The Springbok's victory belonged to all South Africans
03 November 2019 - 00:00
At times it was brutal, often it was downright ugly, but who cares? In the end there can have been few more poignant sights than that of Siya Kolisi, the boy from a dusty, poverty-stricken SA township, lifting the Rugby World Cup...
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