It was a wedding worthy of a champion’s celebration as Springbok centre Damian De Allende made the lifelong commitment to walk down the aisle with his partner of four years Domenica Vigliotti.
The couple got to say “I do” in front of several friends and family at the Belair Pavilion in the rugby town of Paarl this past Saturday.
A gallery of pictures posted on social media shows the couple looking happier than ever, while Mrs De Allende proudly captions one of her posts “My husband ?”
In another post, the blonde beauty wrote: “Thank you for always making me laugh even on the hard days ?”
Meanwhile, the designers of her dress, Blanco Bridal couture paid homage to Damian’s rugby background by embroidering the Springbok slogan “Stronger Together” into Domenica’s elegant white dress as the foundation of their love and future together.
In attendance were several members of the World Cup-winning Springbok team including Eben Etzebeth, Willie Le Roux, Cheslin Kolbe, Jesse Kriel, and the recently retired player Francois Steyn.
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Taking to Instagram, Jesse who along with Handre Pollard started their Springbok career at the same time as Damian, wrote: “Unreal weekend spent celebrating the De Allende’s ???.”
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Despite Handre’s absence due to commitments with his rugby club in England, Damian made sure to jokingly take a quick snap of himself and a goat with a caption: “My bra” (My brother), in reference to Handre being the greatest of all time (G.O.A.T).
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There to keep guests entertained was Smile FM sports presenter, and former rugby teammate Ricky Schroeder who took over the MC duties.
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