Springboks captain Siya Kolisi’s wife, Rachel Kolisi, shared a photo of their daughter’s reaction in the middle of their family dinner with Swiss tennis icon Roger Federer on Instagram on Saturday 25 May.
SIYA AND RACHEL KOLISI DINE WITH ROGER FEDERER
Springboks captain Siya Kolisi, his wife Rachel and their two kids – Nicholas (9) and Keziah (6) had dinner with Swiss tennis iconic Roger Federer. Rachel took to Instagram to share a photo from the dinner date on Saturday 25 May. While two sporting legends are usually the centre of attention, Keziah’s reaction stole the show.
In the second slide of the album post, Rachel zoomed in to her daughter, Keziah’s reaction at the dinner table. Swipe left to take a look…
“Dinner with @rogerfederer and Keziah. 🫠😂❤️,” she captioned the post.
Siya currently plays for Paris-based rugby team Racing92. So, his family relocated from Durban, South Africa to the city of love, Paris in 2023. This was after Siya led the South African national team, the Springboks to become double Rugby World Cup Champions in October 2023.
Federer on the other hand, who has a whopping 12.4 milliion followers on Instagram, has his own link to South Africa. The iconic Swiss tennis player’s mother, Lynette Federer is from Germiston, Gauteng. In 1970 Lynette started working for a Swiss Chemical Company (Ciba), this was where she met Roger’s father, Robert Federer. The pair later got married in 1973 in Switzerland.
Robert and Lynette had two children, Diana Vanessa who was born in 1979 and Roger Federer who was born 1981.
FANS WEIGH IN
Keziah’s reaction was the main topic of discussion in the comments section as fans were loving her energy. Once fan pointed out that while this may be two sporting icons to the rest of us, to Keziah this is just her dad and his friend having “boring chats”. Take a look…
“To us, these are two sporting icons. To her, it’s just her dad and his friend having boring chats. Kids neh 😂😂😂😂😂,” wrote @mnix_27.
“Does Kez know who she is sitting with 😂,” wrote @shudu_rosa.
“She’s too precious 😅,” wrote @thesivu.
“Kids, so humbling always 😂,” wrote @michelle__green.
“Wow Kez what a privilege, I would give anything to just meet this man,” wrote @elananieman.
“One day every youth will understand what was done for them when they reach their own independence. a beautiful thing ❤️,” wrote @djenga_official.