Missing Springbok Sbu Nkosi Found Safe: Sbu Nkosi, a World Cup champion for South Africa, has been located “safe and sound” after his club team the Bulls reported him missing.
The Pretoria-based organization said in a statement that the 26-year-old winger was found on Monday just after 14:00 local time.
Missing Springbok Sbu Nkosi Found Safe, after losing communication with Him, on November 17, the Bulls reported him missing to the police.
According to a statement on the Bulls website, chief executive Edgar Rathbone entered Nkosi’s residence “after it was determined that Nkosi was safe, undamaged, and in a position to speak.”
Rathbone spent time with the Springbok, the club continued, “to learn how best the company can provide him with the assistance he needs and what that support is.”
Nkosi was reportedly discovered in his father’s home in Emalahleni, a town little over 100 kilometers east of Pretoria, according to local media in South Africa.
Nkosi was a member of the South Africa team that won the 2019 World Cup and has nine tries in 16 Test matches.
He didn’t play in their autumn internationals, though, due to a rib ailment.
The Bulls acknowledged that the team had made “lengthy and extensive efforts” to locate Nkosi and thanked sponsors SSG, a company that also operates a security firm, for going above and beyond their call of duty.
The statement concluded, “We would like to express our gratitude to all members of the public who supplied information that assisted in our search.
We would also like to thank the international community for supporting the appeal and attempts to find Nkosi.
Nkosi has had problems with discipline while playing for the Bulls. In October, when traveling to Ireland for a United Rugby Championship match, he broke team procedure and was sent home early. The Bulls stated that the team would make no further comments on the subject of Nkosi’s absence.