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24th Oct 2015

Springbok captain conducts interview with tennis ball-sized lump on his face (Warning: Gross image)

Ouch

Kevin Beirne

This looks nasty.

South Africa failed to win their third World Cup after they were narrowly beaten by New Zealand in Twickenham on Saturday.

Such a close loss to their biggest rivals will hurt, and you could see the pain on the face of South African captain Fourie du Preez in his post-match interview. Literally.

Du Preez showed up to the interview sporting a bump the size of a bloody tennis ball on the side of his face.

People took notice of not just the bump, but the interviewer’s choice of words:

https://twitter.com/DanielHarris/status/657974819523203072