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I don’t know if it’s fair to call Siya and Rachel Kolisi the Posh and Becks of South Africa, but they’re probably the most high-profile sporting couple in the country.

Overcoming seemingly insurmountable obstacles to captain your country to a Rugby World Cup win, and then a British & Irish Lions series win, tends to get the public on your side.

Day 859 of 1 449 as world champs. Just a reminder.

It takes a brave man to post an unflattering video of his wife to social media, especially when he has more than 650 000 followers.

On January 21, to mark Rachel’s 32nd birthday, Siya posted this:

 

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A post shared by Siya Kolisi (@siyakolisi)

People commenting on the post get it:

Rather than respond immediately, Rachel decided to play the long game, reports The Citizen.

Days turned into weeks, weeks into months, and then yesterday she struck.

 

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Lukhanyo Am couldn’t be reached for comment. He was too busy being the best outside centre in the world.

Scratch that – he did respond:

Remember when we used actual words? Those were the days.

Nine cry laugh face emojis later…

[source:citizen]