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Eben Etzebeth’s lookalike has fans seeing double [photos]
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Eben Etzebeth's 'twin', Paarl construction worker Anthony Smit, is turning heads over his apparent likeness to the Springbok lock...
- Eben Etzebeth's 'twin', Paarl construction worker Anthony Smit, is turning heads over his apparent likeness to the Springbok lock...
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- Eben Etzebeth’s lookalike has fans seeing double [photos]
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