Layla & Cheslin Kolbe Celebrate The 1 Year Anniversary to World Cup Win!
Layla & Cheslin Kolbe Celebrate The 1 Year Anniversary to World Cup Win! Yesterday was the 1-year anniversary to South Africa’s Rugby World Cup triumph in Japan. The road to a World Cup journey is one that is filled with hardship.
Layla Kolbe posted a sentimental message on her social media about what it took to have a husband that works in France.
Layla completely let go of all her career commitments in South Africa when she followed Cheslin Kolbe to Toulouse.
It is a move that has since worked out for them.
“You’ll have seen this so many times before, Yes, we are not the only ones to win the world cup, but it’s been 1 year since, and we all have a story to tell:
“I don’t want to make this about me, but here goes:
I left my career, in the middle of my articles of fulfilling my own dream of becoming a Chartered accountant. People laughed at me and still do.
“Yes, I left for rugby. I left to back my husband. I witnessed all his crit, all the Springbok call ups, camps, long tours, but never getting selected.
“I witnessed all the great seasons, but still no Springbok debut. I witnessed how this Man still perseveres and still puts his all on that field every time despite it all. I cannot explain what a roller coaster these past few years has been.
“To just see him be a part of such a phenomenal squad was one of the proudest moments for me. The world cup was one of the best yet emotional experiences. We were one if not the only team that got to share the hotel room with our partners.
“Yor, how we prayed in hotel rooms, we were in their space maybe a bit too much so we would wonder the streets of Japan sometimes till late at night alone (Japan was amazing though so not complaining), I saw him ice and ice that sore ankle, we thought we might be going home before the final, I saw him so down, spending hours in the physio room every day, coming back to room still sore and still just so down.
“So, we just prayed more and more. We grew so strong as family and as a team. Shoo!!! I cannot even explain how different this is for us, as a family, as a team and for our nation. We needed this.
“Through it all, no CA qualification could have ever replaced witnessing not only Cheslin make it, But witnessing a nation with so many underprivileges and heartache, witnessing hundreds of kids in townships running freely with joy and hope, videos of bars packed and people singing “OLÉ” arm in arm, streets packed with people from all backgrounds- all together in unity!!! All
“Celebrating this victory. That is flippen special ?
This just brought a little bit of Hope that our country can still be great. I believe.
“The best is yet to come SOUTH AFRICA. UNITE!”
Layla & Cheslin Kolbe Celebrate The 1 Year Anniversary to World Cup Win!
