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Siya Kolisi, captain of Laureus World Team of the Year, the South African men’s rugby team, and his wife Rachel, pictured in Berlin before the 2020 Laureus World Sports Awards on 17 February 2020. (Photo: Simon Hofmann / Getty Images for Laureus)
Siya and Rachel Kolisi at OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg on 10 February 2023. (Photo: Gallo Images / Lefty Shivambu)
(Image: Instagram)