The South African, ex-Racing 92 player and double world champion, returns to the club where he started.
The captain of the double world champion Springboks Siya Kolisi will return to the Stormers in July 2026, the South African franchise based in Cape Town announced on Tuesday.
“This transfer will allow Kolisi to get closer to his family and to make a contribution to the team where it all began for him after school rugby,” indicates his future team.
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The first black captain of the Springboks, whose mixed couple with Rachel Kolisi, fascinated the country until their separation a year ago, is playing this season for the Durban Sharks, whom he joined in the summer of 2024 after an unsuccessful one-year experience in France, at Racing 92.
“My family lives in Cape Town and it is important for me to be close to them. This transfer gives me the opportunity to do so while giving back to the team and the supporters who have contributed so much to making me the player and the man I am today,” says the man with 103 caps with the Boks.
Captain of the best team in the world
The versatile 34-year-old third row concluded a convincing exercise with South Africa who will be looking for an unprecedented treble at the 2027 World Cup.
World number one and winner of the southern hemisphere tournament, the Rugby Championship, South Africa inflicted the worst defeat in their history on the All Blacks (43-10) in Wellington in September.
Subsequently, during their tour of the northern hemisphere, they won in France (32-17) and Ireland (24-13).
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In Cape Town, he will play alongside the starting hinge during the Springboks’ big matches, made up of scrum-half Cobus Reinach and fly-half Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, revelation of the season with the Boks.
