Een van die Paarl se goue seuns van rugby, Gurthr\u00f6 Steenkamp, het nou as\u2019t ware naam vir homself gemaak op die gebied van rugbyafrigting in Frankryk nadat die Franse klub La Rochelle onlangs die Heineken-kampioenbeker in die eindstryd teen die gedugte Ierse span Leinster verower het. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
La Rochelle het sy wenreeks verlede Sondag voortgesit toe hy Lyon geklop het in \u2019n Top-14-stryd wat hom saam met Toulose tans algeheel vierde op die punteleer van Franse rugby plaas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Steenkamp vertolk \u2019n sleutelrol by La Rochelle nadat hy die leisels as skrumafrigter geneem het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Steenkamp is \u2019n trotse oud-Paarliet wat sy laerskooljare by Ebenezer Prim\u00ear geniet het voordat hy na die Ho\u00ebr Jongenskool Paarl is, wat \u2019n belangrik invloed op sy toekomstige rugbyloopbaan gehad het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As voorryspeler het Steenkamp n\u00e1 skool vir die Cheetahs, Bulle en Leeus uitgedraf en in 2004 sy buiging vir die Springbokke teen Skotland gemaak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hy het die Springbok-rugbytrui in die 2007- en 2011-W\u00eareldbekertoernooie gedra en is in 2010 as Suid-Afrikaanse rugbyspeler van die jaar aangewys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Steenkamp het hom n\u00e1 die 2011-W\u00eareldbeker by die Franse klub Toulouse aangesluit, waar hy vir die Europese kampioene tot 2017 gespeel het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
N\u00e1 sy uittrede in 2017 het hy sy sakestudies aan die Toulouse-sakeskool en ook \u2019n afrigtingskursus voltooi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Steenkamp het hierdie gebruik om onder meer afrigtingskonsultasiewerk in Frankryk, Duitsland en Holland te doen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Maar met die aanbreek van die 2021-\u201922-rugbyseisoen in Europa het nog \u2019n nuwe hoofstuk in Steenkamp se lewe aangebreek toe hy as skrumafrigter vir La Rochelle in di\u00e9 Middeleeuse hawestad aan die weskus van Frankryk aangestel is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Intussen het Steenkamp, sy vrou, Jana, en hul kinders, Kaylee (18), Werner (15) en Giana-Mae (8) in die Franse leefstyl ingeburger geraak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hulle praat almal vlot Frans en die kinders gaan daar skool, met Kaylee wat vanjaar op pad na \u2019n Franse universiteit sal wees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Steenkamp het vandeesweek in die mooiste Afrikaans uit La Rochelle vertel hoe die Franse en hul leefstyl die gesin omhels het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDit was in die begin veral met die vreemde taal baie uitdagend, maar die Franse was deurgaans vriendelik, hulpvaardig en toeganklik,\u201d het Steenkamp vertel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hy s\u00ea wel die afgelope twee jaar van die Covid-19-pandemie was \u2019n geweldige uitdaging \u2013 veral vir sportmense wat graag wil meeding, maar nie kon speel nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cEk moes in hierdie tydperk meer as 600 rugbyspelers aanlyn met afrigting help. Ons as afrigters moes hulle ook deurgaans gemotiveerd hou in di\u00e9 uitdagende tye. Maar die geleenthede wat ek tot dusver in Frankryk gebied is, is ongelooflik \u2013 vir my loopbaan sowel as vir my gesin.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Steenkamp s\u00ea weens werksverpligtinge en die pandemie was hy vyf jaar laas in Suid-Afrika.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cJa, ek mis \u2019n lekker gesellige braai saam met vriende en familie. 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