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South Africa | 1 | 16.67% | |
Australia | 2 | 33.33% | |
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Ireland | 0 | 0% | |
Wales | 1 | 16.67% | |
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Rugby World Cup 2019
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11-04-2019, 02:57 AM
De Klerk in his undies meeting Prince Harry
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11-07-2019, 10:38 AM
With captain Siya Kolisi telling ordinary South Africans that the victory and the spoils were for them, the Rugby World Cup-winning Springboks started a five-day tour on Thursday to take the trophy to people in big cities and poor townships.
https://www.news-journal.com/ap/sports/this-is-for-you-south-africa-springboks-start-trophy-tour/article_7d2f97d8-facf-5170-b4d8-d3fb09579d07.html Rugby fans follow the bus of the South African Springbok rugby team, during a victory parade in Pretoria, South Africa, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019. South Africa’s Rugby World Cup-winning team have started a five-day victory tour where they will carry the trophy across the country. South Africa beat England in Saturday’s final in Japan to clinch a third World Cup title. Kolisi, a product of one of those townships, stood in the morning sunshine at the grand Union Buildings in Pretoria, the seat of South Africa's government, and said the support of ordinary South Africans was "the most important thing." "Thank you, South Africa, this is for you," Kolisi said to the celebrating crowd as he pointed to the golden trophy resting on a pedestal nearby and overlooking the capital city. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa was present to congratulate the Springboks at the start of their tour, where they will visit cities in the north, south, east, and west. Included on the schedule is a drive past the Soweto home of the late Nelson Mandela, and a visit to another township almost the length of the country away on South Africa's south coast where Kolisi's story began. Before the Springboks got on their bus, President Ramaphosa hugged Kolisi, held coach Rassie Erasmus' hand, and joked he was glad it wasn't an election year because he would be out of a job. "If we were about to hold an election, I have no doubt the entire rugby team ... they would have won the election," Ramaphosa said. "And Siya Kolisi would have been the president. And Rassie Erasmus would have been the minister of finance. So, it's good that we don't have an election and I don't have to compete with Siya Kolisi right now." |
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