Springboks Skipper Kolisi Wants To Avoid Pitfalls Of Fame
December 13, 2019
4:57 pm
For Siya Kolisi, who led South Africa to World Cup victory, the praise and prizes keep pouring down, but in Monaco on Thursday to collect a ‘Champion of Peace’ award, he insisted: “I’m still Siya.”
“The more you start seeing yourself as this amazing hero or amazing person, that’s when you stumble over your feet,” Kolisi told AFP in an interview.
Kolisi, the first black captain in the Springboks’ 126-year history led his nation to the world title in Japan at the start of November.
“I’m still on a high. Still happy. Enjoying every moment of this whole experience,” he …
