Siya Kolisi

Against All Odds

Author: Jeremy Daniel

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Trade paperback (2019) sold over 10k copies; Updated to include the Rugby World Cup victory; Very good sales price of R190.00

This is the updated edition of the highly successful unauthorised biography of Springbok Captain Siya Kolisi. It includes all the games at the Rugby World Cup in Japan in 2019, and the tumultuous victory tour around South Africa when the team brought home the cup.

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Trade paperback (2019) sold over 10k copies; Updated to include the Rugby World Cup victory; Very good sales price of R190.00

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is the updated edition of the highly successful unauthorised biography of Springbok Captain Siya Kolisi. It includes all the games at the Rugby World Cup in Japan in 2019, and the tumultuous victory tour around South Africa when the team brought home the cup. Victory at the Rugby World Cup is the crowning glory of an incredible journey that began on the impoverished streets of Zwide, a township outside Port Elizabeth. As the first black South African to captain a Springbok rugby team, Kolisis remarkable story is unique and deserves to be heard. His mother was a teenager when he was born. She left him in the care of his grandmother who brought him up until she died when Siya was twelve. He found love and acceptance playing junior rugby with the African Bombers club until his talent was spotted by the prestigious Grey High School, who offered Siya a full scholarship. He adapted well to the private school, but it was on the rugby field where he excelled. Siya was rewarded with a call-up the SA schools team and a contract to join Western Province rugby union. Author Jeremy Daniel tracks Siyas journey from his childhood days on the streets of Zwide, through some crucial games in high school, into the Western Province rugby set-up and his fight to become Springbok captain. He goes deep inside the systems that identify junior talent, the characters who shaped his journey and the moments where he showed who he really was. Siya never forgot where he came from, and ultimately adopted his mothers other two children after she died when he was in high school.

About the Author

Jeremy Daniel is an author, screenwriter and a musician. He has written extensively for childrens television and theatre, including as head writer for Takalani Sesame and the book My Forever Friend. Back in the day, he was the founding member and bass player for seminal Cape Town indie band Fetish. He lives in Cape Town with his wife and daughters.