{"id":151056,"date":"2025-05-13T16:30:39","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T14:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodthingsguy.com\/?p=151056"},"modified":"2025-05-13T15:42:31","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T13:42:31","slug":"joseph-dweba-heartwarming-stadium-surprise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goodthingsguy.com\/fun\/joseph-dweba-heartwarming-stadium-surprise\/","title":{"rendered":"Stormers Hooker Joseph Dweba Makes Little Fans&#8217; Day with Heartwarming Stadium Surprise"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Some lucky little rugby enthusiasts had a day they&#8217;ll never forget when DHL Stormers hooker, Joseph Dweba, took a special moment just for them!<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Cape Town, South Africa (13 May 2025)<\/em> &#8211; You know it is a special day when you get to meet your favourite rugby star and get to rub shoulders with them too!<\/p>\n<p>DHL Stormers hooker Joseph Dweba was captured on video, making several little fans very happy when he took a moment to interact with them.<\/p>\n<p>In the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watch\/?mibextid=wwXIfr&amp;v=1191667739090393&amp;rdid=HvnnelnZj2zvXe5i\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">clip<\/a> shared by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/URCOfficialRSA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vodacom United Rugby Championship<\/a>, Dweba is seen greeting the fans seated in the stadium before reaching for a little boy and autographing his Stormers t-shirt and lifting him back up to the overjoyed crowd. Not stopping there, Dweba also signed a rugby ball for another ecstatic fan.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=476&amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FURCOfficialRSA%2Fvideos%2F1191667739090393%2F&amp;show_text=false&amp;width=267&amp;t=0\" width=\"267\" height=\"476\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The smiles on the fans\u2019 faces speak volumes, and it&#8217;s so pleasing to see how a simple interaction brought them uncontainable joy.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u201cA moment they&#8217;ll remember forever,\u201d the post was captioned.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The post, now with over 179K views, was met with just as much love from social media users who praised the Stormers and commended Dweba for placing a future rugby player in the little boy\u2019s heart.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">&#8220;Just a small gesture, but it will have lasting memories in the kids&#8217; minds. Well done. Very special,&#8221; another user also commented.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<hr \/>\n<h6><em>Sources: Vodacom United Rugby Championship &#8211; URC<\/em><\/h6>\n<h6><em>Don\u2019t ever miss the Good Things. Download the Good Things Guy App now on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/good-things-guy-news\/id1485106885\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Apple<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.goodthingsguy.app\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Google<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/h6>\n<h6><em>Do you have something to add to this story? 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