On Tuesday an awful and tragic accident happened in the du Plessis household as Jannie du Plessis’s 1-year-old son drowned in their swimming pool.
Jannie is the older brother of Springbok hooker, Bismarck du Plessis, and have also played 70 Tests for the national rugby team between 2007 – 2015. However, now he is a qualified medical doctor.
Not many details are known about the incident, except that it took place on Du Plessis’ 39th birthday.
Fellow Springbok shares his condolences
With Du Plessis having many connections to the Springboks, the incident was announced on Toks van der Linde’s social media pages.
And according to van der Linde’s post, the baby boy was baptised this past Sunday.