Flashback: Eben Etzebeth’s fiancée sings Nkosi Sikelel’ iAfrika

On the eve of their wedding, a flashback to Anlia van Rensburg’s emotional rendition of the national anthem on the day her beau Eben Etzebeth played his 100th Test for the Springboks.

Springbok star and recently crowned SA Rugby Player of the Year Eben Etzebeth is set to tie the knot with Anlia van Rensburg, one of the biggest stars in South African show business — she is a singer and an actress — on Saturday, 4 February.

So in celebrations of their pending nuptials, here is a flashback to the time when she sang the national anthem before the third and final Test between the Springboks and Wales in Cape Town, a game which marked Etzebeth’s 100th Test.

EMOTIONAL SCENES AS ANLIA SINGS ANTHEM BEFORE EBEN ETZEBETH’S 100TH TEST

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SPRINGBOKS FIXTURES IN 2023

Rugby Championship:

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

✈ 15 July: Springboks vs All Blacks (Venue and time TBC)

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

World Cup warm-ups:

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

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

✈ 25 August: Springboks vs All Blacks (Twickenham Stadium, London)

Rugby World Cup:

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

✈ 17 September: South Africa 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)

The World Cup playoffs will take place at the Stade Velodrome in Marseille and Stade de France in Paris from 14 October to 28 October.

The teams contesting these knockout matches will be determined as the World Cup progresses, so it is not certain whether or not the Springboks will advance beyond the pool stage of the competition. But the Springboks could potentially go all the way and contest the 2023 World Cup final.

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Quarter-finals sequence of play is as follows:

QF 1 — Winner Pool C vs Runner up Pool D
QF 2 — Winner Pool B vs Runner up Pool A
QF 3 — Winner Pool D vs Runner up Pool C
QF 4 — Winner Pool A vs Runner up Pool B

Semi-finals sequence of play is as follows:
SF 1 — Winner QF1 v Winner QF2
SF 2 — Winner QF3 v Winner QF4

Third place playoff:
Loser SF 1 vs Loser SF 2

World Cup final:
Winner SF 1 vs Winner SF 2

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