The 2007 Rugby World Cup was when Habana secured his place in that pantheon of greatness. It was the year of Habana, a time which saw South Africa lift their second World Cup and Habana named World Player of the Year having finished that tournament as top try s...
This will be South Africa's second World Cup. The first was much smaller than the impending football jamboree. But the 1995 Rugby World Cup was an extraordinary affirmation of the country's recent transition to democracy, celebrated joyously with the host nation's victory. More important than ...
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South Africa’s rugby team, the Springboks, won the Rugby World Cup in 1995, 2007, 2019, and 2023. The 1995 victory was particularly poignant, as the country’s first Black president, Nelson Mandela, and the captain of the predominantly white rugby team, François Pienaar, used the ...
1995 –South Africa hosts, and wins, the Rugby World Cup. Rugby was previously seen as a whites-only sport, but Mandela gave the country’s team much high-profile support. After the Springboks beat New Zealand in the final, Mandela presented the trophy to captain Francois Pienaar, an ...
Yes, in 1995 South Africa hosted the Rugby World Cup and won it. But that's the white man's game. A game of brutality and crude subterfuge worthy of supposed gentlemen and actual farmers. Soccer is the game for everyone played by everyone. ...
I think the passion for rugby probably just came through living in a country like South Africa where almost everyone is mad for the game. My dad was a good rugby player back in his day as well, so that was a big motivating factor for me. He was a pretty big guy and of course havi...
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This will be South Africa's second World Cup. The first was much smaller than the impending football jamboree. But the 1995 Rugby World Cup was an extraordinary affirmation of the country's recent transition to democracy, celebrated joyously with the host nation's victory. More important than ...