Fanie de Villiers
Apr 2 2009, Sreelata Yellamrazu

by Trevor Chesterfield

You will not find too much reliable info about Roelof van der Merwe, the latest in a growing line of South Africa’s new all-action heroes. But stick around.
Here is the a little of the drill on the 24-year-old...

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