It can be a difficult transition from international sports star to recently retired sports star. That match-day buzz has gone, home fans no longer cheer your every move and one quickly has to adjust to a life lived away from the cameras.

Now two weeks back we showed you a picture a number of you sent in to us, Big Joe van Niekerk looking a little worse for wear, although our efforts to reach out to him for comment proving unsuccessful. Now we’ve been sent another picture of Joe and we’re just keen to find out if the former Bok is doing OK. Here’s what we received this weekend…

Does anyone know where this photo was taken? Maybe the second gentleman in the photo can shed a little light on whether Joe has joined a band of late or is just enjoying Movember to the fullest…

Also is that a Blackberry we see on the table? Say it ain’t so Joe – we’re just keen to find out how you’re doing and what’s behind the new look, so if anyone can shed some light please feel free to drop us a line at editor@2oceansvibe.com – confidentiality guaranteed of course.