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Geoffrey Kimani took to his X (Twitter) handle to praise Siya Kolisi, the Springboks captain after his speech.
Ferdinand Omanyala’s new coach Geoffrey Kimani has been moved by the Siya Kolisi’s speech after winning their fourth Rugby World Cup title.
Kimani shared a video of the Springboks captain, Kolisi, on his X (Twitter) handle and showered him with praise in the caption.
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Kimani said: “Worthy of a world cup winning captain! the DIVERSITY, ETHOS, CULTURE, DISCIPLINE of sport can do wonders if translated into political leadership too...”
Kimani is not the only one who has been star-struck by the captain since former All Blacks player Sonny Bill Williams also praised Kolisi.
As quoted by nzherald.co.nz, in a part of his X thread as he congratulated the Springboks, Williams said: “I grew up in a housing commission household with no wallpaper on it. My dad was a labourer & my uncles were gang members.
My mother dropped out of school at 13. Not (surprisingly), I wasn’t a kid full of self-worth (or) confidence.
I know I gained a lot of confidence & motivation from seeing Pasifika athletes (who) looked like my dad and uncles playing professionally.
I wanted to be like them so I could buy mum a house with wallpaper on it. In my humble opinion, I believe the picture of Kolisi holding the Webb Ellis Cup is definitely doing that for some of those youth.”
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In his speech, Kolisi encouraged the Head of State of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa, and the cabinet to make use of their diversity more.
“Unity is our strength in South Africa. It’s a powerful force that a lot of countries lack but we do have that we can use.
Coming from different backgrounds we have different challenges and we see things differently. The more we share with South Africa, we work for South Africa and that’s what we did.
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I believe we can use that amongst the country and also oversee with all the people that you work with,” he said.
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