Ex-Leeds Rhinos star Kruise Leeming details family tragedy and rise to rugby league stardom from “third world country”

BORN in Eswatini, Kruise Leeming has enjoyed a remarkable rise to become a professional rugby league player. Eswatini, formerly named Swaziland, is the last remaining absolute monarchy in Africa but has been dominated by poverty over the years. Landlocked in southern Africa, as of 2018, Eswatini had the 12th lowest life expectancy in the worl

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