Siyabonga Springboks – the poem that went viral

SIYABONGA SPRINGBOKS – BY STEVE HALL

(Full Transcript)

It’s been twelve long years and that’s a long wait And for most of those years we’ve been in a bad state

A state of corruption and dark nights without power

And short splashes of water when taking a shower.

But despite all this, the energy’s been rising Maybe, just maybe, there’d be something surprising

A world cup final to roll back the years

And images of Madiba which still bring us to tears.

From Peterhouse to Grey, social media’s alive As they’ve urged our Springboks to keep up their drive

Messages from Rassie – Thanks for all your support

This brave Rugby team’s so much more than just sport.

You see they’ve shown us as a country, how to Unite

Their love for each other’s a remarkable sight The Ndlovu choir has sung with elation

With each spirited tweet we could rebuild our Nation.

Fifty-Seven million sang from the depths of their hearts

And our fifteen fine men had the purest of starts With fleet footed attacks and four Pollard kicks The half time scoreboard read twelve points to six!

Perhaps our whole country was praying to God And perhaps God was listening, coz’ on came the Bomb Squad

Our front row had smashed them in all but one scrum

The English would rather be at home with their

Mum!

As the clock ticked down we carried on praying And our boys dug deep in their passionate playing A chip from Mapimpi and Am’s moment of magic And a second Brexit looked ever so tragic! Then suddenly a moment we were all waiting for Our X Factor Cheslin unpicked a locked door The mercurial player seemed to make his own spaces

As he put smiles on the dials of a whole Nations faces.

For twelve years our Rugby glory’s been starved But with three minutes to go, the trophy was carved

We stand by you Heroes as you bring home the cup

You’ve lifted a Nation and you’ve lifted us up. Eish, Zuma, Sorry, you’ve not lifted this prize But you’ve lifted enough before our own eyes This country’s amazing – it tells a hell of a story And perhaps now is the time we find our true glory.

From Alex to Zwide we’ll dance in the street The Braai’s will burn long as we drink and we eat You’ve shown us the art of pure dragon slaying I don’t know about you, but # I’m staying! You’ve done us so proud with your hearts full of passion

Can we help you Cyril, bring SA back into fashion? For so long now we’ve been at the end of our tether

But one thing’s for sure we’re # Stronger Together!

© Steve Hall