Wow! SA on Faf De Klerk and Siya Kolisi’s throwback photos

A rugby fan had social media users going down memory lane when he posted throwback photos of Springbok players Francois ‘Faf’ De Klerk and Siya Kolisi as seen in an X (formally known as Twitter) post shared on 29 October.

FANS REACT TO THROWBACK PHOTOS OF FAF DE KLERK AND SIYA KOLISI

The Springboks have recently come up at the top of the 2023 Rugby World Cup tournaments as this year’s champions. This comes after beating the All Blacks in the final match on Saturday, 28 October in Paris. By the end of the game’s 80 minutes, the New Zealand team had up to 11 points while South Africa soared with 12 points.

“People who are not from South Africa don’t understand what it means for our country. It is not just about the game. Our country goes through such a lot. We are just grateful that we can be here. I want to tell the people of South Africa ‘thank you so much,” Ruck quoted the Springbok captain as saying.

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Springboks fans have since expressed their pride in the South African rugby national team in several ways. One green and gold rugby fan decided to post throwback photos of the Springbok captain Siya Kolisi (32) and the team’s scrum-half Faf De Klerk (31). Social media users who have come across the photos were thoroughly impressed by the old photos and rushed to the comment section to leave their thoughts about the rugby stars.

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TAKE A LOOK AT SOME REACTIONS FROM SOCIAL MEDIA USERS BELOW…

“Faf still looks as he was at that time… What’s he drinking…or it’s the speedo that keeps him youthful???” @Stephen18482949 asked.

“Siya used to attend Msengeni Primary School in Zwide before he got a scholarship to Grey. I attended Isaac Booi Primary School and used to be fierce rivals with Msengeni Primary. Life is something else, man. Well done to him,” @AthiProsperSA replied.

“Superb pics. Legends meeting future Legends. Reminds me of that pic of JFK shaking hands with young student Bill Clinton,” @davisdicky said.

“This is awesome… I saw something like this once about Ronaldo and Mbappe. It’s important that the big guys remember where they came from so the little guys see that it’s possible for them to become the big guys too,” @HavocArmada wrote.

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