{"id":287997,"date":"2023-09-17T23:36:45","date_gmt":"2023-09-17T23:36:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=287997"},"modified":"2023-09-17T23:36:45","modified_gmt":"2023-09-17T23:36:45","slug":"bryan-habana-recalls-emotional-story-involving-makazole-mapimpi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/rugby-union\/bryan-habana-recalls-emotional-story-involving-makazole-mapimpi\/","title":{"rendered":"Bryan Habana recalls emotional story involving Makazole Mapimpi"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>South Africa legend Bryan Habana recalls emotional moment Makazole Mapimpi revealed he has &#8216;only me&#8217; in his life after putting photo of himself on back of his shirt instead of family&#8230; with Springboks team-mates left in tears<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Bryan Habana retold an emotional story involving Makazole Mapimpi<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Mapimpi scored three tries in South Africa&#8217;s 76-0 win over Romania on Sunday<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Springboks legend Habana explained Mapimpi even had Rassie Erasmus in tears<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Latest Rugby World Cup 2023 news, including fixtures, live scores and results<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Makazole Mapimpi&#8217;s heart-wrenching story of his rise to success once had nearly all of the South Africa rugby dressing room in tears, as revealed by Springboks legend Bryan Habana.<\/p>\n<p>Mapimpi scored three tries in South Africa&#8217;s dominant 76-0 Rugby World Cup victory over Romania on Sunday and Habana retold a story after the match of the 33-year-old&#8217;s difficult upbringing.<\/p>\n<p>Explaining how players were previously sent pictures from family members to put on the back of their jerseys at previous World Cups, Mapimpi only had an image of himself.<\/p>\n<p>Habana explained how players initially thought Mapimpi was being vein before he revealed the true reason for his actions was because he had nobody else but himself.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;In previous World Cups, every player got sent photos of family and friends to put on the numbers on the back of their jerseys,&#8217; Habana told ITV.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/17\/22\/75536883-0-image-a-91_1694987338993.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Makazole Mapimpi&#8217;s heart-wrenching story of his rise to success once had nearly all of the South Africa rugby dressing room in tears<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/17\/23\/75537479-12529429-image-m-106_1694988726839.jpg\" height=\"412\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Mapimpi (right) revealed to his team-mates that he only had himself growing up after the death of his mother at a young age<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Makazole&#8217;s had only his face on it. All the guys joked, &#8220;you think too much of yourself&#8221;. He was asked why and he said, &#8220;Because I only have me&#8221;. He said,\u00a0&#8220;My mother died when I was young, my dad is not in my life, the only person who carries myself is me&#8221;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;And that whole team room went sombre, there was weeping and Rassie Erasmus started crying, which shows the raw emotions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;For a guy to speak to so many people who have that history and background is absolutely inspirational,&#8217; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Mapimpi&#8217;s revelation left South Africa&#8217;s director of Rugby, Rassie Erasmus, in tears as the stalwart South African was left incredibly moved by the reasoning.<\/p>\n<p>Other players had pictures of friends and family embedded into the number of their shirts at the previous World Cup in Japan.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/17\/23\/75537481-12529429-image-a-107_1694988747715.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Springboks legend Habana (left) explained the incident had left players weeping in the dressing room<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/17\/23\/75537483-12529429-image-a-108_1694988753570.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>South Africa director of rugby Rassie Erasmus (middle) broke down in tears when Mapimpi made the revelation<\/p>\n<p>The player asked for no sympathy but was met with an outpouring of support from the rugby community after Erasmus previously documented the incident in a television interview.<\/p>\n<p>Erasmus struggled to contain his tears in a series called Chasing the Sun where he explained the moving moment prior to South Africa&#8217;s World Cup victory in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;On the back of the number, players have family members after being given photos, but he only had photos of himself because he didn&#8217;t have anybody else,&#8217; 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