Cheslin Kolbe asked the Stormers for R15m to return to Cape Town, they agreed to the amount and he turned them down, writes ZELIM NEL.
As evidenced by the reams of positive Kolbe stories featured on this website and in the print edition of, the Bok dynamo is held in high regard, despite now having twice turned down an opportunity to return to Cape Town where his illustrious career launched from Brackenfell High School to Western Province, the Stormers and Springboks.
The facts of the matter are as follows: in August last year, we ran a story confirming that Kolbe “had the chance to come home and finish his career as an icon of Western Province Rugby, but he turned it down.” “The offer … included a proviso to accommodate Kolbe’s wish to remain in France until January when he and his family would qualify for French citizenship.”
Fast forward to the end of May and Toulon announced, after weeks of speculation about Kolbe’s future, the star flyer would be leaving the Top 14 club – ostensibly because the club could no longer afford to pay the remaining year on his three-year deal.
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