By Ekin Karasin

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Ben Cohen and Kristina Rihanoff are reportedly back together just months after their split.

The Rugby World Cup winner, 47, and former Strictly Come Dancing professional, 48, parted ways in March after 12 years together.

The duo, who got engaged in 2022 and share nine-year-old daughter Mila, had reportedly been driven apart by financial struggles.

However, six months on from their break-up, they were spotted looking cosy at a London awards ceremony, where one of Cohen’s daughters was on the catwalk.

Rihanoff was seen with her arm around Cohen as they sat next to each other at a table, in photos obtained by The Sun.

“They’ve decided to give things another go. They looked very much in love,” a source told the outlet.

The Standard has contacted Cohen and Rihanoff’s representatives for comment.

Cohen and Rihanoff met on Strictly in 2013, sparking speculation that the infamous show curse played a role in Cohen’s split from his wife, Abby.

The sports star always denied leaving his ex for the dancer.

Earlier this year, it was claimed Cohen and Rihanoff had faced dire financial issues for months, even reportedly putting their £1.75 million Northampton home on the market.

Last September, Rihanoff was taken to court for driving without insurance, with Cohen appearing as her witness.

He revealed that his credit cards were overdrawn and that his business had fallen into debt due to Covid.

In a 20-minute statement, he said: “I get up every day and I fight not to lose everything – to lose my cars and my house and my relationship.”

Fighting back emotion, he added: “We’re still living together… We’re in it financially.

“We’re in business together, so the problem is that we opened the business before Covid, and we got the worst severities of it, and in all honesty, this is just another problem for me to deal with.”

After eight years, Russian dancer Rihanoff left Strictly in 2016 and trained as a yoga teacher.