11 July 2019 1 Min Read
Rebel with a cause: James Small, the James Dean of SA rugby
James Small celebrates during the Rugby World Cup final on June 24 1995 at Ellis Park Stadium in Johannesburg.
Image: Wessel Oosthuizen/Gallo Images
Image: Wessel Oosthuizen/Gallo Images
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As fate, or maybe luck would have it, his career spanned the end of the amateur and the advent of the professional era. Although he was a real pro, he probably played his best rugby before money was thrown at players.
Springbok rugby’s most celebrated rebel James Small has died. He had turned 50 in February.
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