Schalk Burger has recounted a hilarious story about his former teammate and good friend Jean de Villiers from their playing days with the Springboks.

In the latest episode of the ‘Aotearoa Rugby Pod’ dissecting the Test between the Springboks and All Blacks at Ellis Park, Burger also shared a hilarious anecdote about De Villiers.

“My favourite story about him is actually on-field. We were roommates and we were playing in Bloemfontein in 2007, just before the World Cup against England,” Burger recounted.

“The place was absolutely packed, 45,000 people there. He’s lying next to me and he used to wear these tight medic pants, and the white Springbok shorts.

“He’s lying there letting out some big farts and I’m like, ‘Partner, this is not going to end well’, one of them is definitely going to follow through.

“My words weren’t even out of my mouth, I could hear something just go, straight through.

“The sheer panic on this bloke’s face, he didn’t know whether he could get up, he’s got white shorts on.

“The assistant coach Gert Smal comes to him and says, ‘Jean, you’ve really got to call through to the forwards’ before he’s like ‘What the hell is that smell?

“The panic when he [De Villiers] got up, he took like two steps and everything started running down his legs.”

Burger added that the incident threw him off so much, that he was still laughing when he made his way on to the field for the first half.

“I could not recover in time for the game, I took the first kick-off giggling. How could I experience this happening?

“He had to sprint off the pitch and get the team manager to get a new set of jumpers.

“It was absolutely incredible to witness.”