Springbok and Cell C Sharks Centre Lukhanyo Am Shows Off Impressive Footballing Skills

• Cell C Sharks outside centre Lukhanyo Am appears to be one of those unfairly talented dual sports players
• The Springbok player, arguably the best player in the world at the moment, showed off impressive footballing technique
• With a rugby ball casually held in one hand, Am juggled a soccer ball effortlessly for 30 seconds in a challenge, before juggling the rugby ball too

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Springbok Rugby World Cup-winning outside centre Lukhanyo Am was seen in an Instagram video, juggling a football in the easiest of fashions.

This was part of the #Canyoukickup Challenge, where rugby players challenge each other to keep the ball bouncing for 30 or more seconds.

Am, a contender for World Rugby Player of the Year in 2022, has recently returned from an injury layoff.

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He was at the Cell C Sharks' gym facilities, ahead of an intriguing Vodacom United Rugby Championship match against Irish team Ulster on Saturday afternoon.

Rugby World reported that Am is from Qonce, a football-loving community in the Eastern Cape, with his mother having once tried to convince him to quit rugby in favour of the Beautiful Game.

Last month, Am's club and national teammate Siya Kolisi and his wife Rachel were the guests of Liverpool Football Club, as reported by IOL. The couple got to meet manager Jurgen Klopp as well as several players at the club's training facilities.

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South Africa lost a match in which many wounds were self-inflicted, some were through slick Kiwi magic, and others were either fairly or unfairly attributed to referee Luke Pearce, who handled the epic excellently - regardless of any error he might have made.

One such error has been dissected on YouTube by a channel called TASanalytics, as Sports Brief reported. A legitimate Lukhanyo Am try was disallowed following a 'knock-on' by prop Ox Nche, from a Kiwi tackle effected by Sam Whitelock.