CAPE TOWN, South AfricaCAPE TOWN, South Africa — Hannes Strydom, a player on South Africa’s revered 1995 Rugby World Cup-winning team, has died in a car crash, the South African Rugby Union said ...

— -- CAPE TOWN, South Africa-- Green marbles are the focus of the three children's eyes as they flick them along the incline of a rugby pitch in the heart of the Masiphumelele Township which lies ...

When Sean Fitzpatrick woke up on the morning of the 1995 World Cup final, he parted the curtains of his hotel room in Sandton, Johannesburg, and his heart sank. Outside was a small army of South ...

Former South Africa captain Francois Pienaar considers himself "probably the luckiest player ever" given what his team's Rugby World Cup triumph in 1995 meant to the nation. Pienaar famously lifted ...

The first hint that the 1995 Rugby World Cup semifinal between the Springboks and France, and everything that went around it, might be something a bit out of the ordinary came on the flight from ...

A year out from the 1995 Rugby World Cup, Os du Randt was a 21-year-old diesel mechanic. He did not have the faintest clue that months later he would be wearing a World Cup-winners medal. How did he ...

No team in rugby is most dangerous when backed into a corner than the Springboks, an aura that began with the 1995 Rugby World Cup triumph. Like Mohammad Ali facing George Foreman in the Rumble in the ...

While Canada has faced New Zealand in three of the last five Rugby World Cups, they’ve faced South Africa only once in the quadrennial tournament, in a game still known as the Battle of Boet Eramus, ...

A key member of the Springboks side who lifted the 1995 Rugby World Cup trophy, Small scored 20 tries in 47 tests between 1992 and 1997. His final try came in his last match in Green and Gold against ...

South Africa Rugby have confirmed the death of Springbok legend and 1995 World Cup winner Chester Williams at the age of 49. Williams was the only black player in the South Africa squad as they ...

The second Castle Lager Incoming Series Test match will be broadcast live on SABC 2, SABC radio stations and on SuperSport (DStv). Source: © The Post The Post The ...

Looking back at the Springboks’ second match of the 1995 World Cup — their dogged 21–8 defeat of Romania — you gain a deep understanding that this was still very much the amateur era. Some 28 years ...