It has been a glorious weekend in the Pollard family as double Rugby World Cup winner Handre Pollard and his wife Marise have officially welcomed their newborn baby to the world.
By the looks of it, it appears that the Springboks are sorted with another kicker in the long term as the new addition to the family is a boy.
Taking to their social media pages, the proud parents shared a joint post showing off their new boy.
“Hunter Andre Pollard. Our biggest blessing and greatest love.”
Hunter was born this past Thursday 25th April, weighing 3.6 kilograms and being 52 centimetres in length.
The picture attached to the social media post shows Handre kissing his wife gently on the forehead, as the couple savor the precious moment of becoming parents.
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Rushing to the comment section were dozens of close friends, teammates, and media personalities who congratulated the couple.
“Welcome Hunter boy! We cannot wait to meet you,” wrote Layla Kolbe.
Rachel Kolisi who recently returned to South Africa for an event in connection with the Kolisi Foundation entered the comments as well writing: “Congratulations family (along with multiple hearts.)
Other congratulatory wishes came from 2007 World Cup winner Bryan Habana, as well as the rest of the Springbok wives Holly Le Roux, Mine de Klerk, and Dominca De Allende.
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According to Woman & Home, the couple first met in 2013 while Marise was still a student at The University of Pretoria and Handre was a rising star in the Blue Bulls. By the end of that year, they were smitten and have been together ever since.
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They married in 2017 and relocated abroad after winning the 2019 World Cup, where Handre then played for the French Club Montpellier, and more recently moved to the UK where he now plays for the English Club Leicester Tigers.
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