Springboks great Joel Stransky celebrates win over All Blacks with chilly midnight swim

Name: Lost bet leads to chilly dip for Springbok legend
Uploaded: 2010-09-17T08:01:13+12:00
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Description: Springbok legend Joel Stransky and pundit Matt Pearce take a swim in Wellington Harbour after the Springboks' upset win.

NZ Herald

16 Sep, 2018 07:17 PMQuick Read

Springbok legend Joel Stransky and pundit Matt Pearce take a swim in Wellington Harbour after the Springboks' upset win.

Springboks great Joel Stransky took a midnight swim in Wellington Harbour to celebrate South Africa's shock win over the All Blacks on Saturday.

Stransky and fellow Super Sport commentator Matt Pearce both took a dip in the chilly harbour to celebrate the 36-34 victory.

Technically, @stranners didn’t take a bet. But we made a commitment during the week to celebrate a win with the swim in the harbour. This was at midnight, not long after getting back to the hotel! Thank @RealPatMan44 for filming it and then swimming himself! PS: It was COLD! 🇿🇦 https://t.co/PTqLr9ymgp
— Matt Pearce (@MattP555) September 16, 2018

The was was South Africa's first over the All Blacks on New Zealand soil since 2009.