RWC: Mzansi Praises Tennis Champion Roger Federer, Stunned to Discover His South African Nationality

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Roger Federer recently supported the Springboks at the Rugby World Cup finals. The tennis star had Mzansi gushing over his Boks jersey and South African nationality.

Not only did he show the Boks support, but he also wore a customised Springboks jersey and Mzansi praised his love for the BoksOnline users showed love to Roger Feder for wearing a Springboks jersey and were stunned to find out that he's South African. Images: rogerfederer, rogerfedererfans1981This was also when South Africans found out that Roger was one of their own, well, by half, as he is of South African descent.

Roger Federer's father, Robert Federer is Swiss-German while his mother, Lynette Federer is an Afrikaner lady from Kempton Park, Johannesburg. This means that the tennis champ holds both Swiss and South African citizenship:pictures with an All Blacks jerseyViral Afrikaans-speaking Springboks fan lights candles and cheers as he watches the RWC final

Fans were sad to find that Federer may be neutral and possibly didn't fully support the Boks as much as they thought.You are already subscribed to our newsletter!Check your inbox to be the first to know the hottest news

 

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