Cheslin Kolbe more nervous for Champions Cup clash with La Rochelle than World Cup final

“The nerves, the butterflies, are really starting to show.” 

Toulouse's Cheslin Kolbe is lined up for a tackle by Keith Earls of Munster. Picture: INPHO/Dan Sheridan

He may have scored a try for the Springboks in a World Cup final but Toulouse winger Cheslin Kolbe has admitted he is feeling more nerves ahead of this Saturday’s Heineken Champions Cup final than he did before South Africa’s big day in Japan 18 months ago.

Toulouse have the chance to end a 10-year wait for a record-breaking fifth European title when they face French Top 14 title rivals La Rochelle at Twickenham this weekend and rugby superstar Kolbe believes there is more pressure on him and his club in the build-up to the Champions Cup showpiece than there was in the Springbok camp in Yokohama as they prepared to face England for the Webb Ellis Cup.