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David wessels

David Wessels is a South African-Australian professional rugby union football coach. He is currently the head coach of the Melbourne Rebels team that compete in the Super Rugby competition. He was previously head coach at the Western Force, and co-head coach of the Perth Spirit in Australia’s National Rugby Championship. South African born, Wessels is a naturalised Australian citizen.

Wessels was born in Cape Town, South Africa, he then moved to Johannesburg where he attended St Stithians College before enrolling at Cape Town University. He was a defensive consultant to the Super Rugby team the Stormers in 2008 and 2009, before being appointed as an assistant coach at UCT (Ikeys) in the Varsity Cup from 2009 to 2011.

He moved to Australia as a defensive consultant to the Brumbies under head coach Jake White in 2012, and had a significant influence on the rejuvenated Brumbies with the team conceding the fewest points in the Australian Conference and the second least in the Super Rugby competition. He joined the Western Force as the senior assistant coach for the 2013 Super Rugby season. Wessels was appointed, alongside Kevin Foote, as co-head coach of the Perth Spirit for the inaugural season of Australia’s National Rugby Championship in 2014.

Wessels became the caretaker head coach of the Western Force for the last three games of 2016, before being appointed as head coach for the 2017 Super Rugby season.

Following the Australian Rugby Union’s decision to exclude the Force from Super Rugby after the 2017 season, Wessels joined the Melbourne Rebels as head coach in September 2017, signing a two-year deal with the team.[1] He coached the team for three and a half seasons before departing ahead of the Super Rugby Trans-Tasman competition in 2021.

marciel hopkins

Marciel Hopkins is a South African TV presenter, international model, actress, life coach, motivational speaker and social media influencer. After graduating with a degree in BA Drama from the University of Stellenbosch she completed her Honours degree in Psychology. From a very young age she knew that she wanted to live an inspiring life and her big break came in 2015 when she was chosen as a top 12 Miss South Africa finalist. Her transformative weightloss journey led her to become a motivational speaker that is passionate about self-love, body acceptance and personal growth. Marciel is well known for inspiring women from all across the world to love and embrace themselves. One on one life coaching is a big passion for Marciel, because building connections and relationships with people from all spheres of life are important to her.

Marciel’s television presence took off in 2020 when she was chosen to be the presenter of Boer Soek ‘n Vrou – a popular Afrikaans dating show that helps South African farmers from all across the country to find love. In addition to her love for presenting and life coaching, Marciel fills up her freelancing time with modelling and acting. She has had a highly successful curve modelling career, flying to many exotic locations with clients from all over the world. Being spurred on by starring in her first two feature films, she is now focused on building her acting career. Crossing paths with Marciel will renew your appreciation for grit, passion and joy.

lutho sipamla

Lutho Sipamla is a South African professional cricketer who plays domestic cricket for Eastern Province. He made his international debut for the South Africa cricket team in February 2019.

In July 2018, he was named in the Cricket South Africa Emerging Squad. In January 2019, he was named in South Africa’s Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against Pakistan. He made his T20I debut for South Africa against Pakistan on 3 February 2019. In January 2020, he was named in South Africa’s One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against England. He made his ODI debut on 4 February 2020, for South Africa against England.

In December 2020, Sipamla was added to South Africa’s Test squad for their series against Sri Lanka. He made his Test debut for South Africa, against Sri Lanka, on 26 December 2020.

Highlights

Promo

Comedians KG &Stuart Taylor head out to Muizenberg to meet up with the lifeguards

David Wessels Jake White’s influence

Lutho Sipamla mum and family

Marciel Hopkins journey from Miss South Africa

David Wessels moving back and kids with Australian accents

Lutho Sipamla studying and playing

Marciel Hopkins the film industry

David Wessels rugby highlights

Lutho Sipamla Test debut

Marciel Hopkins true love on television

Grant Lottering the book coming out

Grant Lottering the ride with David