Om die Springboktrui oor jou kop te trek en oorsee te gaan rugby speel is seker die droom van menige kind in Suid-Afrika. Maar dat jy oorsee kan gaan speel en \u2019n internasionale ervaring van rugby kan geniet, hoef nie net beskore te wees vir Springbokspelers nie. <\/p>\n
Hierdie verblydende nuus vir jong aspirerende Bokkies word gereflekteer deur die lewensverhaal van Freginal Africa van Worcester.<\/p>\n
Sy ma vertel dat hy as seun baie struikelblokke en weerstand moes oorbrug om sy droom na te jaag. <\/p>\n
Gebore op Worcester was sy droom om soos sy helde Schalk Burger en Heinrich Brussouw die Groen-en-Goud oor sy skouers te trek.<\/p>\n
Terwyl hy die droom nagejaag het, moes hy vele teenslae oorkom, asook vooroordeel en verwerping van sommige op sy reis.<\/p>\n
Van skooldae af was Freginal, seun van skoonheidskoningin ma Zan, en fietsryer-pa Freddy, bestem om \u2019n sportster te wees. Rugby, atletiek krieket, stoei \u2013 noem maar op \u2013 in elk hiervan het hy met trots die swart-en-goud kleure van Boland gedra. Verder is hy ook met Wes-Kaapse kleure in atletiek en karate beloon.<\/p>\n
Ongelooflik talentvol, maar \u2019n gehoorgebrek het hom gedwing na Nuwehoop-skool vir gehoorgestremdes, pleks van die gewone skool.<\/p>\n
Wat was die struikelblokke op sy pad om sy drome te bereik?<\/p>\n
\u201cEk was o. 21 by Boland Akademie in 2012. Hulle het toe 10 spelers gekies vir die Boland Kavaliers en my naam is nie uitgelees nie. Dit was \u2019n groot terugslag vir my, want as \u2019n jong man was dit my droom waarvoor ek reeds baie opgeoffer het.<\/p>\n
\u201cEk het maar net besef dat dit nie my Springbok-droom gaan help as ek my sit en verknies oor elke terugslag in my lewe nie. Ek sou maar net harder moet werk vir wat ek wou h\u00ea. <\/p>\n
\u201cEk het my naweke opgeoffer en vroeg opgestaan om op my eie te gaan oefen.\u201d <\/p>\n
Sy harde werk is beloon toe hy die jaar daarna \u2019n kontrak by die Kavaliers gekry het. Hierna is hy ook in die SWD Arende-span opgeneem.<\/p>\n
Buiten sy rugbyblootstelling het hy ook die eksklusiewe ervaring gehad om as 16-jarige seun vir ses weke in Johannesburg op te tree in die televisieprogram Ups and Under<\/span>. <\/p>\n Freginal is toe nooit vir die Springbokke gekies nie. Maar hy het wel die oog van \u2019n oorsese talentsoeker van UBU Colina Clinic-klub in Spanje gevang.<\/p>\n Dit het nuwe horisonne oopgemaak vir die fantasties talentvolle jong sportman. En toe hy hom weer kom kry, was hy in 2018 op \u2019n vliegtuig op pad na Burgos in Spanje, waar hy vir vier jaar semi-professionele rugby gespeel het.<\/p>\n Eie woonstel, maandelikse salaris in euro\u2019s, en verder eet drink en slaap hy net rugby. Wat \u2019n droomlewe vir enige jong speler is dit nie!<\/p>\n Wat wil hy nog in rugby bereik? <\/p>\n \u201cAs \u2019n sportman sal jy altyd drome h\u00ea om in jou sport hoogtes te bereik. Ek sal graag wil terugploeg in die gemeen\u00adskap waar ek seuns wat uit dieselfde omstan\u00addighede as ek kom, die bloot\u00adstel\u00adling wil gee om hul drome te bereik.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Om die Springboktrui oor jou kop te trek en oorsee te gaan rugby speel is seker die droom van menige kind in Suid-Afrika. 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