Springbok’s Faf de Klerk is officially off the market, as he married long-time girlfriend Miné van Niekerk at La Paris Estate in Franschhoek, South Africa.
The pair met through mutual friends back in 2015 and Miné reportedly invited him to a wedding thereafter.
Their love grew over the years with Faf proposing to Miné in May this year.
They are now enjoying their honeymoon in the Maldives.
Meet the Premiership’s newest wives and girlfriends, including athletics superstar
Premiership clubs have been busy boosting their squads with new signings they hope will quickly settle into their new surroundings and become a success.
But it’s not just the rugby player who need to acclimatise to a new country with their equally talented wives and girlfriend joining them in England.
From a gold medal winning athlete to a South African supermodel, this year’s new additions will add to the glam of the greatest league in the world.
#1. Marise Pollard, wife of Handre Pollard (Leicester Tigers)
The South African World Cup-winning fly-half arrives In Leicester this summer following a couple of years with Montpellier.
His wife Marise is an international 800m runner, who has been South African national champion. The couple met through Facebook and married in December 2017, on a stud farm in Stellenbosch.
“He wasn’t the kind of guy I would usually fall for,” she said on her wedding day. “But he was incredibly attractive to me! He was strong, muscular and an introvert. “