Siya Kolisi and RG Snyman Celebrate Springboks' RWC Win With Matching Webb Ellis Cup Tattoos

Siya Kolisi and RG Snyman Celebrate Springboks' RWC Win With Matching Webb Ellis Cup Tattoos

  • Two Springbok players, Siya Kolisi and RG Snyman, have gotten themselves some victory tokens
  • They took to their Instagram accounts to show themselves inking the Webb Ellis Cup and their championship years on their arms
  • This will not be the first the Bokke get some tattoos to celebrate the record-breaking win

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South African national rugby players Siya Kolisi and RG Snyman got matching Webb Ellis Cup tattoos.
Siya Kolisi and RG Snyman celebrated the Springboks' win with matching tattoos of the Webb Ellis Cup. Images: Alex Livesey - World Rugby/World Rugby via Getty Images
Source: Getty Images

Mzansi's blood is still running green after the amazing win on Saturday night, 28 October 2023 at Stade de France, where the national rugby team beat New Zealand 12-11, crowning them world champions for the fourth time.

The Springboks returned from Paris on Tuesday, receiving a remarkable homecoming welcome at the OR Tambo airport by scores of citizens and some headed straight to the tattoo parlour.

Siya Kolisi and RG Snyman rock Springbok tattoos

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The caption of the winning team, Siya Kolisi, and the lock player, RG Snyman, got matching tattoos of the Webb Ellis trophy with their victory years underneath it.

Check out their photos below:

Springboks players Siya Kolisi and RG Snyman got matching tattoos after their RWC win.
Siya Kolisi and RG Snyman's matching RWC tattoos. Images: @siyakolisi, @rgsyman
Source: Instagram

RG Snyman and Handre Pollard get matching Rugby World Cup tattoos

When the Springboks won the 2019 World Cup, Snyman and Handre Pollard posted matching tattoos of a triangle symbolising the three World Cups won in 1995, 2007 and 2019.

Here is the photo shared by @marisepollard:

Check out the comments below:

@ntosh_sibeko was curious:

"Already imagining the 2027 photo."

@anathimtengwane commended:

"Congratulations sisi for your part. You did it."

@devossunita asked:

"@atiyagamieldien_ wonder what they gonna do now that they've won four."

@sinssharp responded:

"@devossunita probably put a square of the left arm."

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@sdudla_thandeka weighed in:

"Don't mess with a Praying Wife. The G.O.A.T of our times. He did it! Congratulations Champions of 2023. The WAGS of eMzansi are everything."

Thuso Mbedu gets warned for throwing shade at USA after Springboks win

In more Springbok stories on Briefly News, South African-born Hollywood actress Thuso Mbedu took a swipe at an American athlete to celebrate the Bokke's victory.

The Woman King actress was warned against being cheeky when it came to the Americans, saying she could face deportation if the red, blue and whites found out about the tweet.

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Molebogeng Seemela (Entertainment Editor) Molebogeng Seemela is a journalist and a current affairs reporter for Briefly News (joined in 2023) with over 10 years of experience. She obtained her National Diploma in 2013, and Bachelor of Technology in 2014 at TUT, majoring in Editorial Management. Specialist Reporting: Print, Features and Reviews; Advanced Reporting; and Advanced Editing and Design for Print. She has been a freelance journalist for several years but cemented her place as a reporter with the SABC, and Cosmopolitan SA.