Springbok captain Siya Kolisi has laid out a possible timeline for his retirement and revealed what he plans to do after his retirement.
Kolisi recently said he will think about how he will feel when his three-year contract with Racing 92 ends.
Siya Kolisi reveals retirement plans
The Springbok captain wants to devote himself to charity work after he retires.
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“I signed a contract for three seasons (with Racing), so we'll see what happens. If my body is still fit, I'd like to play another five years,” Kolisi said on the Behind the Ruck podcast.
“The foundation is mine and Rachel’s.” [his wife] – Kolisi Foundation. We started after the 2019 World Cup. During the COVID-19 outbreak, we started with food donations and his PPC. This is because public hospitals and clinics were the last to receive food. We bought his PPC, sanitizer, gloves, etc. for them so they can help people.
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“We also needed to help people stay in their homes. We knew people coming from out of town [Zwide]when I was hungry, I went to talk to my neighbors and I thought, “Okay, let's donate food.''
“We couldn't do much, only 500, but we donated for three months. We had enough food, or groceries. Six people could fill us up for a month. I always share because I know what the community is like.”
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lift people up
Kolisi believes there is nothing more important than work that uplifts people and gives them hope.
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“People grow up in town, it's poor there, but learning there, ubuntu, I learned everything there, people are resilient,” he added.
“People in town say they're lazy, but I grew up in a place where my uncles, father, and grandfather would wake up at 4 a.m. and stand on the side of the highway waiting for someone to cut the grass. and pick them up so they can do all kinds of work.
“Hard work and resilience, it all comes from that. And so does not complaining when you don't have things and using what you have around you. That's who we are as South Africans.
“That's why when pressure moments come, it's easy and it's a game. We encounter pressure moments every day, but we know what people are going through, so we don't I think that's what drives us as a group.
“I come from that background…When I was there, I was just thinking about just surviving, getting through the day, getting food for the day, but now people are You can see, and what do you know, “I can start” Dreaming of becoming the captain of the Springboks, you can also dream of winning the World Cup. Because they accomplished it. ”