The new Toyota Hilux Legend 55 and World Cup-winning Springbok Schalk Burger could have been manufactured in the same factory’s such are their similarities in status and excellence writes Mark Keohane.

Few players have embodied the raw power, resilience, and reliability of a Toyota Hilux quite like Schalk Burger — the tireless warrior who turned collisions into poetry and setbacks into stories of legend.

In his debut international season, the young blond loose forward — all energy and aggression — became the heartbeat of Jake White’s rejuvenated Springboks. His fearless tackling, breakdown dominance and relentless