Bafana Bafana captain Ronwen Williams hopes to guide South Africa to qualify for the 2026 FIFA World Cup and dance at Mbombela Stadium today – the same venue where Bafana celebrated their 2012 AFCON qualification, only to later realise that they had failed to qualify.

Bafana Bafana host Rwanda in a crucial must-win qualifier tonight at 18h00, with anything less than a win will see them fail to qualify for the 2026 FIFA World Cup finals in the United States, Mexico, and Canada.

South Africa also needs Nigeria to beat Benin for them to qualify, while a draw between Nigeria and Benin means that Bafana must at least beat Rwanda by 2 goals.

“Like I mentioned, I believe in fairy tales, because when they asked us last month, where do we want to play, most of the players said it’s either Port Elizabeth or Cape Town, cause of the support that we got,” the Bafana captain told reporters.

“And then, for some weird reason, we just heard that we are coming to Mbombela Stadium, and maybe now it’s time to right our wrongs from so many years ago, because people still mention that, and that is something that sits with Bafana Bafana for probably be there forever.

“So hopefully tomorrow we can rewrite the script, and like I said, I believe in fairy tales. Tomorrow we go again. Calculators will be out at the Mbombela, so hopefully things can go in our favour. Now, hopefully the football Gods will be on our side, and tomorrow we all will be dancing, maybe we’ll rock that same dance that they did.” Bafana captain Ronwen Williams concluded.