Springboks legend Tendai Mtawarira is topping trends after his photo with All Blacks legend Richie McCaw made rounds on social media.

The two rubbed shoulders in France before a Rugby event scheduled for Narbonne. The photos have since flooded social media after being dropped.The now-viral photos have gained thousands of comments and reactions since they dropped on Instagram.

Taking to Instagram, the Springboks legend captioned the post: “Awesome to hang with the G.O.A.T @richiemccaw in Narbonne ahead of our big event tomorrowWith illustrious careers spanning years, the two have been dubbed greats of the modern game.

Tendai Mtawarira

He had debuted for the Springboks in 2008 and had his last dance in 2019. Undoubtedly, he had 117 caps for the Boks and was part of the ninth Rugby World Cup edition hosted in Japan in 2019.

The Springboks defeated England in the final to win the biggest Rugby tournament.

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Richie McCaw

McCaw is regarded as one of the Greatest Of All Time. He had his test debut for New Zealand in 2001 and had his last dance in 2015.

However, upon his retirement, he went down in the history books as the most-capped captain in world rugby with 110 caps. He also holds a record for most Test wins as a captain with 97 wins.

He also won more Tests than any other player with 131 wins and has scored more Test tried than any other forward, 27. Richie McCaw has won two Rugby World Cups, seven Tri-Nations Championship titles, and two All Blacks Grand Slams.

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RECORDS TO TUMBLE AT THE RWC FINAL
Undoubtedly, the two have been vocal ahead of the Springboks and All Blacks 2023 Rugby World Cup final. No doubt records will tumble at Stade de France on 28 October when two triple champions square off.

Heading into an epic encounter, the Springboks haven’t lost in a final, and if they manage to win, they will become the second side to win back-to-back titles.

On the other hand, All Blacks’ win over Argentina saw them reach their record fifth final appearance. However, one of their defeats was in the hands of the Springboks during the 1995 final.

England has released a statement on Springbok star Bongi Mbonambi’s case.

The past few days, they had been busy as the World Rugby investigated the case of Tom Curry and Mbonambi.

The decision was to allow Bongi Mbonambi to continue playing without charges, but the English side seemed unhappy.

They have insisted that Bongi Mbonambi racially abused Curry during the match.

They also opened a fresh case, saying it was not Mbonambi’s first abuse of Curry.

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The statement said he did the same thing in the Autumn Test 2022.

Cementing their accusations on Mbonambi, they showed a lot of disappointment in the decision to allow him to play.

“The subsequent World Rugby investigation were informed by Tom Curry that he had also been a victim of the same abuse from the same player in the Autumn Test 2022.”

England Bongi Mbonambi statement
England’s statement on the Bongi Mbonambi case. images via Instagram @englandrugby
ENGLAND OPENS A FRESH CASE AGAINST SPRINGBOK BONGI MBONAMBI
Their complete statement showed much about England’s position on the case and their seriousness.

“The RFU fully support Tom Curry in raising the racially abusive behaviour he experienced while playing for England against South Africa.” they started.

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“During the match between England and South Africa on Saturday 21st October 2023, Tom Curry reported to the referee that he had been racially abused by Mbongebi Mbonambi.” they continued.

“World Rugby have today announced their decision not to bring charges in respect of either incident.” showing their disappointment.

The statement continued as they expressed dissatisfaction and belief that Tom was racially abused.HE TALK CONTINUES
As England accused Springbok Bongi Mbonambi with a fresh case, many fans had their say and were divided.

“Protecting SA with everything they got…ridiculous.”

“Would be so different if it was the other way round 🤔”

“either way, there is clear bias towards the southern hemisphere teams this year. no saltiness either, English fan who just wanted to get out the group so very happy to get to where we got”

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“Be a different story if it was the other way round….”

“You can report it as long as you aren’t English it comes across ok to ban Farrell but not deal with this as it would make England look the better team of which they were on that pitch. It should not be one rule for one and one rule for another!”

“Disgusting decision by World Rugby. Had the roles

Handre Pollard is one of the most love Springboks players, here’s what we know about his wife Marise Pollard.

The Springboks are set to play against the All Blacks in the Rugby World Cup final on Saturday 28 October.HANDRE POLLARD IS MARRIED TO MARISE
Marise and Handre Pollard tied the knot in 2017 in a beautiful ceremony in Stellenbosch, Western Cape. The pair met through Facebook.

“He wasn’t the kind of guy I would usually fall for. But he was incredibly attractive to me! He was strong, muscular and an introvert,” she said on her wedding day, according to The Sun.

Marise is a supportive wife always showing her husband love on social media. She thanked God for the Springboks win against England on Saturday 21 October, which sent the South African national team to the finals.According to The Sun, Marise is a talented athlete. She won a gold medal and two silvers in the 800m at the South African National Championships.
She lives in the UK, but South Africa is home.
Marise is a dog lover.
She loves to travel. According to her Instagram, she’s been to the Maldives, Italy, Paris and more.
Marise is her husband’s biggest fan.

It seems like the drama between famed sangomas Dr Maweni and Gogo Skhoteni is not nearing an end anytime soon. This was seen on social media when notorious X user @ChrisExcel102 mentioned Dr Maweni in a post discussing alleged Gogo Skhoteni’s album releaseThe ‘battle of the sangomas’ was not expected by Mzansi as the two sangomas who both found fame on reality show Izangoma Zodumo, who first appeared to be very ‘good friends’ until according to IOL accusations of copying business moves were thrown around.

The fight started over Gogo Skhoteni’s accusations against the snake loving Dr Maweni of copying a product she just launched . This then led to a fight over viral videos where literally no one was safe from being dragged into the messThere have been many famous individuals who have found themselves being dragged into the beef between the two sangomas. The most recent is Prince Kaybee who was mentioned in the X post that had Dr Maweni swearing at the X user in question and at Gogo Skhoteni.

The use of Prince Kaybee’s name hinted that he had intimate relations with Gogo Skkhoteni in the past. The other male celebrity who has been dragged in this confusing beef is Oscar Mbo who according to Dr Maweni has been in an intimate relationship with Gogo Skhoteni.

The fight has seen the two sangomas throw accusations against each other but it seems like in the unofficial dragging between the two, X users were on Dr Maweni’s side where some were urging her to take quick action against Gogo Skhoteni and finally prove who is the more powerful sangoma.

There were other users on the other hand who thought that Dr Maweni was once again letting her fingers do the talking and stated that the X post was not that deep.WILL THERE EVER BE PEACE IN THE DUMBA
The drama between these two two traditional healer divas will clearly not end anytime soon because both of have big egos. The fact that there has been many damaging accusations mentioned against each other could be another reason that peace might not been seen between the two ladies of the dumba.

South Africans have united on social media to defend Springboks hooker Bongi Mbonambi since England’s Tom Curry accused him of a racial slur. They’ve also thanked the English rugby player for uniting the country.

@neil_jrm wrote: “Nelson Mandela and Tom Curry. Unifiers of RSA. Did not expect to be writing that line..”

 

 
While @shepherdmg said: “I was thinking the same, he’s done more for racial harmony than Mandela and Johnny Clegg combined.”

@moses11555271: “They thought that we don’t care for each other on this side, yes we’re fighting but when an outsider tries to attack one of our family members, we take a break from family war.”

South African lawyer @ZacMoselane said on Wednesday that the English media is used to bullying people around and they didn’t know about South African Twitter/social media.

“Oh boy, those podcast boys should have warned them. Tom Curry is now crying abuse. He can end this now by coming out and apologise. But he is arrogant, so he won’t,” added Moselane.

Daily Mail reported on Wednesday that the South Africa rugby stars spoke in Afrikaans during training this week and appeared to make light of Bongi Mbonambi’s ‘white ****’ England slur row as they warm up for the World Cup finals.

“A video of South African stars seemingly mocking the incident has gone viral,” added the publication.

The video by Hendrik Cronje showed the South African players and the coaching staff using the Afrikaans phrase “watter kant” which translates to “which side”.

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SPINGBOKS FANS: DEFEND BONGI MBONAMBI
Springboks’ fans also revealed that the England player Tom Curry united all South Africans on the issue of racism when he thought he was racially abused by Bongi Mbonambi.

@El123V: “Definitely agree. And it’s amazing to watch how many South Africans are prepared to fight for Bongi as well.”

@marvinseekoei: “We need to salute him!!! His done something that no politician could get right!”

@Iamcrucified85: “We aren’t really that much divided but our politicians make us think we are. This racism thing is a problem between them, thina lana siyajolana and si groova sonke sekukhona namaphara abelungu just to show how united we are.”