Handre Pollard’s wife Marise took to Instagram to share several photos from the Springboks vs All Blacks match, which took place on Saturday 7 September at the DHL Stadium in Cape Town. The Springboks defeated the All Blacks 18-12.
This came just one week after the Springboks defeated the All blacks 31-27 at the Ellis Park Stadium in Johannesburg on 30 August. This marked the Springboks fourth consecutive win against the All Blacks.
In the album post on Instagram, Marise shared photos with some of the other Springbok Wives and Girlfriends (WAGS): Layla Kolbe, the wife of Cheslin Kolbe, Holly Clare le Roux, wife of Willie le Roux, Ingrid Malherbe, the wife of Frans Malherbe, Domenica de Allende, the wife of Damian de Allende.
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“Love this team, this family & for OUR INCREDIBLE COUNTRY and its people,” she wrote.
Springboks WAG Anlia Etzebeth also took to Instagram to show Eben Etzebeth love ahead of the match.
SIYA KOLISI: ‘I COULDN’T GO HALF-HEARTED’
Following the win, captain Siya Kolisi expressed that he had to prove himself after coach Rassie Erasmus gave him the chance to lead the Springboks.
“The coach gave me the chance when I said I was okay so I couldn’t go half-hearted. Nobody is going to celebrate you if you don’t go flat out. We didn’t start the way we wanted to and the coach was quite honest with us (at half-time). At the start of the second half we did what we wanted. This game was really big for us,” he said.
Kolisi also thanked the people of South Africa for the support.
“You give us the motivation each and every single day. We appreciate you. And everyone cheering us as we were driving in the bus today. There were so many different people from different walks of life, homeless people seeing us and jumping up and down, people who can’t be here today,” according to Planet Rugby.
“So we say thank you and we represent everyone. We appreciate you. And please don’t stop when th