Damian Markus: The Next Springbok Star?

I remember watching Damian as an u/15 player for HTS Middelburg and he was destroying everyone in front of him. He has always been the smallest player on the field, but he always managed to still be the best player regardless of his size. He has given no indication that his size will ever be a weakness, because just like with Henco van Wyk, who plays for the Lions, he simply kept getting better and better every single year. Everyone who follows this channel know that I rate Henco van Wyk, to me he was one of the most talented schoolboy rugby players to ever play the game. I say that because even as u/15, I said that Damian was the closest player to Henco that I’ve seen. They play the rugby the same way, they give it their all and they’re fearless. They are willing to give everything on defence and that is why their size has never been in issue for them because they have excellent tackling technique and they have to attitude to match that technique. Now where they are different it this, Henco van Wyk is a World Class defender for his age, there are not many players smarter than him on defence, and there simply is nobody in rugby that has the technique he has, then to go with that he is great on attack when he gets the ball and he has an ability to break tackles with his explosiveness in contact situations. With Damian, he is World Class on attack, his vision is second to none, he is almost like Cheslin Kolbe in that regard. He knows exactly where the space is and also knows exactly when to step and go himself, or to pass for his teammate. Then on defence, he might not be as good as Henco in that department, but he is still very good. He’s extremely smart, as he is on attack, and he also has a knack of intercepting the ball, which again shows how smart he is. He scored an insane amount of intercept tries during his time in Stellenberg, you just have to go back to when Stellenberg got a massive upset against Monument High School a few years back, directly as a result of him scoring intercept tries. He carried Stellenberg during that game, and I’ll always remember that. Now this year he exploded onto the scene at the u20 Championship for the Baby Boks, where he scored one of the best tries you will ever see and it was all thanks to his individual talent. People can doubt his size all they want, that is not stopping Damian. As he has shown time and time again, the more you doubt his size, the more he proves you wrong. This Damian Markus Highlights just shows again how explosive he is. I’ve got a feeling in 2027 we’re going to see a 12. D. Markus and 13. H. van Wyk combination for the Boks, and if they both reach their full potential, that might end up being one of the best centre combinations SA has ever seen. For this Video I used CoachPaint from TRACAB, they’re the best in the industry with regards to telestration software: For a 14-day Trial you can use this link: Check them out on: LinkedIn: Twitter: Facebook: Instagram: #CoachPaint #Tracab