The sport was divisive in South Africa but the 1995 World Cup, and Mandela’s actions, began a change that is reflected brilliantly here.
With Mandela’s voice explaining what winning the Rugby World Cup on home soil in 1995 meant to the fledgling democratic South Africa, and with contributions from Francois Pienaar, this video starts out great and just gets better.
Moving through the country’s 2007 success, big wins over New Zealand and what sport can do to bring a country together, Mandela’s spirit and ideals are repeated in his own distinctive voice.
Finishing with the words ‘We will always play for you Madiba’, it shows just what Mandela meant to South African rugby.
