But recently he got a phone call asking him to play in a Sevens tournament in Bulgaria with some old friends from the amateur era, and having caught the bug again, played in another one a couple of weeks later.

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Having been bitten by the wine bug in 2001 after a taste of Thelema Cabernet Sauvignon, Mr. Vanderspuy, who has a deep-rooted history with Stellenbosch, says he recognized that the region's cool, maritime breezes and varied soils had the potential to make great red wine.

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Two days after being bitten the man admitted himself to a hospital emergency department having developed necrotising fasciitis - the disease dubbed by the media as the flesh eating bug after it killed 22 people in England and Wales in 1994.

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