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Springboks desire to please the crowd by switching away from their normal kicking game, to one based on running with the ball. Whether Lategan would have been replaced, like several other members of the team is unknown as he badly injured his arm before the third Test, which kept him out of rugby for a year. Although Lategan continued to play rugby switching from Western Province to Boland during the 1953/54 season, he never represented South Africa at international level again.
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Viviers and Sinclair to give Lategan a rest leading up to the first Test. Lategan returned to action to face London Counties on 10 November, partnered with Fry. The game was won by London Counties, 11–9, the only loss the Springboks suffered
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423:, the final international before South Africa travelled to France. England were beaten 8–3. Lategan played in three of the final matches held in Britain, Western Counties, South of Scotland, in which he scored his second try of the tour, and the encounter with
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Scotland pass to run fifty yards, beating
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of Great Britain, Ireland and France. The touring team is seen as one of the greatest South African teams, winning 30 of the 31 matches, including all five internationals.
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