Eben Etzebeth and Marvin Orie: From Tygerberg High to Springboks

Eben Etzebeth and Marvin Orie attended the same school in Cape Town’s northern suburbs and in the latest episode in this series of conversations, the two Springboks talk about life and rugby at Tygerberg High School.

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Etzebeth has amassed 110 Test caps dating back to 2012 when he made his debut for the Springboks, while Orie has 18 Test appearances to his name since his international debut in 2018.

But before these two giants were household names in international rugby, they were just two young blokes at Tygerberg High School, trying to make it big.

A year and a half apart in age, the 31-year-old Etzebeth and the 30-year-old Orie were team-mates long before they were reunited at Springbok level.

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IN CONVERSATION WITH EBEN ETZEBETH AND MARVIN ORIE

In video below, the duo discusses their playing days at the Tygerberg and how it set the platform for them perform at the highest level today.

SPRINGBOKS’ 2023 FIXTURES

Rugby Championship

8 July: Springboks vs Australia (Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria)

✈ 15 July: South Africa vs New Zealand (Mount Smart, Auckland)

29 July: Springboks vs Argentina (Ellis Park, Johannesburg)

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World Cup warm-ups

✈ 5 August: South Africa vs Argentina (Vélez Stadium, Buenos Aires)

✈ 19 August: South Africa vs Wales (Millennium Stadium, Cardiff)

✈ 25 August: Springbok vs New Zealand (Twickenham Stadium, London)

Rugby World Cup

✈ 10 September: South Africa vs Scotland (Stade Vélodrome, Marseille)

✈ 17 September: Springbok vs Romania (Stade de Bordeaux, Bordeaux)

✈ 23 September: South Africa vs Ireland (Stade de France, Saint-Denis, Paris)

✈ 1 October: South Africa vs Tonga (Stade Vélodrome, Marseille)

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