Former Springboks player Derick Hougaard has shared a teaser clip of his upcoming motivational talk.
Images via Facebook: @derickhougaard
First look: ‘Frail’ Derick Hougaard makes first appearance [watch]
Former Springboks player Derick Hougaard has made his first appearance since his recent near-death hospital experience..
Former Springboks player Derick Hougaard has shared a teaser clip of his upcoming motivational talk.
Images via Facebook: @derickhougaard
Former Springboks player Derick Hougaard has made his first appearance following a short illness that landed him in ICU and on a ventilator.
The retired rugby player will share his near-death experience in a motivational talk later this month.
In June, Derick made headlines after he was hospitalised after a lung infection and given a “50/50 chance” of survival. According to Derick’s partner Nadine, the star athlete was “weak and frail”, and had lost a significant amount of weight.
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DERICK HOUGAARD SEEN AFTER HOSPITAL STAY
On his Facebook page, Derick Hougaard shared a clip of himself speaking about his upcoming event, a motivational talk titled “My Story.”
The father-of-two will address his fans at the Barnyard Theatre in Menlyn Park on 22 August. Tickets cost R250 per person, and all funds will go towards Derick himself.
In the clip, Derick tells his fans: “You think you know my story, but there’s a lot you don’t know.”
He captioned the clip: “Let’s speak life. Hope to see you there”.
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‘MY STORY’: WHAT WILL HE TALK ABOUT?
According to the Barnyard Theatre, Derick Hougaard’s talk will cover the highs and lows of his career and personal life.
A description of the show read: “Life started throwing curveballs at Derick, first an injury that ended his career, the loss of a child, a very public divorce and several scandalous stories that kept him on the front page of the newspapers and magazines.
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“Derick somehow survived this too. And then tragedy struck him again. Derick contracted pneumonia and had to spend 21 days in the intensive care unit of a hospital. No one thought he would survive this. But again, he did.
“So what is it about Derick Hougaard, the Darling of Loftus, that gets him back on his feet every time? Come listen to Derick’s incredible story of survival and find out what hard lessons life has taught him”.
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