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Rugby star Ruan Venter pops the question to Anchen Du Plessis
The Mercury
|December 30, 2025
SOUTH African rugby union player, Ruan Venter and his partner, Anchen Du Plessis, just took their love to the next level as they recently got engaged.
RUAN Venter and Anchen Du Plessis got engaged on Sunday, December 21. | Instagram
The 23-year-old took to Instagram to announce the engagement, sharing photos that captured the moment he went down on one knee and proposed to his girlfriend.
The beach proposal, which took place at Sea Park in Kwa-Zulu Natal, was a picnic, and it was decorated with multiple bouquets of red roses, with the words “Marry Me” on the ground.
The Lions flank simply captioned the post with the date of the engagement: “21.12.2025”.
This story is from the December 30, 2025 edition of The Mercury.
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