Ultimate Rugby Experience

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We’ve created a space where Rugby and sports lovers of all ages can come together and enjoy a hearty meal, surrounded by historic talking points. If rugby enthusiast and collector extraordinaire Theo Geustyn has anything to do with it, his vast collection of rugby memorabilia at De Zalze in Stellenbosch will move to Nooitgedacht Village sooner rather than later. Read more He would like to see it turned into a sports bar, restaurant and conference facility, where people can get together to watch sports on TV, have a drink and a meal and enjoy the items he has been collecting for most of his life. And what a collection it is, consisting of more than 600 rugby jerseys, jackets, balls, team photos and ties from all across the rugby-playing world. “All these pieces are special,” says Theo, “but if I had to single out one it would be the Springbok jersey and tog bag of Sias de Kock from the 1921 Springbok tour to New Zealand.” Other jerseys in the collection include those of Jack van der Schyff from the 1949 Springbok and All Blacks series, and Poens Prinsloo’s from the 1963 clash between the Springboks and the Wallabies. “That jersey still has the ‘Pronkbokkie’ badge and I think there are only six of them left in the country. Then there’s the jersey of Gareth Edwards from the 1974 British Lions tour to South Africa, the French captain Jean Pierre Rives’ from the 1980 test series between France and South Africa and Andrew Mehrtens’ fly-half jersey from the 1996 clash between the All Black and the Springboks,” he says But the collection is big and each jersey or collectible has a story to tell of how he came to be in possession of it. One of the more entertaining anecdotes is how Theo got hold of prop Ollie le Roux’s 1994 jersey while the Springboks were on tour in New Zealand. “One night, after a game against Bay of Plenty, Gysie Pienaar, the fullback, casually strolled into our hotel room with what appeared to be a bag of mud, saying he had a gift for me. Digging through all that mud, I found shreds of Ollie’s torn jersey. That’s how hard he was mauled during the game. Luckily, after an all-night soak in a tub of water and detergent, you could once again make out that it was Ollie’s jersey.” Theo reminisces. Bloemfontein-born Theo began collecting rugby memorabilia at the tender age of 10. At first Update description

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Nooitgedacht
Stellenbosch

Telephone:

0210101910

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Opening hours:

Monday: 09:00-17:00

Tuesday: 09:00-22:00

Wednesday: 09:00-22:00

Thursday: 09:00-22:00

Friday: 09:00-22:00

Saturday: 10:00-22:00

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World Rugby E. 2017-10-21
We are excited to share the World Rugby Experience venue for special functions, COMING SOON!!

World Rugby E. 2017-10-17
We have no doubt that the upcoming World Rugby Experience @ Nooitgedacht will be something spectacular. Pictured below in the World Rugby Experience @ Nooitgedacht is Werner Wirth, Theo Geustyn, Veronica Du Plessis, Jean de Villiers and Theuns Stofberg af

World Rugby E. 2017-10-08
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World Rugby E. 2017-10-08
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World Rugby E. 2017-10-06
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