Siya Kolisi has arrived at his new French club. Photo: X
Siya Kolisi ‘can’t wait’ to make his debut for French club
Siya Kolisi is set to debut for new French club Racing 92 this weekend in what will be his first appearance since winning the World Cup.
Siya Kolisi has arrived at his new French club. Photo: X
After leading the Springboks to the World Cup title, Siya Kolisi joined a whirlwind trophy tour across South Africa, while he then jetted off to France where he has joined new club Racing 92.
After a brief trip to the US where Kolisi spent time with family, appeared at some special sports events and conducted various work for his foundation, he has now settled back in France as he prepares to making his Racing debut against La Rochelle this weekend.
“I can’t wait to play, honestly. That’s the missing part,” Kolisi told Canal+ earlier on Sunday.
“Being on the field is what I’m looking forward to most.”
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The ‘Ayrton Senna’ of rugby
In a wide-ranging interview with French media outlet Midi Olympique, Racing 92 owner Jacky Lorenzetti touched on the arrival of Kolisi at the Paris La Defense Arena.
“Siya arrives at the club this Monday and Trevor Nyakane will not be long. There will be a positive impact on the group, I think,” he told Midi Olympique. “Siya, he radiates. He’s someone quite extraordinary. He gives me the impression of being a tractor that will pull the whole team behind him.
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“Kolisi reminds me of Dan Carter but in a different style, certainly with a little more flesh, a little more human,” Lorenzetti added. “They say he has political ambitions after rugby and that doesn’t surprise me from what I know about the guy.
“He is more unifying than anyone and even created an association a few years ago to help children in the townships in South Africa. In my youth, I did a bit of motorsport and I loved a driver named Ayrton Senna; he was a driving genius but he also had a mystical dimension that I found in Siya Kolisi.”
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