Missing World Cup winner found 'safe and sound'

Rugby World Cup victor Sbu Nkosi has been "found harmless and sound" by his South African nine after going missing for 3 weeks.

The Bulls released a connection saying that Nkosi had been located connected Monday (local time) "after lengthy and extended efforts."

"Once it was established that Nkosi was safe, unharmed and successful a presumption to speak, main enforcement Edgar Rathbone went into Nkosi's location (with the support of the player), spending unsocial clip with him, to recognize however champion the institution tin supply him with the enactment helium needs and what that enactment is," the Bulls said.

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Sbu Nkosi during a Springboks grooming league astatine Porirua Park. (Getty)

"We are thrilled that Nkosi is safe. We privation to widen a ballot of acknowledgment to each the members of the nationalist who shared accusation that contributed to our search.

"We privation to besides explicit a connection of acknowledgment to the planetary assemblage who besides joined the telephone and efforts successful searching for Nkosi."

The Bulls had antecedently reported the 26-year-old winger arsenic a missing idiosyncratic to constabulary and said helium hadn't responded to calls and messages.

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Sbu Nkosi of the Springboks scores a try. (Getty)

The nine said they were acrophobic for Nkosi's information and helium had past made interaction with immoderate executive, absorption oregon playing squad subordinate connected November 11.

The Bulls are owed to clasp a property league connected Tuesday astatine 6.30pm AEDT but earlier that could not "give further comments connected the matter."

Nkosi has played 16 Tests for South Africa and was portion of the squad that won the 2019 World Cup.

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He was named successful South Africa's squad for Tests against Ireland, France, Italy and England successful November but was ruled retired of the circuit aft suffering a rib wounded portion playing for the Bulls successful the United Rugby Championship.

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