South Africa is a rich and resourceful country, with many Springboks venturing into agricultural and livestock farming as side hustles.
SPRINGBOKS WHO ARE ALSO FARMERS
In addition to playing professional rugby for their country, these Springboks have taken up farming as an additional income.
Last week, Franco van Mostert’s first harvest of corn was placed on supermarket shelves at Pick Pay Family Hartees in Johannesburg.
Other players involved in farming include Pieter-Steph du Toit, whose family owns Kloovenburg Wine & Olive Estate in the Western Cape, which produces wine, grape juice, olives, and avocados.
Kwagga Smith owns a guest farm in Mpumalanga, which also cultivates maize, soy, pecans, and walnuts.
Retired Springbok Duane Vermeulen owns a walnut farm near his restaurant in the Free State.
Trevor Nyakane is rumoured to have his own vineyard, producing his own wine, Bomalumz, which he co-founded with fellow Boks Ox Nche and Bongi Mbonambi.
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RETIRED BOKS
Apart from the current Springboks, these retired rugby players are also involved in farming…
Bismark and Jannie du Plessis – The siblings work on a family farm in Bethlehem, Free State, cultivating beef cattle, sheep, maize, and sugar beans. They are also co-founders of the Rugby Field Vineyard.
Frans Steyn also has a livestock farm in the Free State.
In addition to owning his own butchery, former Springbok Bakkies Botha has livestock and crop farms in Limpopo and the Kalahari.
Piet van Zyl hung up his rugby boots to work full-time on his family farm in Vrede.
