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‘It brings a lump to your throat’: let’s honour 1995’s fallen Bok heroes

25 June 2020 - 07:00 By liam del carme
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The 1995 Rugby World Cup winning teammates from left to right: Joel Stransky, James Small, Balie Swart, Andre Joubert, Chris Rossouw and Hannes Strydom.
The 1995 Rugby World Cup winning teammates from left to right: Joel Stransky, James Small, Balie Swart, Andre Joubert, Chris Rossouw and Hannes Strydom.
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The deaths of Kitch Christie‚ Ruben Kruger‚ Joost van der Westhuizen‚ James Small and Chester Williams are so keenly felt because they are indelibly etched into SA’s consciousness.

Today, 25 years since SA’s Rugby World Cup victory, team members remember their brothers in arms.

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