Siya Kolisi's wife takes a stand against racist trolls

Siya Kolisi's wife, Rachel, is taking a stand against racist trolls after being plagued with a slew of attacks over her interracial marriage with the Springbok player.

Taking to Twitter recently, Rachel shared a string of hate Facebook messages sent to her from a man named Charles Hermon.

In one of the messages, Charles wrote: "Why do white h**s think they can f*** n**gers! F*** your own kind. Leave Africa and go back to Europe and leave our good men to our own beautiful black women."

"I am sick of seeing this half breed popping out,” before making sexual references, ending, “Don’t need you here stealing our men,” he added.

Just checking my fb messages this am. Shame pic.twitter.com/t5Of90ma7O

— Rachel Kolisi (@Rachie52) October 7, 2016

<p ="">Shortly after, a man named  @martin_57621 labelled Siya a "savage," saying that Rachel deserves all the "bad" coming her way, because she chose to marry a black man.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en" width="425" =""><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Yes rachel kolisi,if you want to be married to a savage and have half breed kids,you deserve all the bad that will come your way!Sies!</p>— #Rememberbloedrivier (@martin_57621) <a href="https://twitter.com/martin_57621/status/784415560151031808">October 7, 2016</a></blockquote><script charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" ="">async

To which she responded: "If it's such an issue for you why you looking?"

Rachel went on to explain that she believes it's worth her time to take a stand against racist trolls, not only for her family but "for many others".

"Also a lot of good people saying ignore it, it's not worth your time and etc100% correct there too," she tweeted.

"I just feel it is worth my time. Not just for my family and I but for many others. #takingastand."

Following the tirade of social media abuse, Rachel revealed that she'll be making her online accounts private.

"Due to recent events, I will be keeping my social media private and for friends and family only," she announced on Instagram on Sunday.