— Rugby World Cup (@rugbyworldcup) April 24, 2018
