Springboks legend Habana to retire
April 24, 2018 12:01 MYT
South Africa's leading try-scorer Bryan Habana will retire at the end of the Top 14 season.
The Toulon wing, who turns 35 in June, is in the final year of his contract with the French giants and has opted against prolonging his career.
Habana is second on all-time list of Springboks cap-holders behind Victor Matfield with 124, scoring 67 tries for his country to go down as a great.
The flyer, a World Cup-winner in France 11 years ago, revealed on Tuesday that he is ready to hang up his boots after struggling to force his way back into the Toulon side following knee surgery last year.
Habana posted on Instagram: "The inevitable moment has come knocking on my door and I've welcomed it in for a drink.
"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.
Habana has won two European titles and the Top 14 during his time with Toulon and was a two-time Super Rugby champion with the Bulls.