Kabous Le Roux16 April 2024 | 4:05

WATCH: Emotionally drained Mbonambi sobs by himself in changeroom after RWC semis

In a clip from episode four of the critically acclaimed documentary Chasing the Sun 2, viewers see Bongi Mbonambi crying alone, and then lovingly, tenderly comforted by his coaches.

WATCH: Emotionally drained Mbonambi sobs by himself in changeroom after RWC semis

A screengrab from episode four of SuperSport's critically acclaimed Chasing the Sun 2.

“Well done man! You turned the whole game. This is what a captain does. You don’t give up! You deserve respect!”
- Rassie Erasmus to Mbonambi (right after the match, as he left the field)

At the end of episode 4 of Chasing the Sun 2, viewers see Mbonambi, by himself in an empty changeroom, overcome by emotion, sobbing.

He just expertly captained the Springboks to the narrowest of victories over England, booking a place in the Rugby World Cup final. He left nothing in the tank, and it shows.

Watch Bongi cry, and then see how Rassie Erasmus and Jacques Nienaber lovingly comfort him: