A group of cheeky rugby fans who became Internet sensations after appearing to hide something from their loved ones during the first South Africa v Wales test match have done it again.
Sky TV zoomed in on the Durban dozen last week as they held up a banner saying: “Please don’t film us, our wives think we are fishing in West Wales.â€
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People instantly took a picture of their TV sets and posted the picture to Twitter before it was shared thousands of times around the world.
Basking in their newfound notoriety the twelve fans from Bedwas this week decided to frantically find a printing company in South Africa willing to mock up a second banner ahead of yesterday’s second test.
And this is what they came up with…
“Forgive the Bedwas 12 – Wives now know we are here and not in West Wales – Good Divorce Lawyers Needed.â€
Group member Ryan Toms, who works at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, said: “We had a few discussions after the banner at Durban and decided to make another for today’s second test in Nelspruit.
“It took a while to come up with a new idea as the first was always going to be hard to beat.
“But we eventually agreed on the wording and then went searching the local businesses of Nelspruit for someone who could print the new one in record time.â€
Ryan’s dad Gerry Toms, a former senior police officer and manager of the stadium is also among the touring party and according to his son, is the inspiration behind their mischief.
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Ryan said: “Myself and a few others travel following Wales in the Six Nations to one away venue each season, a few others of the group have done Lions tours covering all locations between them but we haven’t travelled in this group of twelve before.
“The idea for the original banner came from my father who on a previous trip to South Africa with a smaller group of pals had made a banner on a bed sheet with marker pens.
“It too got noticed by TV crews, but not to the scale this one has.â€
He added: “The response this week has been unbelievable, on a scale we didn’t expect.
“On entering the ground in Durban and rolling out the banner there were people instantly taking photos of it and with it.
“Just after the game had kicked off I had a text from my sister back home saying ‘you’ve made it on TV with a banner’ but didn’t think much of it.
“Once back in our hotel later that evening I went onto Twitter to find a huge amount of messages from people saying they had seen us.
“One of the boys then looked on Facebook and pretty much the same had happened there.
“The following morning it had stepped up a scale with even more people contacting us.â€
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The group were even featured on South Africa’s East Coast Radio following a chance meeting with presenter Dawn Dunn who has also written an article on the Bedwas boys on her website.
Ryan said: “Overall the response has been amazing with an unbelievable amount of calls, texts and emails from back home.
“The new buzz-saying with all the boys in the group is ‘it’s gone viral.’â€
He added: “The tour is going brilliantly, we moved on from Durban the day after the game to Dundee to visit the battlefields of Rorke’s Drift and then moved onto Nelspruit for the last test.
“The atmosphere in Durban was great, the banter from the South African fans was fantastic and everywhere we have been the welcome has been second to none.â€
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