Sacha the soccer star? Springbok reveals other talent [video]

Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu has been tipped as the Springboks’ next big flyhalf, But did you know he is just as good at soccer?

The rugby prodigy will start off in Bok’s first Rugby Championship match against Australia on Saturday, 10 August.

The 22-year-old has beaten the likes of other number 10s, like Handre Pollard and Manie Libbok.

This weekend’s match will take place at the Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane. 

Speaking to the Daily Voice last month, Sacha Mngomezulu’s father, Nick Feinberg, revealed his son’s other sporting talent.

He said: “I maintain Sach was as good if not a better footballer than a rugby player.

“In my opinion, he could have made it in the Beautiful Game. You can check him on TikTok doing stuff with a rugby ball that most footballers can’t do with a football”.

In one TikTok video – posted last year – Sacha shows off his sensational skills with a soccer ball.

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The young star is one of many Springboks who emerged from the Bishops’ Diocesan College in Cape Town. According to him, this is the period when the  passionate young player was influenced by the school’s “rugby-dominant culture.”

He told Rugby 365: “I definitely did take football seriously as an option.

“I would take the drives to the training sessions and trials, but being surrounded by schoolboys playing rugby at Bishop’s and quite a rugby-dominant culture, that was the side I leaned towards.”

‘HE WORKS VERY HARD’

Meanwhile, Springboks assistant coach Mzwandile Stick has sung Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu’s praises ahead of his test match start this weekend. He told SA Rugby of the young player: “Sacha has been around our team, and he knows how we go about our business. He works really, really hard with his basics, he is maturing in our system.

“With all the opportunities that he has got, you can see that he isn’t shy. He doesn’t shy away from challenges. He’s got a very big heart”.

Stick added: “Everyone knows that Sacha is this young guy who is very exciting. He makes big calls. Whatever he sees, he pulls the trigger. He doesn’t hold back.

“He makes a lot of decisions. Even sometimes, when he makes mistakes, he doesn’t stop trying.”