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Toulon coach Patrice Collazo praised South Africa s Rugby World Cup winner Eben Etzebeth after he returned from concussion in Sunday s 29-23 victory at Racing 92 in the French Top 14.
Etzebeth, who won the last of his 85 Springboks caps in the 2019 final, missed more than four weeks of action after suffering a head knock in the European Cup win over Sale on December 12. He played at the level we expect. Tonight I saw a very good Eben Etzebeth, like I saw very good French internationals and very good non-internationals, Collazo told reporters post-match. When there are individual performances on a collective basis like that, a team performance follows, he added.
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