Top Billing features the wedding of Springbok scrum-half Rudy Paige | FULL FEATURE

With tunes by the Kaapse Klopse and a menu not designed for vegans, this was a rugby wedding through and through.
What brought Rudy and Ronelle to this venue in the Durbanville Hills, began as a friendship at the University of Johannesburg where she was studying architecture and
he was playing rugby.
Ronelle describes herself and Rudy as uncomplicated and the same quality defined the décor by wedding planner Mario Boffa’s team.
After five years as friends, it struck Ronelle and Rudy that their feelings ran deeper. Over a casual lunch at a hamburger bar, they first realized their feelings for each other
and they have been inseparable from that day on. At the heart of their fairytale wedding, their love remains grounded in their friendship.
Tunes by the United Brass Band of Hanover Park proudly rooted the celebrations in the couple’s culture.
While the newlyweds live in Joburg, their families hail from Heidelberg and Eerste River in The Western Cape, so this is their heartland. Guests could look forward to local lamb on the menu, toasts made with the finest Cape wines and lots of talk about rugby.
Rudy recently had a groin operation so rugby, too much dancing and a honeymoon of long walks on the beach have to wait until he is back in shape. After the party, his focus shifts to making the squad for the Springboks’ home series against England in June.
Never mind something borrowed, something blue. Rudy - may you crown a very happy wedding with something green, something gold and a win!
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