Handre Pollard and wife celebrate their 12th anniversary

Image: Instagram

Springboks fly half Handre Pollard and his wife Marise celebrated their 12th anniversary on June 24, shortly after the arrival of their first child together.

Handre and Marise met through Facebook in 2012. When they first met, Marise was a student at the University of Pretoria and Handre rose through the rugby ranks playing for The Bulls.

The couple married a few years later in 2017 at Cavalli Estate in the Cape Winelands, they further reported.

After about six years of marriage, Handre and Marise welcomed their first child together on April 25: a baby boy named Hunter André Pollard.

A photo taken after the birth was shared on Marise’s Instagram, with the caption ‘Hunter André Pollard. Our greatest blessing and greatest love. April 25, 2024 | 3.6kg | 52cm”

Internet users congratulated the couple, commenting:

“Awww I love you love,” said one user.

“So cute,” another user commented, also adding heart emojis.

“You Two are a practical couple and I love You Two and Hunter is so cute (you two are a beautiful couple, i love you two and hunter is so cute),” said another user.

Curated by Lauren Petersen

First published on African Insider

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