"Mallet told me to make way for Bobby Skinstad - how I really felt!"

Ever wondered what really went on behind the scenes with the Springboks? In the latest of our series in conjunction with Front Row Rugby, Peter Stemmet chats to former Springbok flanker, André Venter. He chats about his Springbok career, why the Boks lost against the British and Irish Lions in 1997 and how he felt when Nick Mallet told him he had to make way for Bob Skinstad!
Don't miss this fascinating interview!
"Mallet told me to move to lock to make way for Bobby Skinstad - how I really felt!" @frontrowrugby
00:00 Welcome to Front Row Rugby!
00:20 This week’s trivia question
00:40 You made your Springbok debut against New Zealand
02:54 Facing the haka
04:18 Losing to the All Blacks
06:15 Francois Pienaar dropped
07:11 Beating France in France
09:09 Talk to us about Andre Markgraaff
10:33 Losing to the Lions
12:58 You were sent off
17:02 Let’s talk about Sean Fitpatrick
19:00 The Year-end tour 1997
21:24 The record run of 17 Wins In A Row
25:21 You were dropped for Bob Skinstad
31:00 Losing to Australia in the 1999 World Cup
32:07 Time to talk about Harry Viljoen
33:37 The end of your Test career
35:37 Your battle with Transverse myelitis
38:56 Who was your toughest opponent?
40:45 Who is your favourite current player?
41:27 Is there a funny moment you can share?
43:19 What are you up to these days?
44:43 Let’s look at the trivia question again
45:38 Thank you for being on Front Row Rugby!
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[@cvb8181]

One of the BEST NO.7 (openside) Flankers ever.

[@kalaharikreef7371]

Looks to me that Bobby was a case of ‘the juice was not worth the squeeze’. Tons of players were alienated.

[@martinvanrensburg4441]

Andre was very good,but skinstad was better 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@theruffiankj4164]

Venter was the constant hard man, but Skinstad was a genius who could read a game-breaking moment like none other at the time…

[@jeremyreid9582]

Our Springboks are so much stronger now that bobby is off of the field.

[@juanpierrebosch]

AB's

[@williameng368]

Huh?