Telling the story to Phil Vickery and Scott Quinnell that Kwagga was a serious quadbiker and his dad wanted him to play rugby instead as it was less dangerous. His dad told the rugby coaches that his son had an under developed sense of fear.
So he started playing rugby, got into the Blitzbok side, then started playing 15’s in Japan. The Japanese based players in the Bok squad told Rassie that Kwagga was the best player in the Japanese league and that he should bring him into the Bok setup
The rest is history as they say