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This Cape Town dad couldn't realise his dream of playing professional rugby but now two of his sons have made the Springbok junior team

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Brothers Jameel and Shah-­Jehaan de Jongh from Atlantis, near Cape Town, were both chosen to represent SA. (PHOTO: Misha Jordaan)
Brothers Jameel and Shah-­Jehaan de Jongh from Atlantis, near Cape Town, were both chosen to represent SA. (PHOTO: Misha Jordaan)

He was a promising young rugby player but his dreams of playing professionally were dashed when he started hanging out with the wrong crowd.

But Jaseen de Jongh from Atlantis, near Cape Town, managed to turn his life around and he and his wife, Jamilla, went on to raise sons who are as crazy about the sport as he once was.

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