My wife hates sports films, but I had to watch Invictus again as research for this piece, so I fibbed and told her the Clint Eastwood-directed movie was all about Nelson Mandela, without mentioning ...

As the SA Rugby Union (Saru) announced new kit for the coming season, the standout was the 1995 replica Springbok jersey to commemorate the side’s first Rugby World Cup victory 30 years later, to the ...

What emerged was the Rainbow Nation and it would host the third Rugby World Cup in 1995. The Springboks qualified automatically as hosts and were joined in the main draw by 1991 quarter-finalists ...

The 2025 Springboks kit has been unveiled with Nike and SA Rugby paying homage to the 1995 Rugby World Cup victory with a heritage jersey. The newly designed playing kit and a retro jersey honouring ...

A newly designed playing kit and a retro jersey honouring the heritage of the 1995 Rugby World Cup winners were revealed for ...

American audiences were introduced to the South African rugby team in “Invictus,” Clint Eastwood’s portrayal of the 1995 Rugby World Cup. The Springboks, as the team is known in South Africa, recently ...

Learn all about the rugby Rugby World Cup from RugbyPass, your resident rugby guru. Click here to see the history of the Rugby World Cup and results from the experts ...

The following is a first-person report originally published in The Times on Dec. 15, 2009, under the headline: A game played for high stakes. The secondary headline read: A reporter remembers when ...

TOKYO (AP) — It was the week after Siya Kolisi’s fourth birthday when Nelson Mandela presented Springboks captain Francois Pienaar with the Webb Ellis Cup in a defining moment for rugby, and for South ...

Francois Pienaar, South Africa’s victorious Rugby World Cup captain in 1995, had until recently never spoken to Siya Kolisi, the man who lifted the trophy for the Springboks Saturday. As Pienaar ...