Springbok star loving life in the English Premiership

Springbok prop Thomas du Toit has been energised by his move to Bath and is loving life in the historic English town.

SPRINGBOK STAR THRIVING IN THE ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP

Du Toit opened up about his new life in an interview with Planet Rugby.

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“Yeah look, I’m loving it here in Bath,” Du Toit admitted.

“We are living in Corsham which is just outside of Bath and what’s nice about it is we’re basically finding both sides of the social spectrum.

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“We are in a smaller village where we know a lot of the people – we know the local coffee shop owner and we know the local florist; there’s a real community feel here. And then we get to Bath to experience the city life and see the beautiful scenery and architecture that this area and Bath have to offer. So honestly. in our opinion, we’ve got best of both worlds for now and both my partner and I are thoroughly enjoying it.”

Du Toit has unlocked some incredible try-soring form while at Bath as well but still insists that his focus is the scrum.

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“Look, I’m a prop and getting on the scoresheet so often feels a bit weird. I’ve never scored like this and for some reason it’s just happening. I much prefer scrum penalty over a try so I’ll leave it at that!” he said.

WINNING CULTURE

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He has really taken the culture of the club on board, and Du Toit hopes to be part of a big push for honours at the ambitious outfit.

“Yeah, we pride ourselves on being tough to beat and I think that kind of mindset goes throughout the team now. And yes, there were definitely lapses in concentration from time to time when they (Racing) got through us and that’s down to a lot of good play from the opposition side,” Du Toit said.

“But whilst we try and have that mentality throughout the squad it’s obviously difficult because teams are throwing everything at us and looking at a team like Racing they have an unbelievable side of Test quality players, so the reality is we’re playing teams that are also very good and we can’t lose sight of that.”