Braai tongs can wait a little longer as 'Bone Collector' makes 40 look like the new 30

STILL AT IT: Lions veteran Willem Alberts , 40, offloads in the tackle in a United Rugby Championship match against Zebre in November, a match in which he also kicked one of the conversions as part of his farewell tour. After five years of threatening to retire, the Lions ' United Rugby Championship clash against Welsh side Cardiff should have been a sign that it was time to pack it up and head into a braai smoke-filled sunset for Willem Alberts .

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