14th November 2011

 Hunt on for Tyibilika’s killers

South Africa’s rugby fraternity was reeling on Monday after the murder of former Springbok forward Solly Tyibilika who was gunned down in a shebeen in Nyanga on Sunday.

As the police began the hunt for the two men who opened fire at patrons in a tavern on Terminus Street at 2.20pm, his former teammates, coaches and rugby bosses paid tribute to a “special player”.

Dave Kagan, the president of Hamilton’s Rugby Club where Tyibilika coached the under-19 team, said the club was devastated.