In 2002 , De Villiers suffered a major knee injury seven minutes into his international debut . He was out for the rest of that year and never played again in Test cricket. De Villiers was named South African Rugby Player of the Year and Players ' Player of the Year in 2008 . I never really felt that I deserved it , but that was a great day , ( especially ) when the team arrived back in South Africa to see the faces of millions of South Africans . The 31-year-old is now the most capped Springbok center in the history of the game .
In 2002 , De Villiers suffered a major knee injury seven minutes into his international debut . He was out for the rest of that year and never played again in Test cricket. De Villiers was named South African Rugby Player of the Year and Players ' Player of the Year in 2008 . The 31-year-old is now the most capped Springbok center in the history of the game .