South Africa prop Steven Kitshoff retires from all rugby

South Africa prop Steven Kitshoff announced his retirement from all rugby Tuesday because of a serious neck injury that he said in an interview last year left him “two millimeters” from death.

Kitshoff announced in a statement from his South African domestic team, the Stormers.

The 33-year-old front-rower played 83 tests for the Springboks, winning back-to-back Rugby World Cups in 2019 and 2023. His last test for the Boks was the…