Jean de Villiers announces his retirement from international rugby

“When I got injured yesterday and I left the field, I knew that I had played my last Test for South Africa."

South Africa captain Jean de Villiers has announced his retirement from Test rugby after being ruled out of the rest of the World Cup due to a fractured jaw.

The 34-year-old centre earned his 109th cap during the Springboks’ 46-6 thrashing of Samoa in the Pool B encounter yet it proved to be his final international appearance.