Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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All Blacks captain Ardie Savea and his Springboks opposite Siya Kolisi are fierce rivals on the field and close friends off it | Subscribe: youtube.com/RNZVideo?sub_confirmation=1

The pair also have a shared faith, attending church together last Sunday in Johannesburg.

Savea said they try to do it anytime they're both in the same part of the world.

They face off against each other in the second test match of Rugby's Greatest Rivalry Tour in Cape Town early tomorrow morning NZT.

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